First Canadian Centre East Tower Coming Soon
- November 30, 2013
- By Cody Battershill
Downtown Calgary's First Canadian Centre is Expanding
Downtown Calgary will soon be home to yet another new skyscraper. This time it’s First Canadian Centre, an already existing building located between 2nd and 3rd Street on the 7th Avenue SW block, which will have an additional tower built on the eastern side of its property.
The First Canadian Centre West Tower was designed by Bregman + Hamann Architects and was finished more than 30 years ago in 1982.
Original intentions were to have a two-tower development connected by a three-storey hall, but a downturn in the local economy halted plans for a second building. The two levels of foundations and underground parking that were built for the second tower remain covered by a landscape cap to this day.
GWL Realty Advisors hopes to have construction underway within a year and have it built by 2017 if all their pre-leasing goals are met. See more on the downtown skyline at our Calgary Skyline History today.
Quick Facts
- Approximately 735,000 square feet
- Designed for LEED Gold certification
- 28 floors
- 25 floors of office space
- 1 mechanical floor
- 1 retail floor
- 2 floor lobby with mixed cultural, retail and office spaces
- Indoor parkade
- Connected to the +15 network
More Downtown Skyscrapers
The First Canadian Centre East Tower is one of many new downtown Calgary skyscraper projects in recent years. Others include…
- Eau Claire Tower
- Calgary City Centre
There’s also a few other downtown skyscraper projects currently pending. They are…
- Palliser West
- Palliser East
- The Bow South Tower
With a consistently strong economy and millions of downtown commercial space currently under development, there’s no telling how many more new skyscrapers will be proposed for Calgary’s downtown core in the coming years.
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