Work starts on latest 200,000 sq. ft. expansion of Pinewood Studios in Toronto

The project will add more than 200,000 sq. ft. of new space to the movie studio on the city’s eastern waterfront. PHOTO: Pinewood Toronto Studios

Excavators have begun moving dirt for a multi-stage expansion of a movie and television studio in Toronto’s Port Lands.

Pinewood Toronto Studios said Nov. 12 it has started construction on a major addition to its production facility on the eastern waterfront.

The construction project will add more than 200,000 sq. ft. (18,580 metres-square) of total floor space to the site, which will total around 525,000 sq. ft. (nearly 50,000 metres-square) once work wrap ups. Five sound stages will occupy about half of the new space, while office space, a mill shop and workshop areas will cover the rest.

Ledcor is taking on construction management for the project, the movie studio said, and Turner & Townsend is overseeing project management. The cost of the expansion has not been disclosed.

Construction is scheduled to take a little over a year, with early 2022 as the targeted completion date.