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Calgary City Centre development moving forward



36-storey office skyscraper planned



By Mario Toneguzzi, Calgary Herald April 4, 2012


CALGARY — Phase 1 of the Calgary City Centre development site in the downtown is moving forward with a planned 36-storey office skyscraper.


Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited said the first phase of the downtown project will include the tower comprising 853,032 square feet with a retail podium, and five levels of underground parking with 632 stalls.


The building will be complete for the first tenant occupancy by March 2016.


The Phase 1 office tower is part of a larger mixed-use development which incorporates office, retail, a five-star hotel and luxury condominium residences.


The development covers a full city block of 3.2 acres, located at 2nd Street S.W. and 3rd Avenue S.W. in the Eau Claire area.



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Phase 1 highlights include: the second floor of the office tower will be connected to the Plus-15 walkway system via three bridge connections across 2nd (to Livingston Place) and 3rd Streets S.W. (to the Devon Tower) and 3rd Avenue S.W. (to Jamieson Place); an expansive two-storey office lobby will run along 2nd Street S.W. with a landscaped courtyard extending from the lobby to 3rd Street; the typical floor plate size is 26,782 square feet, providing for efficient office areas and the potential for eight corner offices per floor; and five levels of underground parking with 632 stalls will be available, including bicycle lockers and showers located at grade and on level P1.


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Construction is scheduled to begin in May.


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For those not familiar, these are the some renderings of the project: