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Over 270,000 ft²
of health, sports and wellness options to celebrate life
The Champagne Centre brings together the various building blocks necessary to lead a healthy, active and balanced lifestyle, in a one-stop community complex. By combining a multi-sports complex, a comprehensive health services mall, together with retail and professional services, the Centre has re-designed the way people can access and experience healthy and active living.
Conveniently located on Finch Ave West between Dufferin and Keele, the Champagne Centre is in the heart of the DUKE Heights business area, an area which is undergoing transformational changes with the new Finch West Subway Station, the new Finch Avenue West LRT and GO train stations.
Celebrating the Future
Site History
Located on what used to be a Canada Dry bottling plant, the Champagne Centre, like the neighbourhood in which it is situated, pays homage to its past while celebrating its future.
The Champagne Centre is located at 2 Champagne Drive in North York, Toronto at the intersection of Finch Avenue West and Champagne Drive, one traffic light west of Dufferin Street. Both the Centre and the street on which it is located, take their names from “The Champagne of Ginger Ales,” an early innovator in mass production and distribution.
The Champagne Centre, which continues in that spirit of innovation as a “Life Centre,” contains a wide range of sports, health, lifestyle and retail facilities all in one location. At the Champagne Centre you receive the services and support you need to help you. Celebrate Life by being active, embracing wellness and keeping healthy.
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2015
- Building Access
We have four barrier-free client entrances: our East, South and South East Entrances from Champagne Drive and our North Entrance from Finch Ave. West.
Our one-of-a-kind complex, with free parking for 450 has re-designed the way people can access and experience healthy and active living. We have four entrances to our building: three from Champagne Drive and one from Finch Avenue West.
- About Our Area
The Finch & Keele intersection is set to become Toronto’s busiest transit hub, with thousands of commuters passing through every hour. TTC and Metrolinx’s multibillion-dollar transit projects, the new Finch West Subway, and Light Rail Transit LRT, will completely transform Downsview Corridor.
With the new transit infrastructure, the Dufferin- Finch neighbourhood will become a major transit hub. The Yonge-University-Spadina subway line currently attracts more than 700,000 riders per day and that number is expected to increase once the subway extension opens. The Finch West LRT is projected to carry 2,800 passengers per hour during peak periods.
- Location
Conveniently located on Finch Ave. West between Dufferin and Keele, the Champagne Centre is in the heart of the DUKE Heights business area, an area which is undergoing transformational changes with the new Finch West subway station, the new Finch Avenue West LRT and GO train stations.
Our Founders
Mr. Alaa Tannous
Mr. Alaa Tannous, who has a Business Administration Degree from North London University in London, England as well as a Masters Degree in Law from the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield, England, has been involved in real estate development and construction his entire working career, working with his family company, BST Construction and Development Ltd.
BST Construction, which was founded by Mr. Tannous’ father in 1972, is one of Israel’s largest and most respected construction and development firms, specializing in the development of large scale projects such as high rise apartment buildings, shopping malls, office towers and industrial and high tech manufacturing facilities. The Company is consistently nominated for Dunn & Bradstreet’s elite list of the top 100 Corporations in Israel.
Mr. Tannous’ recent focus with the Company has been on its international expansion, which has included such countries as Germany, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Georgia and Canada. In 1996, BST Canada Ltd. was established and in 2001, Alaa was appointed President and CEO. As CEO and President of BST Canada Ltd., Mr. Tannous is responsible for property search and research, due diligence, financing, developing partnerships and joint ventures, as well as all business and legal issues.
Our Founders
Dr. Lew Pliamm
Dr. Lew Pliamm, who is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario as well as University of Toronto, School of Medicine, has practiced Family Medicine for over 20 years in Toronto, Canada. He is the Lead Physician for the Polyclinic Family and Specialty Medicine Facility as well as the Polyclinic FHG. He is also the Principal Investigator and Medical Director of Canadian Phase Onward Inc. clinical research organization.
Dr. Pliamm also enjoys public speaking and has acted as a speaker for several companies and organizations at an international level. In addition to founding and actively practicing at the Polyclinic, which has grown into one of the largest health care centers in Ontario, Dr. Pliamm has become a recognized expert in medically related real estate matters, specializing in the development and leasing of medical buildings.