| Simcoe Place | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Office, Retail |
| Location | 200 Front Street West Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°38′42″N 79°23′09″W / 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(s) | Carlos Ott |
Simcoe Place is an office building and shopping centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The tower is 148 metres (486 ft) metres (486 feet) with 33 floors. It was completed by architects Carlos 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.
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. It is adjacent to the CBC National Broadcast Centre and was built as the commercial component of the complex. The design was the subject of a design competition, won by Norr Architects and Ott.
See also
References
- ^ Simcoe Place
- ^ "Simcoe Place". The Skyscraper Center. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
Further reading
- Gooderham, Mary (1998). A Building Goes Up: The Making of a Skyscraper. HarperCollins. ISBN 0006385575.
External links
- "Emporis building ID 112661". Emporis. Archived from the original on 2015-05-12.
- "Simcoe Place". SkyscraperPage.