CONTACT
To find out more about The Bakery, please contact David DeNoble at (416) 941-9734.

A former Canada Bread Factory, the two-storey building at 2 Fraser in Liberty Village is an entire block of buildings with entrances on both Fraser and Mowat Avenues. 

Features include a green roof and exterior decks, new steel construction and a gangway that was added to a new upper level. Garage doors demise tenant spaces on the ground and second floors, and they can be opened to the interior street or, on the second floor, to the roof terrace.

Grain silos and hoppers salvaged from the bread factory have been painted with commissioned mural art pieces and now stand outside the building.

Built
Constructed in 1910. Major restoration undertaken in 2012.

Elevators
Passenger/freight elevator.

Parking
On-site parking at current market rates. Lamport Stadium, private lots and street parking also available.

Well-Located
The building is readily accessible from the Gardiner Expressway and Lakeshore Boulevard and is a ten-minute ride from the financial core on the King streetcar. The Dufferin bus line is one block away and it's a five-minute walk to the Exhibition GO Station.

Lobby Details
A wide pedestrian walkway, The Avenue, extends the entire block between Fraser and Mowat Avenues. Ceilings extend two storeys and make for a bright, open space where casual furniture is available for meetings or relaxation.

Exterior
An entire block of buildings with entrances on both Fraser and Mowat Avenues. The two-storey building has retained an industrial patina and remnants of its former life as a bread factory. Features include a green roof and exterior decks. Grain silos and hoppers salvaged from the bread factory have been painted with commissioned mural art pieces and stand outside the building.

Interior
New steel construction and a gangway to a new upper level. Garage doors demise tenant spaces on the ground and second floors, and they can be opened to the interior Avenue or, on the second floor, to the roof terrace. 

Air Quality
At all York Heritage buildings, air quality is regularly assessed and compared to Canadian and international air quality standards. Ample fresh air. MERV-13 air filters are changed every six months.

Security
A fully integrated sprinkler, smoke detection, and fire alarm system are monitored by a 24-hour/7-day control centre. All exterior doors lock automatically at the close of each working day. After-hours entry is restricted to authorized personnel with access cards. Visitor access, after-hours, is enabled by tele-entry system. A monitoring service and guard patrol add to our over-all security.

Property Management
We are responsible for the quality of maintenance and repair of our lobbies, corridors, windows and other public areas...and we care very much. If anything is not working properly, we respond to the call. Chances are, we'll not just send a repair person, we'll accompany them.

BOMA Best – We have achieved BOMA Best certification across the York Heritage portfolio. This is a national green building certification program that sets standards for energy and environmental performance.

Reputation
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, our tenants recommend us. If you have not had the opportunity to compare their responses with responses from tenants in competing buildings, we urge you to do so now. The approval of our tenants is your best assurance that in choosing a York Heritage building, you’ve made the right decision.

Notable Tenants
Stereo D
Vena Solutions

“As our landlord partner I work very closely with York Heritage.  They are great people to work with and have contributed to an amazing workspace for our Vena Solution's team.  Highly responsive, professional, and friendly, I consider them to be a leader in their business and in the community.”

—     Director Facilities, Vena Solutions

For over a half century, the smell of freshly baked bread wafted through the air of Liberty Village from 2 Fraser Avenue. Originally part of the Grand Trunk Railway lands, the site was home to Henry Disston & Sons, an American supplier of hand saws and industrial saw blades, which operated from circa 1910 to circa 1955.

By 1960, the property was owned by the Canada Bread Company. Sliced loaves of Dempster’s Bread and English muffins were baked in the factory’s ovens and rolled out on bread conveyors.

The building also contained silos, storage areas, and offices. In 2012, the building was decommissioned and subsequently retrofitted by York Heritage Properties and Adgar Investments and Developments Ltd.

Today, the building is home to Vena Solutions and Joe Fresh, and there are currently more than 750 people working in the building.

As a salute to its past, the complex has been renamed The Bakery.

LOCATION
2 Fraser Avenue
Toronto ON M6K 1Y6

To find out more about the Bakery @ 2 Fraser Avenue or to set up an appointment to view, please contact David DeNoble at (416) 941-9734.