Place de Ville

Place de Ville
Tower C of Place de Ville
General information
Type	Commercial offices and hotels
Location	Lyon and Queen Street Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	45°25′10″N 75°42′16″W / 45.4194°N 75.7045°W / 45.4194; -75.7045Coordinates: 45°25′10″N 75°42′16″W / 45.4194°N 75.7045°W / 45.4194; -75.7045
Construction started	1965
Completed	1972
Owner	Brookfield Properties
Management	Brookfield Properties
Height
Antenna spire	None
Roof	Tower A: 87 m (285 ft) Tower B: 87 m (285 ft) Tower C: 112 m (367 ft) Delta Hotel: 91 m (299 ft) Marriott Hotel: 96 m (315 ft)
Top floor	29
Technical details
Floor count	Tower A: 22 Tower B: 22 Tower C: 29 Delta Hotel: 25 Marriott Hotel: 26
Floor area	1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m2)
Lifts/elevators	Tower A: 6 Tower B: 6 Tower C: 12
Design and construction
Developer	Campeau Corporation
Main contractor	Campeau Corporation
References

Place de Ville is a complex of office towers in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It consists of four office buildings: Place de Ville A, B, and C; and the 'Podium' building. The complex also has two large hotels, the Ottawa Delta City Centre (411 rooms) and Ottawa Marriott Hotel (487 rooms), as well as the city's largest underground parking garage with space for 974 cars. The buildings are linked by an underground shopping complex. Place de Ville C is the tallest building in Ottawa. It was once advertised as "Ottawa's glittering answer to the Toronto Dominion Centre and Place Ville Marie".

The complex is located in downtown Ottawa on Albert Street between Kent Street and Lyon. Towers A and B are located on the south side of Queen Street while tower C is on the north of Queen. The buildings are mostly home to various federal government workers, with the Department of Transport, headquartered in Tower C, being the largest tenant.

For almost a century the area had been home to the city's streetcar garages. The streetcar system was closed in 1959. The land was purchased later by developer Robert Campeau. He conceived an ambitious plan to recentre Ottawa's downtown on the site. The scheme faced several barriers, the most important of which was that for many years buildings in downtown Ottawa faced a 45.7 metre (150 foot) height restriction so the Peace Tower would dominate the skyline. Despite strong opposition from Ottawa mayor Charlotte Whitton, the rule was changed to allow the only somewhat taller Towers A and B to be constructed. These two towers were completed in 1968. That same year Campeau began lobbying to build the much taller Tower C. Originally hoping to build a 145-metre (475 foot) tower (which would have made it about 42 storeys), although approved by the city, the National Capital Commission allowed it to only be 112 metres (367 feet) (29 storeys), but it was, and remains, the tallest building in the city.