The "Dedicated Offsite" Event Venue at StartWell

A unique, lofty 2nd floor venue right on King Street West. Fully furnished and serviced, with premium audio-visual equipment and staffing. This character space features a bar, lounge space, high ceilings, exposed brick, industrial/modern lighting and windows facing King Street.

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An inspiring place to spend one or multiple days with your team!

This unique large yet intimate event venue has been designed to enable teams to gather for multiple purposes - with full AV and flexible furnishings, which StartWell configures based on your request upon booking.

With a dedicated street entrance, your guests can walk into the suite from King Street and enjoy a comfortable mix of lounge, dining and conference/presentation furnishings - all on a single floor.

Enjoy exposed brick, high ceilings and tons of natural light - with windows facing the East and South (with Toronto's iconic streetcars rolling by on King Street.)

The venue is located at our main campus and can be booked with additional break out rooms, creating a modular scaffolding to create any type of corporate event.

We offer multiple room layouts to suit any type of professional event

We own a variety of furniture and our team will setup the room to any of these layouts for you - so when you arrive, there's nothing to do but host your guests and present content.

Row seating / auditorium
Large conference table
Banquet

The Offsite Venue comes fully equipped with AV and stage support!

Simply show up ready to present and our team will take care of the rest!

Venue rental includes professional lighting, mics, in-room audio and screens (on stage - for confidence, and to show slides to the audience.) Plus, our technical production staff help ensure your stage presentations run smoothly - managing the full AV setup!

*This video shows actual footage from past events in the Offsite Venue at StartWell

We've hosted all sorts of events in this amazing venue at StartWell

This unique venue works well for daytime or evening events. Our team manages furniture setup and we include options for different table and chair settings.

With a direct street entrance on King Street - entertaining clients, partners and staff in the evening is easy, especially with our turn-key audio visual equipment and live-streaming options.



Explore the Dedicated Offsite Venue at StartWell - online or in person

Click play on the interactive tour above to virtually walk through the event venue - and feel free to continue clicking around to see how it is connected to the rest of StartWell's campus.

Of course, we'd also love to show you the Dedicated Offsite Venue and all of our other meeting and event spaces in person - use the link below to book an in person tour with someone from our team, whenever it is convenient for you.

Why Companies Choose StartWell

AV is included with venue rental!

Our meeting rooms come pre-loaded with screens, speakers, microphones and wide-angle cameras you can easily run videoconferences using by simply plugging into your laptop!

For larger event spaces at StartWell - rental comes with a full AV package, pre-configured and managed by our technical production staff.

Now, you'll never have to sweat when connecting to a call or sharing content at stage - the technical stuff is all taken care of.

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Prime Downtown Location

We're right on King Street West - in our own building.

Accessible and surrounded by hotels, dining, and transit.

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Great coffee, teas and sparkling water on tap!

Find refreshment in our reception cafe (on the same floor as our meeting rooms) which features filtered still and sparkling water on tap, micro-roaster coffee and loose-leaf teas brewed on demand by a robot!

Whiteboards and stationary

No need to rush around town buying presentation aides – meeting room and event space rentals at StartWell come with white boards, flip charts + paper, markers/erasers plus legal pads, sticky notes and pens.

Enterprise-grade WiFi

Our secured mesh network ensures that you can connect once and stay connected throughout your visit to StartWell.

We have two 1Gbps fiber connections tied into our network, with plenty of bandwidth for hundreds of people to share the network at once.

Space to stretch out & take personal calls

Take a break from your session or focus on emails by visiting the library lounge, our call booths or the reception cafe - which features complimentary espresso bar service M-F from 9AM to 4PM.

Frequently Asked Questions

Campus location and car parking

We are minutes away from the financial core and Union Station, close to the Exhibition GO station and just off Lakeshore Boulevard + the Gardiner Expressway.

Our campus on King Street does not have a parking lot, but there is plenty of street parking in our neighbourhood.

Parking Option:Green P / Street

Free 1hr street parking and paid parking lots are available.

Note - King St typically does not allow parking past 3pm (during rush hour) and you can check the Green P app for allowed timings on King Street - the location code for our stretch of King Street is 4312.

Parking Option: Private/Paid Lots

There are plenty of parking lots in our neighbourhood; across the road and within a 5 minute walk from us.

Here are some which our clients regularly recommend:

  1. Directly across the street from our King St buildings (entrance from Tecumseth, south of King Street) is a paid underground parking lot operated by Upark. You can drive into the lot and pay hourly, daily or monthly from meters near the elevator entrances in the lot itself. When you walk up to the exit at street level you’ll be directly across the road from our King Street buildings.
  2. Another open/uncovered lot is right next door: at 72 Tecumseth, which you can book a spot online for here, or drive up and use a meter to pay at.
  3. A short 4 minute walk up Niagara street from us towards Queen Street you'll also find an open/uncovered metered lot with plenty of parking at 81-95 Stanley Terrace
  4. One more covered/underground lot option is at 800 Richmond Street West

How does videoconferencing work when I book meeting space?

StartWell board rooms and work spaces come equipped with all the tools you need to set up video conference calls with people outside the room. Book one today!

All of our bookable meeting spaces for rent at StartWell offer turn-key AV for video conferences and in-room presentation on screens. Depending on the size of suite you book, the size and number of screens available may be different but we always ensure that you can arrive, plug in your laptop or connect wirelessly via Airplay to our available screens and that USB powered conference cameras are available to easily connect to video conferencing sessions and show everyone in the room on camera.

You’ll never need to worry about bringing remote guests into your meeting when you book at StartWell and for our larger suites, like the Offsite Venue and Event Studio, we even offer optional upgrades on AV – with in-house media production that can setup multi-camera live-streaming and recording for your session, raising the bar to turn a meeting into a conference whilst respecting your budget.

Are coffee, tea and filtered water included in venue rental?

All hosts and guests at StartWell enjoy complimentary espresso bar service at our main building's reception (786 King ST W.)

From Monday - Friday (9AM - 4PM) our staff baristas prepare espresso beverages and provide self-service pour-over coffee; all using micro-roaster ethically sourced beans. We also have a special robot that brews loose-leaf teas on demand and taps for reverse-osmosis filtered still and sparkling water at our reception cafe, available for 24hr self-service with bottles, cups and lids.

What fun team building activities in the area do you recommend?

There are a ton of fun things for working teams to do in Toronto outside of your time on site at StartWell - from meals in cool restaurants to activities for daytime or the evening.

Here are a few evening time recommendations:

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The perfect location in downtown Toronto

782 King Street West - Toronto Ontario, Canada, M5V1N6

You don't need to travel far to create compelling audience experiences and content - the StartWell Offsite Venue is in between King and Queen Street West.

Streetcars run on both and can take you to the subway in 10 minutes.

Our neighborhood is commercial/residential - we're walking distance to great restaurants, bars and team building activities.We have parking on lot plus there are paid lots nearby and its easy to jump off Lakeshore Boulevard or the highway onto Strachan if you're driving to the venue. The Exhibition Place GO station is a short walk away.