BMTT

The 8,000 sf BMO Bank of Montreal Bloor Manulife Tower (BMT) Branch has existed in the building in several locations over the last few decades. Its most recent iteration started because of the Landlord’s changes to the podium, where they extended it with a new glazed façade out on Bay, Bloor, and Balmuto Streets in Toronto. With this renovation, they brought in a new major culinary tenant above the premises, which required significant kitchen coordination. The new podium and culinary tenant meant BMO had to relocate their branch temporarily during renovations. BMO’s tenant team coordinated the relocation of the branch into the temporary tenant space, while working on the new space design.

Furniture, ATM fasciae, and the BMO Blue Portals were integrated into the design of the project from the outset, making the branch identifiable in their current design. The redesign of the branch creates a multi-functional space, where areas can be used for different functions within the branch itself, tucking away back of house spaces such as storage and employee meeting spaces. Accents of wood and the BMO design colours are highlighted and incorporated throughout the space creating a new branding style while still using standard BMO furnishings and finishes.

This project was awarded a 2019 REmmy Workplace Award.