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BossPark · Jun 9, 2026

Ramako said:
They're still actively marketing multiple retail spaces for lease, and it sounds like music remains part of what they're envisioning.

From my reading, it sounds like the original vision involved more than just music themed retail. I'd seen marketing materials for a 1,000 seat music venue:
https://s34643.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/Tricon-ROQ-City-Music-Venue-Deck.pdf

And recent articles have referenced a concert venue being included: https://6ixretail.com/2026/05/avi-behar-toronto-retail-roq-city-mirvish-village/

In June 2025, The Behar Group was retained by Tricon Residential, Blackstone, and CPP Investments to lead strategic leasing and retail curation at ROQ City, a music-themed mixed-use development at 261 Queen Street East in Toronto’s Downtown East. Designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects, with Graziani and Corazza Architects as architect of record, the project will include 33 and 24-storey rental towers, 859 residential units, a concert venue, a half-acre public park, and a laneway activation called Electric Avenue. Food Basics was confirmed as the grocery anchor earlier this year, with the store occupying approximately 33,000 square feet at the base of Tower B. Shoppers Drug Mart will handle pharmacy. The future Moss Park Station on the Ontario Line, currently under construction and targeted to open in the early 2030’s, sits steps from the site.

Just from walking by the site it strikes me as unlikely that they're planning a concert venue of any kind. If anyone has any information to the contrary, I'd be fascinated to hear it.

rdaner · Jun 9, 2026

History?!

Ramako · Jun 9, 2026

BossPark said:
From my reading, it sounds like the original vision involved more than just music themed retail. I'd seen marketing materials for a 1,000 seat music venue:
https://s34643.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/Tricon-ROQ-City-Music-Venue-Deck.pdf

And recent articles have referenced a concert venue being included: https://6ixretail.com/2026/05/avi-behar-toronto-retail-roq-city-mirvish-village/

Just from walking by the site it strikes me as unlikely that they're planning a concert venue of any kind. If anyone has any information to the contrary, I'd be fascinated to hear it.

I don't think a concert venue as depicted in those renderings is feasible here, but there are other ways to feature live music than with a full blown concert venue.