Type Office, Retail Floor count 33 Floors 33 Province Ontario | Completed 1995 Roof 140 m (460 ft) Height 148 m Opened 1995 | |
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Location 200 Front Street WestToronto, Ontario, Canada Similar RBC Centre, Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto‑Dominion Centre, TD Tower, Brookfield Place | ||
Simcoe Place is an office building and shopping centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The tower 148 metres (486 feet) with 33 floors. 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.
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- Map of Simcoe Place 200 Front St W Toronto ON M5V 3K2 Canada
- Dover traction parking elevator at simcoe place
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Map of Simcoe Place, 200 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5V 3K2, Canada
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.
Dover traction parking elevator at simcoe place
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Simcoe Place Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA