Manulife Place

For the highrise residential tower in Toronto, see Manulife Centre
Manulife Place

Manulife Place in May 2016
Location within Edmonton
General information
Status Complete
Type Office, Retail
Location 10180 101 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Coordinates 53°32′33″N 113°29′41″W / 53.54250°N 113.49472°W / 53.54250; -113.49472Coordinates: 53°32′33″N 113°29′41″W / 53.54250°N 113.49472°W / 53.54250; -113.49472
Construction started 1981
Completed 1983
Cost C$100 million
($218 million in 2016 dollars[1])
Height
Roof 146.36 m (480.2 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 36
Design and construction
Architect Clifford Lawrie Bolton Ritchie Architects, Lawrie, Bolton, Ritchie Architects
Structural engineer Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd.
Main contractor PCL Constructors, Inc.

Manulife Place is a highrise office building and shopping centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was completed in 1983 and designed by Clifford Lawrie Bolton Ritchie Architects. It is located at the corner of 102 Avenue and 101 Street.

The two level shopping concourse houses luxury department store Holt Renfrew's Edmonton store as well 22 other stores and 3 restaurants. Manulife Place is connected by the Edmonton Pedway to Edmonton City Centre and Commerce Place. The building's namesake is Manulife Financial.

At 146 meters (479 ft) tall, with 36 floors, it was the tallest building in Edmonton from 1983 until 2011.[2] In 2011 it was overtaken by Epcor Tower at 149.4 meters (490 ft).[3]

History of the site

The location of Manulife Place was formerly the home of the King Edward Hotel which stood on the site from 1904 to 1980, before being destroyed by fire.[4]

Manulife Place was constructed by the local general contractor PCL Construction, with another local contractor, C. W. Carry manufacturing and erecting the structural steel.

See also

References

  1. Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada. "Consumer Price Index, historical summary". CANSIM, table (for fee) 326-0021 and Catalogue nos. 62-001-X, 62-010-X and 62-557-X. And Consumer Price Index, by province (monthly) (Canada) Last modified 2016-01-22. Retrieved March 2, 2016
  2. Emporis Buildings (2007). "Manulife Place". Retrieved 2007-10-19.
  3. Mah, Bill (2010-06-15). "Flagpoles will make Epcor Tower tallest". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
  4. Herzog, Lawrence (2007-06-28). "Edmonton's early 20th century hotels". Real Estate weekly. Retrieved 2010-07-12.

External links

Manulife Place - Official Website

Preceded by
AGT Tower
Tallest building in Edmonton
1983–2011
146 m
Succeeded by
Epcor Tower
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