Eighth Avenue Place

Eighth Avenue Place
Eighth Avenue Place
	Eighth Avenue Place in 2017
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
Construction started	2008
Completed	East tower April 11, 2011, West tower 2014
Owner	AIMCo, Ivanhoe Cambridge, Matco
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)
Floor area	1,850,000 sq ft (172,000 m2)
Lifts/elevators	21 elevators (East), 16 elevators (West), 4 parkade elevators
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]

Construction[edit]

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.

Design[edit]

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]

Penny Lane Mall controversy[edit]

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]

Sustainability[edit]

Eighth Avenue Place has been certified LEED Platinum for Core and Shell.^[9]

Gallery[edit]

Eighth Avenue Place under construction in June 2009
Construction in April 2010
Completed lower retail floors on east side
Looking south in the lobby
Looking southwest in the three-storey lobby
Lower retail frontage as seen from Stephen Avenue
Substantial completion of the East tower, April 2011

References[edit]

^ "Eighth Avenue Place: Ownership". Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Eighth Avenue Place: Details". Retrieved May 12, 2015.
^ Calgary Herald (August 2006). "Penny Lane's fate sealed as city approves new skyscrapers". Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
^ Calgary Herald (February 2008). "Tower built on confidence to rise in core" (PDF). Retrieved June 9, 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Gibbs Gage Architects. "Penny Lane Towers". Archived from the original on October 9, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.
^ "About Eighth Avenue Place". hines.com. Hines. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
^ Toneguzzi, Mario (October 4, 2018). "BOMA 2018 awards honour Canada's 'exceptional buildings'". Real Estate News EXchange. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
^ Industry Canada Archived July 29, 2005, at the Wayback Machine - $US156 Million facelift for Penny Lane Mall
^ "Eighth Avenue Place - Phase I - Project 14614". leed.cagbc.org. Canada Green Building Council. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

External links[edit]

[owners-1] "Eighth Avenue Place: Ownership". Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2011.

[details-2] "Eighth Avenue Place: Details". Retrieved May 12, 2015.

[3] Calgary Herald (August 2006). "Penny Lane's fate sealed as city approves new skyscrapers". Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2007.

[4] Calgary Herald (February 2008). "Tower built on confidence to rise in core" (PDF). Retrieved June 9, 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Gibbs-5] Gibbs Gage Architects. "Penny Lane Towers". Archived from the original on October 9, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2007.

[6] "About Eighth Avenue Place". hines.com. Hines. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

[7] Toneguzzi, Mario (October 4, 2018). "BOMA 2018 awards honour Canada's 'exceptional buildings'". Real Estate News EXchange. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

[8] Industry Canada Archived July 29, 2005, at the Wayback Machine - $US156 Million facelift for Penny Lane Mall

[9] "Eighth Avenue Place - Phase I - Project 14614". leed.cagbc.org. Canada Green Building Council. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

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