CALGARY | Eau Claire Tower | FT | 99M / 325FT | 25 FLOORS

Surrealplaces · #1 Posted **Sep 14, 2012, 7:14 PM**

Formerly called Centennial Place III the this tower is pretty close to construction so I thought I'd put it in the proposals section

Link to developer's website

http://www.eauclairetower.com/

Architect B+H
LEED Gold

SSP building page
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=98357

A few renderings

eauclairetower1 by Calgary Renders, on Flickr

eauclairetower2 by Calgary Renders, on Flickr

eauclairetower3 by Calgary Renders, on Flickr

eauclairetower5 by Calgary Renders, on Flickr

eauclairetower4 by Calgary Renders, on Flickr

Coldrsx · #2 Posted **Sep 14, 2012, 7:25 PM**

Glazing looks cool, but she is a whale.

TallBob · #3 Posted **Sep 15, 2012, 6:49 AM**

Yep! Another "Wide Load"! 300' tall 300' wide..... I hate it. Think of the shadows comming from the width of the building! 10 floors higher and 100' narrower and it would be a nice building.

Dale · #4 Posted **Sep 15, 2012, 4:09 PM**

There were rumors of a planned highrise increasing height. Guess this one wasn't it.

Cowtown_Tim · #5 Posted **Sep 16, 2012, 11:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dale

There were rumors of a planned highrise increasing height. Guess this one wasn't it.

You're probably thinking of Herald Square. It's original design was 223m and 51 floors, but rumors are they are increasing the height.

Cowtown_Tim · #6 Posted **Sep 16, 2012, 11:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Glazing looks cool, but she is a whale.

My sentiments exactly. Even if they increased it to 30 floors and the same square footage it would look much better. I love the glazing though.

Surrealplaces · #7 Posted **Apr 4, 2013, 7:02 PM**

Some more news on this one. Not surprising, as a GC has already been awarded and the tendering process was already under way.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigtime

New office tower to rise over Eau Claire district
Thermal oilsands producer MEG Energy books 11 of 15 floors

CALGARY — One of Calgary’s fastest-growing thermal oilsands producers will be the lead tenant in a new 25-storey office tower announced Thursday by Oxford Properties Group.

The 600,000-square-foot Eau Claire Tower is to rise over downtown Calgary and be connected to two existing Oxford towers with 11 of its floors occupied by MEG Energy Corp.

Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/office+...#ixzz2PW5lScgv

patm · #8 Posted **Apr 4, 2013, 7:07 PM**

If the MEG Energy floors in Centennial are a glimpse of the finishing in this building then all I can say is this will be something special on the inside.

TallBob · #9 Posted **Apr 5, 2013, 5:45 AM**

That's a real "Wide Load"!

TallBob · #10 Posted **Apr 5, 2013, 5:47 AM**

You guys can kiss "225 6th" goodbye for a few years!

Doug_Cgy · #11 Posted **Apr 5, 2013, 6:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by TallBob

You guys can kiss "225 6th" goodbye for a few years!

Holy pessimist... 225 6th will be just fine

TallBob · #12 Posted **Apr 5, 2013, 7:18 AM**

Doug Cgy: 500k here 400k their 300k somewhere else first thing our 60 story gem is now placed on the "back burner" because of these smaller "Wide Bodies" getting put up! I hope I'm wrong, and trying to be optimistic.

Spring2008 · #13 Posted **Apr 18, 2013, 3:14 AM**

Any word on when this is supposed to start now that MEG Energy has leased a good portion of the building?

Chinook Arch · #14 Posted **Apr 18, 2013, 6:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by Spring2008

Any word on when this is supposed to start now that MEG Energy has leased a good portion of the building?

It shouldn't be far off now.

Surrealplaces · #15 Posted **Jun 4, 2013, 7:29 PM**

Site clearing has begun on this one. It won't be long before we see a shovel in the ground.

Design-mind · #16 Posted **Jun 4, 2013, 7:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Surrealplaces

Site clearing has begun on this one. It won't be long before we see a shovel in the ground.

That is music to my ears. I will try to get some photos.

Design-mind · #17 Posted **Jun 5, 2013, 8:54 PM**

Cement barriers are going up as well as some hoarding.

Surrealplaces · #18 Posted **Jun 10, 2013, 4:37 AM**

Won't be long before we see pile drivers on site.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8286638...n/photostream/

Habanero · #19 Posted **Jun 10, 2013, 2:37 PM**

In the words of Freddy Mercury, ba ba bump bump bump...another one bites the dust.

Another parking lot that is.

This one is pretty banal for the most part, but I'm good with it. We have some excellent proposals coming into Calgary, so a little filler here and there doesn't hurt.

Tarsus · #20 Posted **Jun 10, 2013, 8:30 PM**

The disappearance of a parking lot will be good. I wish this parking was developed with a low rise building (3 or 4 floors) and the extra office space went to some other taller tower, but this is still decent.