Although analysis of pottery shards demonstrates that the area was occupied by 100 B.C., most of the buildings we see today were constructed between the 6th to 10th centuries A.D..

The owner of the buildings is now working out how to convert the area previously occupied by the cooling units into office space-which in downtown Toronto is as precious as electricity.

Previously, this north parcel was occupied by both a wasteland area and various unrelated and obsolete buildings which were located away from the river.