Centennial Place (Calgary)
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Centennial Place is a set of 2 skyscraper
s constructied in Calgary
, Alberta
, Canada
. Named in honour of Alberta's Centennial year, the complex includes an underground 5 level parkade with 793 stalls. The office space covers 1200000 sq ft (111,483.6 m²).Construction of Centennial Place was completed in 2010. The property’s sustainability features includecurtain wall
technology, motion sensors on lighting controls, low-flow plumbing fixtures, a high-efficiency heating and cooling plant, and a “green” roof with 30% of its surface planted.
The roof of the 39 floor east tower rises to a height of 165.2 m (542 ft) with the spire reaching a height of 182.6 m (599.1 ft).
The roof of the 23 floor west tower rises to a height of 100.1 m (328.4 ft) with a spire 117.6 m (385.8 ft) tall.
Centennial Place's key tenants include Vermillion Resources, Borden Ladner Gervais, Divestco, Baytex Energy
, ERCB
, Murphy Oil
, the Alberta Securities Commission and OMERS
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Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
s constructied in Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Named in honour of Alberta's Centennial year, the complex includes an underground 5 level parkade with 793 stalls. The office space covers 1200000 sq ft (111,483.6 m²).Construction of Centennial Place was completed in 2010. The property’s sustainability features includecurtain wall
Curtain wall
A curtain wall is an outer covering of a building in which the outer walls are non-structural, but merely keep out the weather. As the curtain wall is non-structural it can be made of a lightweight material reducing construction costs. When glass is used as the curtain wall, a great advantage is...
technology, motion sensors on lighting controls, low-flow plumbing fixtures, a high-efficiency heating and cooling plant, and a “green” roof with 30% of its surface planted.
The roof of the 39 floor east tower rises to a height of 165.2 m (542 ft) with the spire reaching a height of 182.6 m (599.1 ft).
The roof of the 23 floor west tower rises to a height of 100.1 m (328.4 ft) with a spire 117.6 m (385.8 ft) tall.
Centennial Place's key tenants include Vermillion Resources, Borden Ladner Gervais, Divestco, Baytex Energy
Baytex Energy
Baytex Energy Corp. is a Canadian producer, developer and explorer of oil and natural gas. Though formerly a trust it converted to a corporation January 2011 because of government changes to tax incentives. Heavy oil makes up 67% of production and 70% of reserves...
, ERCB
Energy Resources Conservation Board
The Energy Resources Conservation Board is an independent, quasi-judicial agency of the Government of Alberta. It regulates the safe, responsible, and efficient development of Alberta's energy resources: oil, natural gas, oil sands, coal, and pipelines...
, Murphy Oil
Murphy Oil
Murphy Oil Corporation is an international oil and gas company, founded in 1944 as C.H. Murphy & Co by Charle H Murphy Sr., that conducts business through various operating subsidiaries. Murphy produces oil and/or natural gas in the United States, Canada, Malaysia, the United Kingdom and Republic...
, the Alberta Securities Commission and OMERS
OMERS
OMERS, officially the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, is a pension fund created by statute in 1962 to handle the retirement benefits of local government employees in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has become one of the largest institutional investors in Canada. About 70% of...
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