| Eighth Avenue Place | |
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Eighth Avenue Place in 2017
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| Former names | Eighth Avenue Place |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Office |
| Location | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Coordinates | 51°02′44″N 114°04′22″W / 51.045522°N 114.07289°W / 51.045522; -114.07289 |
| Construction started | 2008 |
| Completed | East tower April 11, 2011, West tower 2014 |
| Owner | AIMCo, Ivanhoe Cambridge, Matco[1] |
| Height | |
| Roof | 212 m (696 ft)(East), 177 m (581 ft) (West) |
| Top floor | 51 rooftop (East), 41 rooftop (West) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 49 floors (East), 40 (West) [2] |
| Floor area | 1,850,000 sq ft (172,000 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 21 elevators (East), 16 elevators (West), 4 parkade elevators[2] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Pickard Chilton, Gibbs Gage Architects, Kendall Heaton Associates |
| Developer | Hines |
| Main contractor | EllisDon |
Eighth Avenue Place is a 1,850,000 sq ft (172,000 m2)[2] twin-tower building complex located in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The complex includes a 49-storey 212 m (696 ft) East tower, 40-storey 177 m (581 ft) West office tower, and a three-storey indoor urban park.[3]
The complex is housed on the site of the former Penny Lane Mall, originally intending to keep the historic name as "Penny Lane Towers", the project has since been renamed.[4]
Demolition of the old mall was completed in September 2007. Excavation of the parkade below the building commenced in December 2007 and construction of the 49-storey east tower, and the parkade begun in Summer 2008. Eighth Avenue Place East was completed in 2011 and is currently the fifth-tallest building in Calgary. Eighth Avenue Place West was completed later in 2014.
The structures, designed by Gibbs Gage Architects to have a Rocky Mountain theme, with a western facing pale-green glass wall mimicking mountain waters and glaciers. The remainder of the building adopts a dark gray-layered appearance representing the shifting tectonic plates that built the mountains. The complex connects to the Plus 15 skywalk system, and contains a six-level underground parkade with 1,141 parking stalls.[5] The buildings also feature landscaped terraces and plazas, a 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m2) green roof, and an atrium winter garden.[6]
Eighth Avenue Place would win the 2018 BOMA Canada Earth Award for excellence in resource preservation and environmentally sound commercial building management for the Office Building class.[7]
Prior to construction, concerns had been raised over the destruction of the 94-year-old Penny Lane Mall; however, the City of Calgary approved the project in March 2006.[8]
Eighth Avenue Place has been certified LEED Platinum for Core and Shell.[9]
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