Aside from the CTV network programming, Toronto station CFTO-TV has relatively little presence at the Queen Street facility.

The current five-storey building was originally constructed as the headquarters of the Methodist Church of Canada in 1913 by Burke, Horwood and White.

By this time the Ryerson Press, originally the publishing arm of the Methodist Church, had grown to occupy the entire building.

[3] After two years of outfitting for it broadcast operations, it was re-opened in May 1987 as the new television headquarters for the company and its various outlets, including Citytv Toronto (which was previously located at 99 Queen St. East).

299 Queen Street West was designed to have no TV studios; the entire building was rigged for audio and video.

The building has been engineered so that public space, working areas, offices, stairwells, and even the parking lot may all be used as optimal shoot locations.

The ground floor at the corner of Queen and John features giant glass sliding partitions so that the building can be open to the street.

It was announced in 2008 that Toronto radio operations including, CHUM (AM) and CHUM-FM, would be relocating to adjacent building 250 Richmond Street West.

[7] Alongside 299 Queen Street West, other Bell Media properties are operated from other facilities in the Toronto area: