Uber says it will take the top five floors of 121 Bloor St East (at Park Rd.) to create a worldwide engineering hub in Canada. The purpose, as stated in a so-called “backgrounder” issued by Uber in San Francisco, will be the development of “the Uber Grocery business, product offerings and go-to-market strategy.” Staff will also “leverage artificial intelligence and big data to create tools that analyze risk and generate intelligence that will help Uber make smart investment decisions,” the spokesperson said. More than 200 staff will be relocated to the office for its opening but it will eventually grow to accommodate more than 400 employees in “the coming years.” Uber says that the engineering hub will feature 468 desks, 60 conference rooms, 13 phone booths, 2 exterior terraces and a library.
