It is the last building remaining from a large factory complex that Massey-Harris operated on King Street West from the 1870s until the 1980s.

After closing the plant completely in October 1982, Massey Ferguson started making plans for a mixed-use development of its manufacturing lands.

The Massey Harris lands were rezoned to permit a new "high-tech zone" south of King, and residences to the north.

[4] However, by 1990, the real estate market crashed and ownership reverted to the mortgage holder, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), which planned to build a data centre on the lands.

The terms of the rezoning agreements were revised, dropping the high tech zone, permitting the head office building to become fully residential.