Centennial Place is a building complex located in
downtown Calgary
Downtown Calgary is a dense urban district in central Calgary, Alberta. It contains the second largest concentration of head offices in Canada, despite only being the country's fourth largest city in terms of population. The downtown is divided in ...
, Alberta, Canada, which includes a 39-storey and 23-storey office tower.
The complex was named to honour Alberta's Centennial year. The complex includes an underground five-level parkade with 793 stalls. The office space covers . Construction of Centennial Place started in 2006 and was completed in 2010 at a cost of $320-million ($ million in ). The property's sustainability features include
curtain wall technology, motion sensors on lighting controls, low-flow plumbing fixtures, a high-efficiency heating and cooling plant, and a
green roof
A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing membrane. It may also include additional layers such as a root barrier and drainage ...
with 30% of its surface planted. In 2010, the complex was certified
LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a Green building certification systems, green building certification program used worldwide. Developed by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), it includes a set of rating ...
Gold for Core and Shell Development and LEED Platinum for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance. The buildings are owned and operated
Oxford Properties
Oxford Properties is a Canadian multinational corporation, with operations in real estate investment, development and property management. Its portfolio includes office, retail, industrial, multi-residential, life sciences and hotel assets. Establ ...
.
The roof of the 39-floor east tower rises to a height of ,
with the spire reaching a height of .
The roof of the 23-floor west tower rises to a height of , with a spire that is tall.
As of 2020, Centennial Place I is listed by the
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is an international body in the field of tall buildings, including skyscrapers, and Sustainable design, sustainable urban design. A non-profit organization based at the Monroe Building in ...
as the 8th
tallest building in Calgary, and 52nd
tallest in Canada.
Centennial Place's tenants include
Vermilion Energy,
Borden Ladner Gervais
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (abbreviated as BLG) is a leading, full-service law firm in Canada with almost 900 lawyers, intellectual property agents and other professionals. With two hundred years of history going back to the 1823 founding of McMas ...
,
MLT Aikins,
Divestco,
Baytex Energy
Baytex Energy Corp. is an energy company based in Calgary, Alberta. The company is engaged in the acquisition, development and production of crude oil and natural gas in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and in the Eagle Ford in the United ...
,
AER,
Murphy Oil
Murphy Oil Corporation is an American energy company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration headquartered in Houston, Texas.
The company is ranked 625th on the Fortune 500 and 1860th on the Forbes Global 2000.
As of December 31, 2020, the company ...
, the
Alberta Securities Commission
The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) is the securities commission responsible for administering and enforcing securities legislation in the Canadian province of Alberta.
ThAlberta Securities Act RSA 2000 a revision of the original Act that ca ...
, Sabre Well Servicing Inc.,
Spencer Stuart
Spencer Stuart is an American global executive search and leadership consulting firm based in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1956, operates 70 offices in 33 countries and is privately owned, making SSI the largest privately held search ...
and
OMERS Worldwide.
See also
*
List of tallest buildings in Calgary
This is a list of tallest buildings in Calgary, Alberta, namely buildings that are at least tall.
Calgary is both the largest city and largest metropolitan area in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta, with a mun ...
References
External links
Centennial Place*
*
Buildings and structures in Calgary
Skyscraper office buildings in Calgary
Office buildings completed in 2010
Oxford Properties
WZMH Architects buildings
{{CalgaryRegion-geo-stub