Manulife Place

For the highrise residential tower in Toronto, see Manulife Centre.

Manulife Place
Manulife Place in May 2016
Location within Edmonton
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office, Retail
Address	10180 101 Street NW Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3S4
Coordinates	53°32′33″N 113°29′41″W
Construction started	1981
Completed	1983
Cost	CA$100 million ($270 million in 2023 dollars[1])
Height
Roof	146.36 m (480.2 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	36
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Clifford Lawrie Bolton Ritchie Architects, Lawrie, Bolton, Ritchie Architects
Structural engineer	Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd.
Main contractor	PCL Constructors, Inc.
Other information
Public transit access	102 Street stop

Manulife Place is a highrise office building and shopping mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was completed in 1983 and designed by Clifford Lawrie Bolton Ritchie Architects. It is located at the corner of 102 Avenue and 101 Street in downtown Edmonton. Naming rights of the complex are held by insurer Manulife.

The building has a two level shopping concourse. Manulife Place is connected by the Edmonton Pedway to Edmonton City Centre and Commerce Place.

At 146 meters (479 ft) tall, with 36 floors, it was the tallest building in Edmonton from 1983 until 2011.[2] In 2011, it was overtaken by Epcor Tower at 149.4 meters (490 ft).[3]

History of the site

The location of Manulife Place was formerly the home of the King Edward Hotel which stood on the site from 1904 to 1980, before being destroyed by fire.[4]

Manulife Place was constructed by the local general contractor PCL Construction, with another local contractor, C. W. Carry manufacturing and erecting the structural steel.

Luxury department chain Holt Renfrew had a 30,000 square foot store at Manulife Place from 1982 until January 11, 2020, as the Louis Vuitton concession inside the store had departed for West Edmonton Mall, and as the Holt Renfrew chain decided to focus on larger stores with 130,000 square feet or more.[5]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Edmonton
• List of Edmonton malls

References

1. 1688 to 1923: Geloso, Vincent, A Price Index for Canada, 1688 to 1850 (December 6, 2016). Afterwards, Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada tables 18-10-0005-01 (formerly CANSIM 326-0021) "Consumer Price Index, annual average, not seasonally adjusted". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021. and table 18-10-0004-13 "Consumer Price Index by product group, monthly, percentage change, not seasonally adjusted, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
2. Emporis Buildings (2007). "Manulife Place". Archived from the original on March 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
3. Mah, Bill (2010-06-15). "Flagpoles will make Epcor Tower tallest". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on 2010-08-23. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
4. Herzog, Lawrence (2007-06-28). "Edmonton's early 20th century hotels". Real Estate weekly. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
5. "Holt Renfrew Announces Closure of Downtown Edmonton Store [Feature/Analysis]". 15 May 2019.

External links

• Official website

Preceded by AGT Tower

Tallest building in Edmonton 1983–2011 146 m (479 ft)

Succeeded by Epcor Tower