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Identification
Name
First Bank Tower
Alternative name
First Canadian Place, FCP
Emporis Building ID
112676
Location
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Complex
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Technical Data
Height (tip)
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Height (architectural)
298.10 m
Height (roof)
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Floors (above ground)
72
Construction start
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Renovation end
2001
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Structure in General
Construction type
skyscraper
Current status
existing [completed]
Structural system
framed tube
Structural material
steel
Facade material
marble
Facade system
curtain wall
Architectural style
modernism
Usages
Main usages
commercial office
Side usages
service branch(es)
Features and Amenities
One of the city's famous buildings
Facts
Winner of 2005 BOMA Award Certificate of Building Excellence - Building of the Year.
In 2008, the building won the Maple Leaf “GOLD” Award for Marketing Excellence /Sales Promotion & Events for “Clothes Friends”.
In 2008, the building won the BOMA CDM Power Partner Recognition Award for Energy Conservation & Environmental Stewardship.
In 2007, the building won the BOMA GO GREEN PLUS Environmental Recognition and Certification.
10,000 people work in this building every weekday.
This building has often been listed at its main roof height, 289.9 m (951 feet) but the mechanical penthouse reaches a height of 978 feet.
Tallest building in Canada since 1975.
First Canadian Place is the focal point of the country's busiest business and financial district.
When completed First Canadian Place was the tallest high-rise in the world outside of New York and Chicago.
Over 16 million people visit the building annually.
In addition to being a Class AAA office complex FCP is also the largest unanchored retail centre in Toronto featuring 3 levels of over 120 stores, restaurants, and services.
The building's environmental system is considered state-of-the-art, with a minimum of 20 controlled zones per floor and capacity for up to 66.
The Bank of Montreal "M-bar" logo at the top of the building was the highest sign in the world from 1975 until overtaken by the sign atop CITIC Plaza in 1997.
The Bank of Montreal logos atop each side were updated in September 2004.
Tallest highrise in the British Commonwealth from 1975 until the completion of Malaysia's Petronas Towers in 1998.
There are 600 tons of Italian white marble on each floor.
The main entrance lobby is clad in marble and has 23-foot high ceilings lit by Italian crystal chandeliers.
Companies involved in this building
Emporis Premium Companies:
MANNTECH Building Maintenance Systems (facade maintenance system supplier)

architect: Edward Durell Stone & Associates, Bregman + Hamann Architects

Other companies:
Yolles Group Inc., Equicon Group, Frankel Steel Construction, Canron Construction Corp,, Niagara Mechanical Contractors, G. Granek & Associates
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