Quadrangle’s innovative redesign of the complex respects its 1950s era modernism while significantly expanding its gross floor area and ensuring tenant flexibility through highly adaptable floor plans, ceiling systems and lighting. In particular, Quadrangle’s design includes special consideration for the needs of new technology firms, incorporating new mechanical and electrical systems to meet high-tech requirements.
In 2001, Natural Resources Canada cited State Street Financial Centre under its Commercial Building Incentive Program as a model of energy efficiency, one of only a handful of buildings in Canada to be so recognized. Later that year, State Street Financial Centre was selected as Project of the Year by the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) in recognition of excellence in innovation, creativity and teamwork.