Amazon opens a new 113,000 sq. ft. office in downtown Toronto
to accommodate the company’s continued job creation in Ontario
A
mazon is closing 2018 with
good news for Toronto,
announcing in late Decem-
ber an expansion of its Toronto Tech
Hub and plans to create 600 new
tech jobs in fields including software
development, machine learning, cloud
computing, digital advertising, and
artificial intelligence.
To accommodate the company's
continued growth in Ontario, Amazon
has opened a new 113,000 square foot
office in Scotia Plaza in downtown
Toronto, owned by KingSett Capital
and AIMCo.
"Amazon is excited to create hundreds
of new highly-skilled jobs in Toronto,"
said Tamir Bar-Haim, Amazon's
TorontoSiteLeadandHeadof Amazon
Advertising in Canada. "Toronto has a
well-educated and diverse workforce,
and there's a real culture of innovation
here. We look forward to continuing
to invent for our customers in Canada
12 BUSINESS ELITE CANADA | JANUARY 2019
