A man in his 50s was rescued three hours after he climbed a construction crane in downtown Toronto late Wednesday night.

A hotel doorman called police around 11:30 p.m. when he spotted a man climbing the approximately 15-metre crane near Dundas St. E. and Jarvis St., said Fire Services District Chief James Green.

When emergency crews arrived, they found the man seated at the edge of the horizontal part of the crane, Green told the Star.

It took emergency crews three attempts to bring the man down to safety.

The first time Fire Services spoke to the man, Green said the man requested water. When they brought him water, the man asked for food.

According to Green, a police psychiatrist climbed the ladder with Fire Services during the third attempt and calmed the man down.

The man was agitated and said he “was disappointed with the construction in area” and how “the neighbourhood was changing and he couldn’t find housing,” Green said.

Approximately three hours later, emergency crews were able to bring the man to safety.

Toronto police Const. Allyson Douglas-Cook said he was arrested under the Mental Health Act and taken to hospital.

Douglas-Cook said he won’t be facing any charges.

As he was being taken into a waiting ambulance, the man screamed, “This isn’t the same incident as the crane girl,” an apparent reference to a woman who spent hours perched on a crane in April.