Manulife Place
| Manulife Place | |
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Manulife Place in May 2016
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 Location within Edmonton
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Office, Retail |
| Location | 10180 101 Street NW Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Coordinates | 53°32′33″N 113°29′41″W / 53.54250°N 113.49472°WCoordinates: 53°32′33″N 113°29′41″W / 53.54250°N 113.49472°W |
| Construction started | 1981 |
| Completed | 1983 |
| Cost | C$100 million ($218 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Height | |
| Roof | 146.36 m (480.2 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 36 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Clifford Lawrie Bolton Ritchie Architects, Lawrie, Bolton, Ritchie Architects |
| Structural engineer | Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd. |
| Main contractor | PCL Constructors, Inc. |
Manulife Place is a highrise office building and shopping centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was completed in 1983 and designed by Clifford Lawrie Bolton Ritchie Architects. It is located at the corner of 102 Avenue and 101 Street in Downtown Edmonton.
The two level shopping concourse houses luxury department store Holt Renfrew's Edmonton store as well 22 other stores and 3 restaurants. Manulife Place is connected by the Edmonton Pedway to Edmonton City Centre and Commerce Place. The building's namesake is Manulife Financial.
At 146 meters (479 ft) tall, with 36 floors, it was the tallest building in Edmonton from 1983 until 2011. In 2011 it was overtaken by Epcor Tower at 149.4 meters (490 ft).
The location of Manulife Place was formerly the home of the King Edward Hotel which stood on the site from 1904 to 1980, before being destroyed by fire.
Manulife Place was constructed by the local general contractor PCL Construction, with another local contractor, C. W. Carry manufacturing and erecting the structural steel.
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