Sun Life Plaza
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|image = Sunlife plaza2-calgary.jpg
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|caption = The three towers of The Ampersand
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|start_date = 1981
|completion_date = 1984
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The Ampersand is a high-rise office complex in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It consists of three identical skyscrapers, designated as North, West and East Tower, and connected by the lobby at ground level and by a shopping gallery at Plus 15 level.
Total area of the 3 buildings is 1.032 million square feet. Building floor plates are roughly 12,000 square feet each.{{Cite web |date=2004 |title=CREIT Properties of Success Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust Annual Report 2004 |url=https://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReportArchive/c/TSX_REF.UN_2004.pdf |website=AnnualReports.com}}
Towers
The towers are 28 stories high, and rise to {{convert|114.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}.{{Cite web| url= http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=465 | title= The Ampersand West | author= Skyscraper Pages| accessdate=2007-06-17}} Sun Life Plaza - West was the first tower built, and was completed in 1981. Development continued with The Ampersand - North, completed in 1982, and was concluded in 1984 with Sun Life Plaza - East.{{Cite web| url= http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=sunlifeplaza-calgary | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070930101030/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=sunlifeplaza-calgary | url-status= usurped | archive-date= September 30, 2007 | title= Sun Life Plaza | author= Emporis | authorlink= Emporis| accessdate= 2007-06-17}} Current occupants include the North West Redwater Partnership and Sproule.
Suncor Energy is a former tenant where it had headquarters in Tower III and occupied much of the building prior to its $43 billion merger with PetroCanada in 2009.{{Cite news |date=2009 |title=Suncor, Petro-Canada announce merger |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/suncor-petro-canada-announce-merger-1.805258 |work=CBC News}} With the merger, the combined entity chose the former PetroCanada Centre (now renamed the Suncor Energy Centre) in downtown Calgary to house the bigger company.
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| Tower
!Address !Floors !Height !Built |
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| West
|144 4 Ave SW |28 |{{convert|114.3|m|ft|abbr=on}} |1981 |
| North
|140 4 Ave SW |28 |{{convert|114.3|m|ft|abbr=on}} |1982 |
| East
|112 4 Ave SW |28 |{{convert|114.3|m|ft|abbr=on}} |1984 |
See also
References
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{{Geographic location
| Centre = The Ampersand
| North = Chinatown
3 Ave S / +15
| Northeast = Centre Street Bridge, Chinatown
| East = Dragon City Mall, Chinatown
| Southeast = Centre Street, TELUS Tower
| South = 4 Ave S / +15
TransCanada Tower
| Southwest = Fifth Avenue Place
| West = International Hotel 1 St W / +15
| Northwest = Eau Claire
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Category:Buildings and structures in Calgary
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