The project was delayed several times, and sits on a large parcel of prime land in the city's downtown core, on the north side of Yonge–Dundas Square.

[6] The exterior facing Dundas Square is primarily covered with giant video screens and static billboard advertisements of various sizes.

The Yonge Street facade is made up of curtainwall store fronts with a glass and steel canopy overhanging the sidewalk.

Toronto Star architecture critic Christopher Hume wrote a lengthy piece in the newspaper entitled "We don't deserve this horrorchitecture", which decried the building as a "nasty dark grey bunker".

[7] The Tenor is anchored by a Cineplex Cinemas 23-screen movie theatre, Dollarama, The Beer Store, the tourist attraction Little Canada, and restaurants including Jack Astor's and Milestones.