Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed

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Now we've got a 39 floor skyscraper that'll be a blight on the skyline for probably the next century or so.

I agree. Out of curiosity, what's the shelf life of a building façade for a building built in the last 50 years? The Mutual Life/Clarica/Sunlife tower (1987?) had its exterior updated in the last few years and it is barely 30 years old. First Canadian Place (1975) was reclad between 2009-2012.

When a building is entirely owned by one landlord, is it more likely to have an ambitious outside renovation? (or for that matter a complete top to bottom, inside and out renovation; or ultimately demolition and rebuild?) I can't imagine how any condominium tower can ever have a major type of, back to the beams, renovation that some post-Second World War buildings need from time-to-time.