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After Parliament Hill, Union Station is the most important heritage structure in Canada and one of the finest examples of Beaux-Arts architecture in the country. The revitalization of Union Station is a story of historic collaboration and cooperation to achieve one of the most complex, multi-phase civic infrastructure retrofit projects the city has ever seen.<\/p>\n

When Osmington first hired PARTISANS in 2013, we were tasked with helping to create a vision that answered the following: with over 300,000 passengers traveling through Union Station each day; how does one turn the most trafficked transportation hub in the nation into a destination? Our team helped articulate an integrated cultural, commercial, and architectural argument for how to leverage Union\u2019s identity as a major transit hub and transform it into \u201ca fluid stage for Toronto\u2019s most ambitious culinary, cultural, design, and retail offerings.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":431,"template":"","project_type":[18,8],"project_location":[5],"class_list":["post-191","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_type-retail","project_type-urban-design","project_location-toronto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nToronto Union Station Revitalization | PARTISANS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"PARTISANS transformed Toronto's Union Station, a Beaux-Arts heritage landmark, into a vibrant destination for culinary, cultural, and retail experiences.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/union-station\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Toronto Union Station Revitalization | PARTISANS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PARTISANS transformed Toronto's Union Station, a Beaux-Arts heritage landmark, into a vibrant destination for culinary, cultural, and retail experiences.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/union-station\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PARTISANS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-27T21:18:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/018_N27_medium.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1001\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/union-station\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/union-station\/\",\"name\":\"Toronto Union Station Revitalization | PARTISANS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/union-station\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/union-station\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/018_N27_medium.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-17T17:23:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-27T21:18:03+00:00\",\"description\":\"PARTISANS transformed Toronto's Union Station, a Beaux-Arts heritage landmark, into a vibrant destination for culinary, cultural, and retail experiences.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/union-station\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/union-station\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/project\/union-station\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/018_N27_medium.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/partisans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/018_N27_medium.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1001,\"caption\":\"The concourse features a canopy of large oval acoustic panels suspended from a dark exposed ceiling, creating a bold rhythm above the public circulation space. 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