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First Canadian Place
100 King Street West
Toronto ON Canada
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| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Finished | 1975 | | Floor Count | 71 | | Basement Floors | 4 | | Floor Area | 248,699 m² |
|  | | Building Uses | | - office | | - communication | | - retail | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | - guyed mast | | - sign | | Architectural Style | | - international | | Materials | | - glass | | - steel | | - stone | | - marble | | - concrete, reinforced |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Antenna | | 1165 ft | | | | | tip of the tallest antenna | | | | | Roof | | 978 ft | | City of Toronto | | | top of mechanical | | | | | Top floor | | 942 ft | | City of Toronto | | | main roof | | |
Description
Architect: Edward Durrell Stone & Associates
Architect: Bregman + Hamann Architects.
Developer: Olympia & York Properties Corp.
Developer: Bank of Montreal.
Owner: Brookfield Properties Corp. (2009)
• Canada's tallest building since 1975.
• 10,000 people work at the First Canadian Place every weekday, 16 million people visit the First Canadian Place annually.
• Tallest building in the Commonwealth of Nations from 1975 to 1998, surpassed by the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• When the First Canadian Place was completed it was the tallest building outside the United States and eighth tallest in the world.
• The building is currently (2010) having it's clading replaced. The original marble cladding has weathered considerably, marring the look of the tower, and it is being replaced with white fritted glass panels. The indented corners of the tower will become black in color as well.
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