Riding the very nice and very fast elevators at The 250 Office Tower
at Eaton Centre Toronto ON serving floors 6 & 19-35. Re-uploaded in HD.
Building Specifications:
Address: 250 Yonge Street, Toronto ON.
Complex: Eaton Centre
Zone: Yonge-Dundas Square
Ownership: CF/TEC Holdings Inc. (Cadillac Fairview) and Ontrea/TEC Holdings Inc.
Architect Crang and Boake Inc.
Design Architects: Zeidler Roberts Partnership Architects
Electrical Consultant: Mulvey & Banani International Inc.
Mechanical Consultant: The Mitchell Partnership
Structural Consultant: Carruthers & Wallace Limited
Height: 494ft/151M
No. of Floors: 35 + Basement
Total Area: Approximately 716,432 square feet.
Ceiling Height: 8'-10" slab to finished ceiling, 13'-7" floor to floor
Elevator Specifications:
Brand: OTIS (All)
Capacity:
Passenger: 4,000lbs/1814kg (Class "A" Loading)/25 people
Freight: 6,000lbs/2727kg (Class "C" 3 Loading)/40 people?
Elevator Lobby Width: 9'-7"
Year Installed: 1991
Low-Rise Elevators:
Mechanics: Gearless Traction
Floors Served: L-19
Speed & Distance Traveled: 267ft/700FPM (12FPS)/213MPM (3.6MPS)
No. of Elevators in Bank: 8
High-Rise Elevators [Filmed]:
Mechanics: Gearless Traction
Floors Served: 19-35
Speed & Distance Traveled: 486ft/1200-1600FPM* (20-27FPS*)/366-488MPM* (6-8MPS*)
No. of Elevators in Bank: 8
Freight Elevator:
Mechanics: Gearless Traction
Floors Served: B-35
Speed: 500FPM (8.3FPS)/152MPM (2.5MPS)???
No. of Elevators: 1
Size: 5'-3" w x 10'-2" d x 12'-0" h
Cross-Over Floors: 6 & 19th.
*Notes: The High-Rise Elevators are supposed to go at 1000FPM according to the website but it seems faster when I rode them.
Links:
Main Page:
http://www.tectowers.com/
Cadillac Fairview Page:
http://www.cfofficespace.com/notesdata/leasing/retail/cfofficespace.nsf/PropI...
Emporis:
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=street250-toronto-canada
UrbanDB:
http://www.urbandb.com/canada/ontario/toronto/the_250/
TOBuilt:
http://www.tobuilt.ca/php/tobuildings_more.php?search_fd0=1903
SkyscraperPage:
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1690
i like the elevator and its so fast
arlenemartin1 2 years ago
Wow, this is fast!
CaptainElevator42189 2 years ago