Boutique
Hospitality Company, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, will open its first
Canadian property in the high-end neighborhood of Bloor-Yorkville in Toronto,
slated to open in mid-2018.
Owned
and developed by InnVest Hotels LP, one of the largest hotel owners in Canada,
Kimpton’s new boutique hotel in Toronto will be a full conversion of the
current Holiday Inn Toronto Bloor Yorkville. The revitalized and reconcepted 13-story property
will comprise 189 well-appointed guest rooms, including 18 suites and one
Presidential Suite, 2,000 square feet of ground level meeting space and a Bloor
Street-facing leased restaurant and bar. Additional amenities will include a
fitness center, complimentary PUBLIC bikes, yoga mats in every room, morning
coffee and tea, and nightly social hour.
Mike
DeFrino, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants' CEO said: “We’re looking forward
to entering the Canadian market and introducing our unique heartfelt service to
Toronto. We’re thrilled to be working with InnVest to open the first boutique
hotel that speaks to the city’s dynamic cultural scene.”
One
of Toronto’s most dynamic neighborhoods, Bloor-Yorkville’s mastered the unique
cross-section of exclusivity and historic charm. The heart of the country’s
bohemian culture in the 1960s has evolved to become an artistic enclave with
many art galleries alongside posh boutiques and critically acclaimed
restaurants in historic Victorian houses.
Andrew Higgs, Vice President of Asset Management for
InnVest Hotels, explained: “We see Kimpton as the perfect partner for our new
four-star boutique hotel. Kimpton’s known as a leader in adaptive reuse and a
company with a proven track record of inclusivity and diversity. Both of these
will make the new Kimpton Bloor-Yorkville a successful and positively
contributing member of the neighborhood, setting the property up for success
from the start.”
