The Westin Harbour Castle Hotel is a large, modern hotel located on 1 Harbour Square, next to the waterfront of Toronto

Toronto

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is part of the Westin Hotels

Westin Hotels

Westin Hotels & Resorts are an upscale hotel chain owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. As of 2011, Westin operated over 160 hotels in 37 countries.-History:...

 chain.

The hotel is located along the Yonge Street slip and shares space with Captain John's Floating Restaurant, iconic island ferry Trillium and Toronto Island Ferry Docks.

History

The hotel was originally built in 1975 as the Harbour Castle Hilton by the Campeau Corporation

Campeau Corporation

Campeau Corporation was a Canadian real estate development and investment company founded by entrepreneur Robert Campeau. It was infamous from its ultimately unsuccessful acquisitions of American department store holding companies Allied Stores in 1986 and Federated Department Stores in 1988...

. The hotel was part of the first wave of revitalizing Harbourfront from industrial to residential and commercial district. It was the first Hilton hotel to locate in the city.

Changing banners

As part of a property swap in 1987, it was exchanged with Hilton Hotels

Hilton Hotels

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 for the formerly Toronto Westin Hotel on University Avenue and became a part of the Westin Hotels

Westin Hotels

Westin Hotels & Resorts are an upscale hotel chain owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. As of 2011, Westin operated over 160 hotels in 37 countries.-History:...

 chain.

The twin-towered 34-storey building sits along Toronto Harbour

Toronto Harbour

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 and now offers 977 rooms after a renovation in 2007. The top of the hotel features two restaurants, Mizzen and Toula. Both have a panoramic view of the city. Along with the CN Tower

CN Tower

The CN Tower is a communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Standing tall, it was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It held both records for 34 years until the completion of the Burj...

, it is one of two locations in Toronto offering a view of the city. The roof top restaurant located on the southeast tower once revolved, but it has since ceased in 2001. The restaurant offers a view of the lake and can see Rochester, New York

Rochester, New York

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on a good day.

A convention centre building is attached to the hotel on the northside and accessible from an elevated glass walkway. The convention centre offers 31 rooms, including the 2300 square feet (213.7 m²) Grand Metro Ballroom. It is also connected to Harbour Square condos with a glass walkway.

External links

• The Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto - Official Site