Amenities

Above the lobby, on the second floor, is The Mercer’s indoor amenity space – Club Mercer. This striking space includes a fitness centre, a party room and a screening room as well as a Scandinavian-inspired sauna and spa area. Clad in a marble mosaic tile, with a wood ceiling, The Mercer Spa will have all the features you’d expect in a high-end gym: top of the line fitness equipment—and even a hot tub.

One of the most stunning features of The Mercer is its 10,000 square foot terrace on the roof of the building’s podium on the sixth floor. Although 42% of the terrace is green cover, it really is a series of outdoor urban rooms—private lounges, a games area, a kitchen and dining area, where residents of The Mercer can sun and play during the day and entertain their friends under the stars at night.
Bordered on its north and south sides by architectural pergolas is a series of lounges, with seating arrangements for relaxing, solo, or entertaining friends.

Underneath the pergola on the other side is a long meditative reflecting pool, next to which stands an elegant row of cabana chairs facing the interior green space, planted with prairie grasses. And finally, at the far end of the green space is a large screen wall, which wraps around, and camouflages the staircase core, which will permit residents to watch movies outdoors on a summer night.

Neighbourhood

Only a block long, Mercer Street has been around more or less since the inception of the city and still possesses many of its beautiful 19th century brick warehouse buildings. Today it is at the heart of the Entertainment District, steps from The John Street Cultural Corridor. Here you’ll find the iconic Art Gallery of Ontario and the Ontario College of Art and Design.

Then there’s the historic Much Music Building, at Queen Street, which every spring becomes the site of the station’s annual music awards. Further down there’s the Scotiabank (Multiplex) theatre and the new “jewel in the crown” of the John Street Cultural Corridor, the Bell Lightbox, home of both the Toronto Film Festival and the Ontario Cinematique. Presently plans are underway to renovate John Street with a sustainable streetscape that will include new pavers, mature trees, street furniture, public art and perhaps two new urban plazas at the north and south ends of the street.

One of the most important features of The Mercer is its connection to the city’s underground PATH system, which is literally across the street from The Mercer. No matter what the weatherman dishes out, residents at The Mercer can walk the 27 kms of underground retail tunnels, connecting to points throughout downtown in perfect comfort!