he got a good deal $1,200,000,000 / 977,960 sq ft = $1227sqft ,cheaper then pre construction condos hahahaha...
en.wikipedia.org
The glass for the body of the building was manufactured by
Canadian Pittsburgh Industries and was coloured using 2,500 oz (71,000 g) of
gold, valued at CA$70 per pane at the time of installation. that's like 5.67 million Canadian dollars worth of gold on the building
I remember seeing plans to build a tall thin Condo building on the land between Royal Bank Plaza & the Royal York Hotel back in 2010 , but it went nowhere , maybe with new owners things will change, but not sure where exactly the property lines are between Royal Bank Plaza & the Royal York Hotel
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