Simcoe Place

{{Infobox building

| name = Simcoe Place

| image = Simcoe Place 2025-04-23.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption =

| completion_date = 1995

| building_type = Office, Retail

| location = 200 Front Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| coordinates = {{coord|43.644981|-79.385759|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}

| roof = {{convert|140|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| top_floor =

| antenna_spire =

| floor_count = 33

| floor_area = {{convert|69,677|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}

| elevator_count =

| architect = Carlos Ott[http://www.aviewoncities.com/buildings/toronto/simcoeplace.htm Simcoe Place]

| owner = Cadillac Fairview

|management = Cadillac Fairview

}}

Simcoe Place is an office building and shopping centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The tower is {{convert|148|m|ft}} metres (486 feet) with 33 floors.{{Cite web|url=http://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/simcoe-place/4115|title=Simcoe Place | website=The Skyscraper Center|access-date=2017-06-12}} 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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Further reading

  • {{cite book |title=A Building Goes Up: The Making of a Skyscraper |first=Mary |last=Gooderham |year=1998 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=0006385575}}