Stephen Avenue Place is an office and retail hub in
The CORE
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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
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, Canada. Located at 700 2nd Street SW, it stands at 155 metres (509 feet) or 41-storeys tall and was the tallest building in
Calgary
Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in C ...
at the time of its completion.
Formerly known as the Scotia Centre, after its namesake tenant
Scotiabank
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, the building was purchased by Slate Asset Management in 2018 and was extensively renovated.
Stephen Avenue Place is named for
George Stephen, the first Baron Mount Stephen, who was the visionary, businessman and financier behind the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and is the namesake of the adjacent
Stephen Avenue
Stephen Avenue is a major pedestrian mall in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The mall is the portion of 8 Avenue SW between 4 Street SW and 1 Street SE. It is open to vehicles only from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
The street is known fo ...
.
See also
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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 ...
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Stephen Avenue Place
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Skyscraper office buildings in Calgary
Shopping malls in Calgary
International style architecture in Canada
Retail buildings in Canada
Commercial buildings completed in 1976