Foresters House (789

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at the intersection of

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. At 95 m (314 ft), it serves as the headquarters of Foresters Financial.

History and architecture

Foresters Financial, is a

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headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that provides

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and other financial solutions in Canada, the

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, and the

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. As of 2024, Matt Berman has served as the company's president and CEO. In 1965, construction began on their corporate headquarters. Designed by Kaljo Voore, an Estonian Canadian architect, of Bregman and Hamman with Craig, Zeidler & Strong, the building consists of two buildings, accessed from a raised plaza, with a double-story, fully-glazed ground floor along with a sunken, out-door garden with a sloping lawn. Located next to it was a smaller building known as the North American Life Tower. It was converted to a residential building in 2001 and is now known as Tribeca Lofts. In 2022, Foresters sold the building to Menkes Development, who plans to develop new towers behind the building in a vacant parking lot. An intention to designate the property a heritage site was adopted in April 2023.

Tenants

* Foresters Financial * Aga Khan Council For Canada * Consulate General of Romania in Toronto * Bigelow Hendy LLP * Metro College of Technology

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headquarters, the former Ontario Science Centre building, The

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meetinghouse. The building will also be connected with transit through the upcoming

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and

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