Met Centre
Ottawa, Ontario ● Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
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The client’s 1.1-million SF Canadian headquarters suffered from an austere image and an awkward ground plan that favored one of the property’s two towers.
Following a massive reconstruction and reconfiguration of the central atrium, lobbies and retail areas, both towers share amenities and command equivalent rents.