Bow Valley Square


Bow Valley Square is an office tower complex in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The complex is owned by Alberta Investment Management Corporation, OMERS and Oxford Properties Group.
The complex was developed by Toronto based Hammerson Canada and consists of four towers built over a period of 12 years, starting with the 17-storey first tower, 39-storey second tower, 33-storey third tower and finally 38-storey fourth tower which was topped off in June 1981. The buildings were designed by WZMH Architects and built by CANA Construction Company Limited. In 1985 Hammerson began evaluating construction of a fifth tower which would have been 17 storeys with 100,000 square feet of leaseable space, however the fifth tower would never come to fruition. Boris Zerafa of WZMH Architects would receive the 1970 Canadian Architect Yearbook Award of Excellence for the design of the Bow Valley Square complex.
Located in downtown Calgary, the buildings are directly connected by the Plus 15 skywalk system to Fifth Avenue Place to the north, Suncor Energy Centre to the east, and Brookfield Place to the south. A shopping gallery is located at the +15 level as well as ground level and contains retail, recreation, services and financial services. Construction started in 1972 and ended in 1981 with the fourth tower. The complex itself is made of towers; 205-5TH Avenue SW, 255-5TH Ave SW, 202-6TH Ave SW, and 250-6TH Ave SW.

Towers

The complex's tallest tower is the Bow Valley Square 2, a 39-storey building which was topped off in February 1974. It was the tallest building in western Canada when it was built in 1975 and would remain the tallest until 1977 when Scotia Centre was completed in 1977.
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2391975NE
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