The Fairmont Pacific Rim
| Fairmont Pacific Rim | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Location | 299 Burrard Street |
| Coordinates | 49°17'17"N 123°6'59"W |
| Opening | early 2009 |
| Management | Fairmont Hotels & Resorts |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | James KM Cheng Architects Inc. |
| Developer | Westbank & Peterson Group |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 415 |
| Website | |
| Official Site | |
The Fairmont Pacific Rim is a new upscale hotel and condominium building in Vancouver, British Columbia. It stands at 140 m or 48 storeys tall and was completed prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The skyscraper, which is part of the Fairmont Hotels and Resorts chain, is be located at 299 Burrard Street in Downtown Vancouver in the Coal Harbour neighbourhood by the Burrard Inlet waterfront. Right beside the Shaw Tower, it is also attached to the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre expansion site. The Southern and Eastern exteriors are wrapped with an art installation of a Liam Gillick poem.[1]
This is the fourth Fairmont Hotel in the Vancouver Metropolitan Area. The hotel occupies the first 22 floors of the building, with the remaining floors being condominiums.[2]
The condominiums were sold at a price of $2,100 per square foot, one of the highest in Canada at the time.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Poetry embraces Vancouver hotel tower", Vancouver Sun, August 28, 2008.
- ^ "A Building Boom to Welcome the Winter Games", New York Times, January 13, 2008.
- ^ "King of high-price condos coming to town", Toronto Star, February 10, 2007.
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