It is part of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre complex on Front Street West in the former Railway Lands.

The hotel was constructed by the Canadian National Railway, and opened in 1984 as L'Hôtel.

The modern concrete-clad tower was the last hotel built for Canadian National Hotels, on former CN railway land that was supposed to be part of the Metro Centre development (only the CN Tower was built).

[1][2] In September 2003, after the hotel completed a C$21 million renovation, it transferred to IHG's upscale InterContinental brand and was renamed InterContinental Toronto Centre.

[3] Canada Lands sold the hotel to Oxford Properties in September 2011[4] for C$225 million.