Jamieson Place (Calgary)
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Jamieson Place is a skyscraper
in Calgary
, Alberta
, Canada
.
It was named in honour of Alice Jamieson
, the first female to be appointed to any judiciary in the British Empire (in 1913).
The complex includes an underground 5 level, 240000 sq ft (22,296.7 m²) parkade with 500 stalls and a 3-story high indoor winter garden. It is connected to the east and north by a Plus 15 skywalk
, with expansion planned towards the west to the nearby Westin Hotel. The office space covers 920000 sq ft (85,470.8 m²).
The roof of the 38 floors tower rise to a height of 170 m (557.7 ft) and the two spires bring the total height to 173 m (567.6 ft). The spires are lit during the night.
The building is owned by British Columbia Investment Management Corporation and managed by Bentall LP.
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, often designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper...
in Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
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.
It was named in honour of Alice Jamieson
Alice Jamieson
Alice Jamieson was an American leading Calgary, Alberta feminist and magistrate.Jamieson arrived in Calgary in 1903 when her husband, Reuben Rupert Jamieson, became the area general superintendent for the Canadian Pacific Railway...
, the first female to be appointed to any judiciary in the British Empire (in 1913).
The complex includes an underground 5 level, 240000 sq ft (22,296.7 m²) parkade with 500 stalls and a 3-story high indoor winter garden. It is connected to the east and north by a Plus 15 skywalk
+15
The Plus 15 or +15 Skyway network in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is the world's most extensive pedestrian skywalk system with a total length of and 59 bridges. The system is so named because the skywalks are approximately 15 feet above street level...
, with expansion planned towards the west to the nearby Westin Hotel. The office space covers 920000 sq ft (85,470.8 m²).
The roof of the 38 floors tower rise to a height of 170 m (557.7 ft) and the two spires bring the total height to 173 m (567.6 ft). The spires are lit during the night.
The building is owned by British Columbia Investment Management Corporation and managed by Bentall LP.