Simcoe Place
Simcoe Place is an office building and shopping centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The tower 148 metres (486 feet) with 33 floors.[2] It was completed by architects Carlos A Ott and NORR in 1995. The late-Modernist building was built by developer Cadillac Fairview. It was the only major office tower built in Toronto during the mid-1990s, a period between the early decade real estate bubble and the building boom of the 21st century.
Simcoe Place | |
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General information | |
Type | Office, Retail |
Location | 200 Front Street West Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Coordinates | 43.644981°N 79.385759°W |
Completed | 1995 |
Owner | Cadillac Fairview |
Management | Cadillac Fairview |
Height | |
Roof | 140 m (460 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 33 |
Floor area | 69,677 m2 (750,000 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Carlos Ott[1] |
As a special project The Globe and Mail reporter Mary Gooderham spent two years covering the construction, writing 110 columns on the subject. These were later compiled into a book titled A Building Goes Up: The Making of a Skyscraper.
It is the head office for Workplace Safety & Insurance Board.
References
- Simcoe Place
- "Simcoe Place". The Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
External links
- Simcoe Place at Emporis
- "Simcoe Place". SkyscraperPage.
- A Building Goes Up: The Making of a Skyscraper
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