Filmores Hotel strip club in the heart of downtown Toronto has announced its “final curtain” at the landmark building — sold six years ago to developers — will be held at the end of January.
For those worried one of the city’s last remaining “gentlemen’s” clubs is done, the hotel in an Instagram post last month assured the club “isn’t done, we are just closing this chapter for now!”
On Monday, the club’s marquee, renowned for its humorous messages, read: “MMERRY XXXMAS & HAPPY NUDE YEAR! THE FINAL CURTAIN, JAN 31, 2026.”
Attempts to reach the president of Filmores and the previous owner of the property Monday evening were unsuccessful.
The building and an adjacent parking lot were sold in 2020 for a combined $51.5 million to Menkes Development, under the corporate name Menfor Dundas Developments Inc. Attempts to reach the company Monday evening were also unsuccessful.
As reported by the Star at the time of the sale, the building at 212 Dundas Street East was built more than a century ago as the Wilton Court Apartments and by 1915 had become an upscale hotel. Enter Filmores in 1985, to a neighbourhood that today is dotted with high-rise condos.
The hotel’s website lists clean rooms for rent above the strip club, and boasts a decent number favourable reviews. Google defines it as a two-star hotel with an average user rating of 3.5 stars out of five. Some reviews note the presence of a strip club downstairs.
“While we will be closing … as the property undergoes redevelopment,” Filmores said in its Instagram post, “we continue to search for our new downtown home. Come celebrate the closing of this chapter and stay tuned for the next 45” years.
The city listed it as a heritage property in 2016, citing its early 20th-century Edwardian classical styling.
In 2017, the then-owner of the property, Harold Adams, told the Globe and Mail he was open to offers and would sell if “somebody convinces me that there’s a better use for the site.” Adams declined to comment on the sale several years later when contacted by the Star.
The city would have to approve any request to alter or demolish the building because of its heritage designation, Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam (Ward 13 Toronto Centre) told the Star in 2020.
