History
The building was built due to the efforts of John Beverley Robinson, an amateur boxer, mayor of Toronto and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. He formed the Toronto Athletic Club in 1891 and served as its president until 1895. The building is on the site of a home of Robinson's.
The building served as the Toronto Athletic Club until 1931, Toronto Police Headquarters from 1931 to 1957, as a second campus of the Ontario College of Art & Design from 1979 to 1997, the home of the Collège des Grands-Lacs from 1999 to 2001, and since 2008 serves as the home of the Rotman School of Management of the University of Toronto.
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