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First Canadian Centre is an office tower in Calgary, Alberta designed by Donald C. Smith (1929–2014) of the New York firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It was the second SOM project in Calgary after Toronto-Dominion Square, which is on the neighbouring block to the south. The project was intended to include 41-storey and 64-storey towers ...
Scotia Centre: First Canadian Centre: 350 7 Avenue SW 1982-1984 167 / 548 41 First Canadian Centre: Suncor Energy Centre - West: 150 6 Avenue SW 1984-2011 215 / 705 53 Suncor Energy Centre: The Bow: 500 Centre Street SE 2011–2017 236 / 774 58 The Bow: Brookfield Place East: 210 - 7 Avenue SW 2017–present 247 / 810 56 Brookfield Place East
This problem would surface at First Canadian Place as well, during an intense storm on the evening of 15 May 2007, a 1 by 1.2 m (3 ft 3 in by 3 ft 11 in), 140 kg (310 lb) white marble panel fell from the 60th storey of the tower's southern face onto the 3rd-floor mezzanine roof below, causing authorities to close surrounding streets as a ...
Richmond is a suburb of Houston and the county seat of Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. [5] The city is located within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census , the city population was 11,627.
The name "Cadillac Fairview" came into existence in 1974 as a result of the merger between Cadillac Development Corporation Ltd and Fairview Corporation. [4] Cadillac Development Corporation was founded by partners Ephraim Diamond (d. 2008), Joseph Berman (1922–2003), and Jack Kamin in Toronto in 1953 as a developer of high-rise apartment buildings.
In March 1962, a group of Towers concessionaires incorporated as Allied Towers Merchants Ltd. [3] After Towers Marts went bankrupt in 1963, Allied Towers Merchants Ltd., purchased the 13 Canadian stores, initially acquiring only 43% of the outstanding shares and eventually getting full control of these Towers stores.
Royal Trust Tower (part of the TD Centre) Three of the Toronto-Dominion Centre's five towers, (left to right) the Ernst & Young Tower, the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower, and the Royal Trust Tower. Toronto: 182.9 m (600 ft) 46: 1969: 183 m (600 ft) 67 Centennial Place I: Calgary: 182.6 m (599 ft) 40: 2010: 165.2 m (542 ft) (182.6 m (599 ft) spire) 68
This period saw the construction of Canada's three tallest buildings and six of its top ten (at the time). When topped off in 1967, the TD Bank Tower was the 14th tallest building in the world. The TD Tower would soon be followed by Commerce Court West, the 14th tallest building in the world at the time of its completion in 1972.