The towers are rising around Edmonton’s downtown arena in the area branded as “ICE District,” and on Tuesday the media was given a tour of the latest developments.
ICE District is the private development to the south of Rogers Place that will feature an outdoor public plaza surrounded by retail, hospitality and office towers.
The Katz Group and ONE Properties call the developments a major revitalization of downtown Edmonton, “providing premium office space, residences and other mixed-use amenities.”
The tour included the under-construction JW Marriott Hotel-Legends Private Residences, and Stantec Tower and SKY Residences.
The four-star JW Marriott Edmonton will have 346 rooms and suites, a spa and more than 25,000 square feet of meeting and conference space, including a large ballroom overlooking Rogers Place. Marriott Hotels partnered with the Katz Group to bring the hotel to Edmonton. Once opened, it will be one of only three of the brand in Canada.
In total, the building will have 55 storeys. It will also house the Legends Private Residences, a 261-unit luxury condo development.
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The 66-storey Stantec Tower will be the tallest building in the country outside Toronto. The building will serve as the world headquarters for Stantec and feature office space as well as residential condo units. Stantec is the tower’s designer, engineer and project manager, and will occupy 19 floors.
The ICE District’s website indicates several other floors will be occupied by PwC accounting firm and two international law firms: Dentons and DLA Piper (Canada) LLP.
The SKY Residences take up floors 31 through 66 atop Stantec Tower.
The two towers will surround a public plaza that has not yet been named. There are plans for a grocery store and a Cineplex movie theatre.
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Global’s Vinesh Pratap shared photos throughout the tour. Scroll down to see the status of various parts of the project.