Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel
In the summer of 2006, Westbank commenced construction on one of the last remaining development sites in Coal Harbour to add yet another landmark building to Vancouver's waterfront. The Fairmont Pacific Rim has teamed together the luxury brand of Fairmont Hotels and Resorts with Westbank's reputation for quality design and construction. This project will consist of a world class 415-room Fairmont Hotel and 175 luxury residential homes with unparalleled views along with amenities and services that Fairmont is famous for.
This exciting new development will be Westbank's latest stamp on the Vancouver skyline. The site is on the foot of the new convention centre expansion, also expected to be completed in 2009 in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
This gives Vancouver three Fairmont hotel chains within a four block radius: Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Fairmont Pan Pacific, and now the Fairmont Pacific Rim.
Project Size
- 800,000 sf
- Fairmont Hotel: 415 Rooms
- Residential Live/Work: 175 Units
Architect
- James KM Cheng Architects
Completion
- 2009
Developer
- Westbank Projects Corp. & Peterson Investment Group Inc.
Marketing
- Spring 2006
Construction Commencement
- July 2006
http://www.fairmontpacificrim.com/
- Tower is stepped in at the 35th and 40th levels.
- Proposal amended on May 22, 2003 (Project 1134) to include live/work residential, office and hotel usage.
- Proposal of October 1, 2003 reduces hotel rooms from 800 to 500 (to level 24), with a live/work element above and a change to the tower form.
- September 2005: Property purchased from Fairmont Hotels for $68 million, and original design by VIA Architecture scrapped.
- October 26, 2005: Urban Design Panel first review of new proposal.
- November 2005: The Fairmont Pacific Rim will be a five-star, 415-room Fairmont hotel and 173-unit luxury condominium development.
- Start of construction for Vancouver's largest building, by square footage, is planned for July 2006.
- Final plans are first 25 floors as 415 hotel units with top 19 floors as 195 live/work condominiums.
- Originally proposed with maximum height of 472 feet and re-submitted at 463.72 feet, the city only approved to 458.25 feet, including all building appurtenances.
- Greatest opposition to application came from tenants of Terminal City Club Tower and Shaw Tower.
- Floor space for hotel and general office/live-work is evenly split at 397,600 and 397,919 square feet.
- Open balconies account for 37,252 square feet of total floor space in the tower.
- Condominium buyers paid $2,100 per square foot for what the realtor called "the front row seats" for the "water-facing units".