Merchandise Lofts
Overview & history
The complex was built in stages for the Robert Simpson Co.: a 1910 warehouse, a 1916 Mail Order Building by Max Dunning with Burke, Horwood and White, and a 1930 addition by Frank S. Corley. It later served Simpsons-Sears and Sears Canada.
Cresford Developments converted it in phases around the turn of the century.
Timeline
The Robert Simpson Co. builds the original warehouse on the site.
The Mail Order Building is added, designed by Max Dunning with Burke, Horwood and White.
A further warehouse addition by Frank S. Corley is completed.
The City designates the complex under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Building facts
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