page_title: Pinewood Toronto Studios
section_title: Construction
hierarchical_section_title: Pinewood Toronto Studios / History / Construction
caption_attribution_description: English: Image of Filmport Studio under construction. Filmport's Mega-Stage
context_page_description: Pinewood Toronto Studios is a major film and television studio complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is the largest of its kind in Canada. It is the first in Toronto capable of accommodating the production of large-scale films.
  The studio is named for UK-based The Pinewood Studios Group. In March 2018, it was announced that Bell Media would be buying a controlling stake in the studio.
  It is located across the shipping channel from Hearn Generating Station along Commissioners Street.
context_section_description: The project covers 4.5 hectares (11 acres) of land in the Port Lands area of Toronto, a former industrial area, that is already home to a number of smaller studios. The Port Lands site was originally a brownfield site owned by Imperial Oil, and required considerable cleanup prior to reuse.
  Initial work on the complex began in August 2006
caption: The Mega Stage under construction in 2008
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