Edmonton Construction 12 (December 2013)

[EdmTrekker]

Originally Posted by GreenSPACE

62 stories, 747 feet tall (228m), 26 floors of office, 320 residential units.

The spire height could be the deciding factor on final height.

Shillington so said 30 floors office is what I heard

[Trans Canada]

Originally Posted by hilman

Tower looks less squat here, I like it.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bv-6xpZCEAAsSe2.jpg
https://twitter.com/NicoleWeisberg/status/504327045824786432/photo/1

Here is my interpretation of looking at the screen from an even sharper angle. Look how tall and slender it looks!


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I would be very surprised if they don't try to get past the Bow with the spire. Considering the attention surrounding the Bow when it got built, it would be a major statement for an Edmonton tower to top it.

[hilman]

This adds to the CRL which should be a sizable amount once complete.

[hilman]

Uh oh, sit got real.

Mack D. Male @mastermaq
WAM's Darren Durstling indicates the height of the @stantec tower could still go up. Capable of another two office floors & the cap. #yegdt

[s13]

With the close proximity of that hotel to Stantec, I'd guess they would share a common parkade/underground infrastructure? Maybe both will go up at the same time?

[Mikemike]

That would makes sense, a larger site means more efficient layouts for potentially a less-deep and cheaper parkade. They might actually combine with the whole plaza parkade to lower costs some more. rather than going 4 levels down like the City of Edmonton tower (or likely more like 5-6 due to greater height&density) they could get away with 3 or maybe even 2. Much cheaper, and you start building up significantly faster. The office parking won't often be in use during an arena event, after all.

[s13]

Originally Posted by Mikemike

The office parking won't often be in use during an arena event, after all.

Good point. I work at Epcor and the once the arena is open, we have to vacate the parkade by 6 to accommodate events.

[rapid_business]

So it looks like this will be the tallest building in Canada outside of Toronto and Calgary. Crazy.

[Boris2k7]

Originally Posted by rapid_business

So it looks like this will be the tallest building in Canada outside of Toronto and Calgary. Crazy.

I'm lovin' it.

[hilman]

Dave Lazzarino@SUNDaveLazz
"Our lowest floor of residential starts where The Pearl ends" - Durstling on selling features of residential units in new Tower. #yegcc

https://twitter.com/SUNDaveLazz

[tallisgood]

Great day for E-town!

You can say what you will about Mr. Katz but I don't think anyone can question that he genuinely wants to do something great for this city.

Hats off to all involved in making the arena district happen!

[rapid_business]

^^ Shots across the bow.

[bigcitydude]

^OMG it's beautiful!! nice to see people pushing the envelop in Edmonton instead of settling for more of the same. i absolutely LOVE it! and apparently no waiting as the shovel will be in the ground in the fall. joygasm!!

[HomeInMyShoes]

^But there's still a few floors of Manulife and Epcor to look over. Better add four floors of commercial and make this thing 242m.

[Jarrod]

All I've been thinking since seeing this is "My boy is going to play in the big league, my boy is going to turn some heads"

[Oilers1799]

It's almost time to update the city diagram for Edm on this site.

[EdmTrekker]

So...what is happening with Enbridge?

[SHOFEAR]

Originally Posted by Jarrod

All I've been thinking since seeing this is "My boy is going to play in the big league, my boy is going to turn some heads"

AHAHAHAHH. Same here.


Unbelievable really. Hard to imagine something like this just a few years ago,

[CanadianCentaur]

Holy cow, I never thought something this tall would go up in Edmonton until I got old or ended up six feet under!

[hilman]

Hi res pics up, http://www.rogersplace.com/quick-facts/

TOP TEN STANTEC TOWER QUICK FACTS
Aug 26, 2014

Located in the Edmonton Arena District (EAD), the city’s future hub and heart.
Once developed, will be the tallest building in Edmonton and one of the tallest structures in Western Canada.
Designed to be a sustainable and energy efficient building, with a target to be LEED Gold Certified.
Construction to commence in Fall 2014 and tower to open in Summer 2018.
Features 62 storeys with 26 floors of office space and 320 residential suites.
Top of tower to feature an iconic design element, representing the personality of EAD.
More than 600,000 square feet of office space with floor plates of 22,500 square feet.
Tower and office lobby to open directly into the vibrant public plaza.
Underground parking is available.