RBC Centre

For the sports complex in Sarnia, Ontario, see RBC Centre (Sarnia). For the sports complex in Raleigh, North Carolina, see PNC Arena.
RBC Centre
Alternative names RBC Dexia Building
General information
Type Commercial offices
Location 155 Wellington Street West
Toronto, Ontario
Coordinates 43°38′45″N 79°23′06″W / 43.6457°N 79.385°W / 43.6457; -79.385Coordinates: 43°38′45″N 79°23′06″W / 43.6457°N 79.385°W / 43.6457; -79.385
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
[2][3][4][5]

RBC Centre, also known as the RBC Dexia Building, is an office tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Unlike the corporate offices of other Canadian financial institutions, the RBC Centre is located outside of Toronto's Financial District. It is owned and managed by Cadillac Fairview Corporation jointly with the Ontario Pension Board since 2012.[1][5][6] The building is connected to the PATH.[7]

The anchor tenant of RBC Centre is the Royal Bank of Canada.[6] The bank maintains a presence in a number of other towers in the downtown core, including Royal Bank Plaza (the bank's de facto headquarters) at Bay Street and Front Street, the Royal Bank Building at 20 King Street West adjacent to Scotia Plaza, and the building complex at 310, 315, 320 and 330 Front Street West, next to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.[8]

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.[9]

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. [10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ontario Pension Board Purchases 50 Per Cent Interest in RBC Centre". Lexpert. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  2. ↑ RBC Centre at Emporis
  3. ↑ RBC Centre at SkyscraperPage
  4. ↑ RBC Centre at Structurae
  5. 1 2 "RBC Centre". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  6. 1 2 "Cadillac Fairview "Tops Off" the RBC Centre". Cadillac Fairview. December 12, 2008.
  7. ↑ "RBC Centre". Retrieved April 16, 2009.
  8. ↑ Ladurantaye, Steve (18 August 2011). "Oxford Properties to buy Toronto Convention Centre". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2013-01-08.
  9. ↑ "LEED Gold...Creating Something Remarkable". Cadillac Fairview. 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Hume's most beautiful buildings: These two are Number 1." Toronto Star May 12, 2011.

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