Vancouver's Turn

Trump International Hotel and Tower, Vancouver
Under construction in August 2016
General information
Status	Complete
Type	Residential/Hotel
Location	1139 West Georgia Street Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Construction started	2012
Cost	$360 million US
Height
Architectural	187.8 metres (616 ft)
Roof	178 metres (584 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	63
Lifts/elevators	12
Design and construction
Architect	Arthur Erickson, Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership, DYS Architecture
Developer	The Trump Organization, Holborn Group
Main contractor	Urban One Builders
Other information
Number of units	217 apartments and 147 hotel rooms
Parking	346 spaces
Website
trumpvancouver.com
References

The Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver is a skyscraper in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The 69-story, 187.8 metres (616 ft), mixed-use tower is located at 1151 West Georgia Street, and was completed in 2016. Trump Vancouver is the second tallest building in the city, after the Shangri-La tower located across West Georgia Street.

The tower, designed by architect Arthur Erickson, is triangular in shape, twisting gradually with height up to 45 degrees from bottom to top. The building is described as having a 'hyperbolic paraboloid' form; the design is similar to the Absolute Tower in Mississauga and Turning Torso in Malmö, Sweden. The developer, Holborn Group, is aiming for LEED Silver certification for the building. The 9 level derelict building formerly occupying the site was demolished.

The initial project was cancelled on February 25, 2009. Buyers who purchased luxury condos in the tower received letters informing them of the project's cancellation. On June 1, 2009, Holborn Group president Joo Kim Tiah said his company still wants to see the plan completed on the prime downtown site — if the City of Vancouver wants to work with him.

On August 21, 2009, it was announced that the project would definitely resume, possibly as an even taller building (pending approval from the city) while keeping the same design by Arthur Erickson. Work on the project would resume as soon as early 2010, after the Winter Olympics (construction work was not permitted during the Olympics). However, it was not certain as of August 21, 2009, if the Ritz-Carlton "brand" would still remain associated with the project. Developers announced August 27, 2009 that the project will proceed. They are re-proposing the project requesting a height increase from 182.9 metres (600 ft) to 187.8 metres (616 ft). The proposal called for a higher number of smaller housing units with a more efficient use of floor space while keeping the exterior of the tower aesthetically unchanged (outside of the height increase). The new proposal went through a series of public hearings before Vancouver city council was scheduled to vote on it in November 2009.