Manulife Place is a highrise office building and shopping centre in Edmonton

Edmonton

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, Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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. It was completed in 1983 to the design 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 Holt Renfrew

Holt Renfrew

Holt Renfrew is a chain of high-end Canadian department stores. It is comparable to Barneys New York and Saks Fifth Avenue in the United States, and to two other upmarket chains owned by the same family, Britain's Selfridges and Ireland's Brown Thomas...

's Edmonton store as well as many upscale shops. It connects by skywalk bridge

Edmonton Pedway

The Edmonton Pedway system is a network connecting office buildings, shopping centres, and parkades in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It consists of approximately of year-round climate-controlled underground tunnels and walkways between the second floors of buildings approximately above...

 to Edmonton City Centre

Edmonton City Centre

Edmonton City Centre is a shopping mall in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, across the street from Churchill Square.-History:In 1974, the City Centre Place shopping mall was completed within the larger Edmonton Centre development; TD Tower was added in 1976. In 1978, Oxford Tower and the...

 and Commerce Place

Commerce Place (Edmonton)

Commerce Place is an office & retail complex in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It stands at 123 metres or 27 storeys tall and was completed in 1990....

. The shopping centre features 22 stores and 3 restaurant

Restaurant

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s. Its namesake is Manulife Financial

Manulife Financial

Manulife Financial Corporation , is a Canadian insurance company and financial services provider. Manulife Financial's global head office is located in Toronto, Canada and the Company has operations in 21 countries and territories worldwide.The Company operates in Canada and Asia through the brand...

.

At 146 metres (479 ft) tall, with 36 floors, it is the tallest building in Edmonton to date. It was overtaken in 2011 by Epcor Tower

EPCOR Tower

EPCOR Tower is an office tower currently under construction in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada that is part of the Station Lands project. The tower is capped by two spires that top out at 137.3 m and these capped with four flagpoles each. When flagpoles are taken into account, it is currently...

 when flag

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poles are taken into account at 149.4 metres (490.2 ft).

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 1982, before being destroyed by fire.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Edmonton
• List of Edmonton malls

External links

• Manulife Place