Simcoe Place
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| Basic data | |
| Place: |
Toronto , Ontario , Canada
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| Construction time : | 1993-1995 |
| Status : | completed |
| Architectural style : | Modern |
| Architect : | NORR Partnership Ltd. |
| Use / legal | |
| Usage : | office building |
| Technical specifications | |
| Height : | 148 m |
| Height to the top: | 148 m |
| Floors : | 33 |
| Elevators : | 17th |
| Usable area : | 69,677 m² |
| Building material : | Structure: concrete; Facade: aluminum, glass |
Simcoe Place is a skyscraper in Toronto , Ontario , Canada . The building on Front Street is 150 feet tall and has 33 floors. It was completed in 1995 by Carlos A. Ott and NORR. The building is characterized by a late modern architecture. The building was built for real estate company Cadillac Fairview . It was the only major building built in Toronto in the mid-1990s, during the first housing bubble.
As a special project, Mary Gooderham, a reporter for The Globe and Mail newspaper, accompanied the construction project for two years. It turned out to be 110 columns, which were then put together and published in a book called A Building Goes Up: The Making of a Skyscraper .
Facilities and tenants
In the hall there are several restaurants and cafés that are also open to the public. Several companies have rented office space in the building, including:
- Bank of America
- Berkshire Hathaway Group
- GE Real Estate Equity
- Walt Disney Television
- Work Safety and Insurance Board
See also
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Coordinates: 43 ° 38 ′ 41.5 ″ N , 79 ° 23 ′ 9.9 ″ W.