RBC Centre Edit Building

Identification

Also known as - Simcoe Place II

Approximate Address - 155 Wellington Street West [map]

City - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Region - Greater Golden Horseshoe

Nearby Buildings - 145 Wellington Street West, 180 Wellington Street West, Symphony Place, 70 University Avenue, 40 University Avenue, 55 University Avenue, Empire Plaza Condominiums, Simcoe Place, Intercontinental Toronto Centre, Union Building

Technical

Type - Skyscraper

Designation - Office

Status - Construction

Height - 182m600feet

Floors - 42

Total Floorspace - 112893m²1215176feet²

Office - 111500m²1200176feet²

Commercial - 1393m²15000feet²

Companies

Architect - Bregman + Hamann Architects & Engineers

Architect - Kohn Pederson Fox

Architect - Sweeney, Sterling, Finlayson & Co. Architects

Construction Manager - PCL Constructors Inc.

Developer - Cadillac Fairview

Electrical Engineering - Mulvey & Banani International Inc.

Elevator Contractor - ThyssenKrupp Elevator Can Ltd

Mechanical Engineering - The Mitchell Partnership Ltd.

Structural Engineering - Halcrow Yolles

Building Record History

2008-05-08

Reference Material

Contributors: Jonathan Martins, Rod Taylor, Ryan M, Tipharah Lavigne

• "RBC centre official site". Accessed 9 Apr 07.

• "RBC Centre, South side of Wellington St between Simcoe St and John St". (2007, 13 February). Reed Construction Data - KeyMail Report.

  Project: cast-in-place concrete structural frame, chilled water cooling system, fuel fired heating system, nine-storey 400,000-sq fft podium with 48,000-sq ft floor plates; a 34-storey office tower with 25,000-sq ft floor plates; 15,000 sq ft of retail; and over 400 parking stalls. It will also have an 18-inch raised floor throughout, floor-to-ceiling glass, flexible HVAC control that allows for individual cooling at low cost; and sensors that monitor light requirements, const of a LEED-certified office tower.

  Scope: 1,375,000 square feet; 41 storeys; parking for 400 cars

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• "/canada/ontario/toronto/rbc_centre:_toronto_city_hall_staff_report_2006_08_24.pdf". (2006, 24 August).

• "PRIVATE OFFICE BUILDING". (2006, 16 August). Reed Construction Data - Key Mail Top 10.

  Site preparation underway. Const Mgr has issued invited tenders for Excavation, Rebar, Concrete Supply, Formwork and Concrete Placement. Exacavation, shoring and foundation work will take place throughout the Fall and Winter of 2006 and the Winter and Spring of 2007. Const Mgr is not accepting Sub trade pricing at this time. Further update early 2007.

  Owner: The Cadillac Fairview Corp Ltd

  Const manager: PCL Const Canada Inc

  Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

  Architect: Sweeny Sterling Finlayson & Co

  Structural cons eng: Halcrow Yolles

  Mechanical cons eng: The Mitchell Partnership

  Electrical cons eng: Mulvey & Banani Int'l Inc

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• Church, Elizabeth. (2006, 27 March). "Cadillac Fairview tower to end Toronto dry spell". Globe and Mail.

  Cadillac Fairview Corp. Ltd. will announce today that it is ready to start building a new tower in Toronto, ending a 14-year drought in major downtown office construction in Canada's largest city and kicking off an expected wave of activity in that market.

  The new tower will be located west of the financial district at Simcoe and Wellington Streets and will be built as part of a new Ritz-Carlton hotel and condominium project that will rise beside it on the site.

  Plans for this latest building were outlined by Cadillac Fairview last fall in a bid to get the jump on rival projects. They call for a 48-storey, $400-million project with 1.2 million square feet of space, slightly smaller than the city's current bank towers. More details of the project are expected in an announcement from the company this morning.

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• Paul Rosta, Senior Associate Editor. (2005, 28 September). "Cadillac Fairview Puts On the Ritz With Planned $342M Toronto Tower". Commercial Property News.

  Toronto's flourishing office market is getting a bold vote of confidence from Cadillac Fairview Corp. Ltd., which announced plans this week for a $342 million (U.S.) tower near the city's financial and entertainment districts.

  The city's extremely low Class A vacancy rate, which is hovering between 5 percent and 6 percent, is the key catalyst for the development, a spokesperson for Cadillac Fairview said today. "The reason we were so confident in doing this announcement is that we are very confident that we will have a tenant on board in early winter," the spokesperson said. Cadillac Fairview plans to kick off three years of construction on the 48-story, 1.2 million-square-foot tower in mid-2006.

  The tower will rise just to the east of the 53-story Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Residences, a $300 million (U.S.) project announced in April. In disclosing plans for the new office tower on Monday, Cadillac Fairview also said that it would become a 40-percent partner in the hotel and condominium project, which will be Ritz-Carlton's first entry into Canada as well as Toronto's first five-star hotel. The development team believes that the close proximity of the hotel/condominium project and the office tower will generate synergy between the two properties, the Cadillac Fairview spokesman said.

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