Foresters House

{{Short description|Office building in North York, Ontario, Canada}} {{Multiple issues| {{No significant coverage|date=April 2025}} {{more citations needed|date=April 2025}} {{Primary sources|date=May 2025}} }} {{Building | name = Foresters House | image = Foresters Financial Building.jpg | image_alt = Foresters House seen in 1992 from The Ontario Science Centre | caption = Foresters House building in 2026 | location = 789 Don Mills Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | location_town = Toronto | location_country = Canada | coordinates = {{Coord|43.7187|-79.3375|region:CA-ON_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | status = complete | completion_date = 1966 | opened_date = 1967 | architect = Bregman + Hamann Architects | landlord = Menkes Developments Ltd. | owner = Foresters Financial | floor_count = 23 | developer = Olympia & York Developments | website = https://www.foresters.com/ }}

'''Foresters House''' (789 Don Mills Road) is an office building in North York, Ontario at the intersection of Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue. At 95m (314ft), it serves as the headquarters of Foresters Financial.

== History and architecture == Foresters Financial, is a fraternal benefit society headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that provides life insurance and other financial solutions in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. As of 2024, Matt Berman has served as the company's president and CEO.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Foresters Financial names new CEO |url=https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ca/news/life-insurance/foresters-financial-names-new-ceo-473200.aspx#:~:text=Foresters%20Financial%20has%20appointed%20Matt,on%20behalf%20of%20the%20board |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=www.insurancebusinessmag.com |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Agenda Item History |url=https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2023.PB5.4 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=toronto.ca |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Public Notice – City of Toronto |url=https://secure.toronto.ca/nm/api/individual/notice/4049.do |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=secure.toronto.ca |language=en-CA}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=789 Don Mills Road {{!}} Menkes Developments |url=https://www.menkes.com/commercial/projects/789-don-mills-road/home |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=www.menkes.com}}</ref> An intention to designate the property a heritage site was adopted in April 2023.<ref name=":0" />

== Tenants ==

* Foresters Financial * Menkes Development * RoxvilleTechnology Inc. * SICON CRM inc. * EPiQVision Inc. * Winchester Development Ltd. * Metro College of Technology * Consulate General of Romania in Toronto * Pamir Academy * Link Charity Canada Inc. * 01 Quantum Inc. * Alborz Venture Capital * Atlantic724 Immigration Inc. * MAXIMUS Canada Services Inc. * Royal York Poperty Management * Richelieu Hardwar Canada Ltd. * MCIS Interpretation & Translation * Trillium Guideway Partners thumb|Foresters building in 1992

== Nearby landmarks == Nearby landmarks include the Celestica headquarters, the former Ontario Science Centre building, The Aga Khan Museum, a Real Canadian Superstore, and a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse. The building is also connected with transit through Line 5 Eglinton and the future Ontario Line.

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Category:Office buildings in Toronto