Centennial Place is a building complex located in
downtown
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Calgary
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,
Alberta
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,
Canada
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, 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 drainag ...
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 program used worldwide. Developed by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), it includes a set of rating systems for the design, constructio ...
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. Esta ...
.
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
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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 two hundred years of history going back to the 1823 founding of McMaster Gervais, it now has offices in Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, Ottaw ...
,
MLT Aikins,
Divestco,
Baytex Energy,
AER,
Murphy Oil
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The company is ranked 625th on the Fortune 500 and 1860th on the Forbes Global 2000.
As of December 31, 2020, the company had of estimat ...
, the
Alberta Securities Commission, Sabre Well Servicing Inc.,
Spencer Stuart and
OMERS Worldwide.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Calgary
References
External links
Centennial Place*
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Buildings and structures in Calgary
Skyscraper office buildings in Calgary
Office buildings completed in 2010
Oxford Properties
WZMH Architects buildings
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