The F.C. Burroughes Furniture Company constructed the building in 1907 as its flagship retail department store. For 53 years, ending in 2002, the address was the home of King Sol, a sporting and camping gear retailer. But the site was reborn when Queen Street Partners acquired the building in 2006 and undertook an extensive renovation to restore the historic charm of the original structure and install tastemakers, creative trailblazers and community activists as its tenants.