VANCOUVER | Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel | 460 FT / 140 M | 44 FLOORS

[Coldrsx]

Originally Posted by towerguy3

The Pan Pacific will be partially closing for $ 60 million in repairs and upgrades. The outdoor plaza where the pool is will be torn up and rebuilt as the surfaces apparently are leaking.

It's all an effort to stay competitive in the market as Shangri-La and Ritz Carlton have raised the bar.

I also understand that the Fairmont Waterfront may be changing hands as it seems Fairmont is not going to want to operate two hotels right beside each other. Any ideas on this?

interesting...SOHO?

[Phil McAvity]

Originally Posted by towerguy3

I also understand that the Fairmont Waterfront may be changing hands as it seems Fairmont is not going to want to operate two hotels right beside each other. Any ideas on this?

This was my point a while ago. It baffles me why Vancouver has so many Fairmont hotels. Toronto and Montreal have one each, yet Vancouver will soon have four and like you said, this one will be pretty much across the street from the Waterfront Centre Hotel. Maybe Fairmont figured, "hey, if Starbucks can build locations right across the street from each other in Vancouver, why can't we?"

[jlousa]

Fairmont's current plans are to operate all 3 d/t locations. Things could change but there aren't any plans to at this time.

[SFUVancouver]

(My photo, February 13th, 2008)

[canucks23]

This angle is one of my favovorite views of down town. Its going to look even better with the Ritz-Carlton. Although, with this building going up, will it block out a lot of the view?
- This reason I like this angle so much is because it really shows what down town Vancouver actually looks like inside the city. Well at least a nice part of it.

[204]

Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

This was my point a while ago. It baffles me why Vancouver has so many Fairmont hotels. Toronto and Montreal have one each, yet Vancouver will soon have four and like you said, this one will be pretty much across the street from the Waterfront Centre Hotel. Maybe Fairmont figured, "hey, if Starbucks can build locations right across the street from each other in Vancouver, why can't we?"

No other city even comes close to having 4 of them. Plus one each in Victoria and Whistler.

http://www.fairmont.com/EN_FA/Property/

[raggedy13]

From yesterday...

[vanman]

Took these today.

[excel]

thick building.

[officedweller]

Growing quickly - looks massive on the webcam too:

[vanman]

From Saturday. This building is definitely growing quickly now.

[excel]

Great updates, thanks.

[LeftCoaster]

Update from today, Tuesday.

[Delirium]

some info on the public art component of this project;



additional info on the artist; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Gillick

[Yume-sama]

And the definition of art keeps getting looser. It's going to burst sooner or later

[SFUVancouver]

Taken from the Granville Street pedestrian overpass.

My photo, taken April 10th, 2008.

Taken from Stanley Park, shortly before Hallelujah point.

My photo, taken April 10th, 2008.

[jlousa]

Great picture, I believe you can also catch a glimpse of Espana starting to pop up on the second picture.

[giallo]

There will be quite the highrise canyon here after the completion of the Fairmont.

[officedweller]

Originally Posted by SFUVancouver

Taken from Stanley Park, shortly before Hallelujah point.

My photo, taken April 10th, 2008.

Looks like the Merrimac docked at the VCCEP.

[mr.x]

The Merrimac???