Simcoe Place Explained

Simcoe Place
Completion Date:1995
Building Type:Office, Retail
Location:200 Front Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates:43.645°N -79.3858°W
Roof:140m (460feet)
Floor Count:33
Floor Area:69677m2
Architect:Carlos Ott[1]

Simcoe Place is an office building and shopping centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The tower is 148m (486feet) metres (486 feet) with 33 floors.[2] 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.

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  1. http://www.aviewoncities.com/buildings/toronto/simcoeplace.htm Simcoe Place
  2. Web site: Simcoe Place . The Skyscraper Center. 2017-06-12.