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OUR COVER STORY
SLEVIN PLAY
MAJOR OFFICE TOWER IN CALGARY ANNOUNCED BY SCOTIABANK AND FAMOUS PLAYERS
George P. Destounis, President of Famous Players and Arthur H. Crockett, President of The Bank of Nova Scotia have revealed plans for the tallest building in Calgary to be erected on the north-east quadrant of 8th Avenue and 2nd Street.
The Bank of Nova Scotia building, a joint venture of Scotiabank and Famous Players will reach to 37 stories and has been estimated to cost $20,000,000. Construction is planned to begin in the Spring of 1972 and the building will be completed two years later.
The site includes extensive frontage on 8th Avenue between 2nd Street and Woolworths and on 7th Avenue between 2nd Street and “The Bay’”’.
The plan calls for a two level retail base structure to front on 8th Avenue’s pedestrian mall, and a 35story contiguous office tower to front on the 7th Avenue 2nd Street corner, providing in excess of 600,000 gross square feet of commercial complex. When completed, 3,000 people will be employed in the complex.
Located in the base structure at the concourse level will be the main branch of The Bank of Nova Scotia in Calgary, as well as a twin-auditorium Famous Players cinema offering the finest in entertainment from the film capitals of the world.
Also on the concourse level and second story level there will be retail facilities such as boutiques, beauty and barber shops, personal valet service and brokerage firms.
Plus 15 arcades will span Seventh Avenue, 2nd Street and 8th Avenue Mall to provide direct access to other properties in conjunction with the City of Calgary master plan.
Among the occupants of the office tower will be the Alberta Regional Office of The Bank of Nova Scotia.
At the first level of the tower the glass line will be set back, providing a landscaped terrace level. The tower will be sheathed in solar gray glass with the columns accentuated by white column covers.
The base of the building will have a colonnade with the solar gray glass set in from the three standing columns, thus creating a pedestrian plaza as well as a landscaped plaza and ground floor. The base of the structure will be set back from the property lines to provide larger landscaped areas in conjunction with the landscaped colonnade. Typical tower floors will occupy approximately 14,900 sq. ft. and will be served by high-speed elevators.
Public areas within the building will be as handsome as the exterior and will incorporate design continuity from the exterior to the interior facilities.
Highly advanced air conditioning and heating systems will create a healthful climate of comfort and efficiency year-round regardless of the temperature outside. Office temperatures may be controlled separately, and various areas of the structure can be heated or cooled simultaneously depending on temperature conditions.
Architects for The Bank of Nova Scotia and Famous Players are A. Dale of Calgary; and Thomas E. Stanley, Architects of Dallas, Texas, are Design Consultants.
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