- CFMT Building
The CFMT Building alternatively known as the OMNI Building is located along the harbourfront of
Toronto ,Canada , at the intersection ofBathurst Street andLake Shore Boulevard West. TheArt Deco building was designed by Toronto architectsChapman and Oxley , and was completed in 1927.Formerly the Crosee and Blackwell Building, the building has been occupied by Toronto multicultural television station
CFMT-TV since 1979. It currently houses the offices and production studios for various media outlets owned byRogers Media , including CFMT (now known on air as "OMNI.1"),CJMT-TV ("OMNI.2"),The Biography Channel Canada ,OLN andG4techTV Canada .Although the Citytv signs are displayed around the building,
CITY-TV , remains at299 Queen Street West at Queen and John Streets along with other formerCHUM Limited channels now owned byCTVglobemedia (CablePulse 24 ,MuchMusic ,MuchMoreMusic ,Star! ,Bravo! and Space).Rogers Sportsnet is based at the Rogers Building located atJarvis Street andBloor Street , where most of the Rogers-owned operations such as its radio stations are based.The Shopping Channel is also based at a separate studio inMississauga .In October 2007, Rogers announced that the OMNI stations would move from the CFMT Building to
35 Dundas Street East around March 2009. The former Olympic Spirit building onDundas Square . CFMT and CJMT will share the facility with its radio station CJCL and Rogers' newly acquired television station Citytv. Rogers will continue to utilize the CFMT Building for other purposes, although it has not yet announced what the building's new role in the company will be.
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