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Edmonton's first true skyscraper, and the tallest building in Western Canada for five years, was the CN Tower, built in 1966. A building boom did not really begin until the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979 , which prompted construction of many of the city's current tall buildings (17 of the top 20, as of 2019).
This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Calgary. Although it is not a building, the Calgary Tower was the city's tallest free standing structure from 1968 until 1983 when it was surpassed by the Suncor Energy Centre's West tower.
Stantec Tower is a 66-story building and 4 underground, 250.8 m (823 ft) [8] mixed-use skyscraper in Ice District in the downtown core of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.On May 23, 2018, it reached a construction height of 197 m (646.3 ft) and surpassed the JW Marriott Edmonton Ice District & Residences, becoming the tallest building in Edmonton and one of the largest mixed-use projects in Canada. [9]
The west tower overtook the Calgary Tower as the tallest free-standing structure in Calgary from its completion in 1984, until being surpassed by the neighbouring Bow in 2010. [6] The office towers encompass 158,000 m 2 (1,700,000 sq ft) of rentable office space with the complex also containing 23,000 m 2 (250,000 sq ft) of retail and ...
The towers are 28 stories high, and rise to 114.3 m (375 ft). [1] Sun Life Plaza - West was the first tower built, and was completed in 1981. Development continued with The Ampersand - North, completed in 1982, and was concluded in 1984 with Sun Life Plaza - East. [3]
Old Toronto Star Building: Toronto: 88 m (289 ft) 22 1929 1972 This building was one of the tallest buildings in Toronto upon completion in 1929. Demolished to make way for First Canadian Place. 3 Owasina Hall: Calgary: 83.5 m (274 ft) 22 1972 2016 The high-rise student residential building had been sitting vacant since 2006.
The tallest building in the province is the 66-storey, 250.8 m (823 ft) tall, Stantec Tower located in Edmonton. Alberta's history of skyscrapers began with the Grain Exchange Building (1910) in Calgary, and the Tegler Building (1911) in Edmonton.
On July 8, 2010, the Bow surpassed Suncor Energy Centre as Calgary's highest building. [19] The 215 metres (705 ft) tall Suncor Energy Centre was the highest building in Calgary since 1984. The addition of a steel girder, part of floors 55 to 57, raised the Bow tower to 218 metres (715 ft). In November 2010 the Bow would be topped off at 234 ...