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.