RBC Centre

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RBC Centre
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Alternative names RBC Dexia Building
General information
Type Commercial offices
Location 155 Wellington Street West
Toronto, Ontario
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Construction started 2006
Completed 2009
Owner Cadillac Fairview/ ONTREA (50%)
Ontario Pension Board (50%) [1]
Management Cadillac Fairview
Height
Roof 185 m (607 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 43
Floor area 112,900 m2 (1,215,000 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators 30
Design and construction
Architect Kohn Pedersen Fox, Bregman + Hamann Architects, Sweeny Sterling Finlayson &Co Architects
Developer Cadillac Fairview
Main contractor PCL Construction
References
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RBC Centre is a 185 m (607 ft), 43-storey office tower completed on June 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on the outskirts of the traditionally defined financial district, owned and managed by Cadillac Fairview Corporation[5][6] jointly with the Ontario Pension Board since 2012.[1] The anchor tenants are Royal Bank of Canada.[6] The building is connected to Toronto's PATH network of underground pedestrian passageways.[7]

The development achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold status for the project's environmental sustainability and will produce an estimated 50% energy savings relative to buildings built to the Canadian National Energy Code. The LEED rating system recognizes leading-edge buildings that incorporate design, construction and operational practices that combine healthy, high-quality and high-performance advantages with reduced environmental impacts.[8]

In 2011 Toronto Star architecture critic Christopher Hume named the RBC Centre and the neighbouring Ritz-Carlton Toronto as the two most beautiful buildings completed in the 21st century in Toronto. He praised their integration into the community, and how they have revived Wellington Street. [9]

See also

References

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  3. RBC Centre at SkyscraperPage
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  9. "Hume's most beautiful buildings: These two are Number 1." Toronto Star May 12, 2011.

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