EDACC
Framework For The Galleria Project
Purpose:
The philanthropically led Edmonton Downtown Academic and Cultural Centre
Foundation is spearheading the development of the Galleria Project which
provides a transformational opportunities to the City of Edmonton through:
• The City gaining four new state of the art theatres that are financially self
sustaining and would not require operating or maintenance subsidies
• Cultural program expansion to offer additional context for the community
• Complementing the flagship arts and cultural facilities along 99th Street
from the Shaw Conference Centre and CKUA to the Citadel Theatre,
Winspear and Stanley Milner Library to the Galleria and Royal
Alberta Museum, creating a cultural core
• Market-making through growing, broadening and diversifying audiences
and visitors to the City of Edmonton
• Proposed relocation of the School of Music and Department of Art and
Design and one additional Department or Faculty into the Centre which
brings up to 5,000 staff and students into the district
• Facilitating an additional potential 3 million sq.ft. of development that
would bring up to an additional 15,000 people to the district
• Realistic operating economics achieved through the Cultural Trust and the
EDACC Foundation managing operating and maintenance costs; and
• Formation of the Cultural Trust that insures all excess revenue is
reinvested in the Downtown Arts District and the arts community
Project Components:
The Edmonton Downtown Academic and Cultural Centre would consist of the
following components:
• University of Alberta, School of Music 150,000 sq.ft.
• University of Alberta, Dept. of Art & Design 200,000 sq.ft.
• University of Alberta, other academic Dept. 300,000 sq.ft.
• Commercial Office Space 300,000 sq.ft.
• Edmonton Performing Arts Theatres 300,000 sq.ft.
(Large Theatre, Mid-Size Theatre, Recital Hall, and Small Theatre)
• Galleria (covered and open)
• Parking underground 600 stalls
Total institutional, commercial, and public space up to 1,250,000 sq.ft.
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