Sun Life Plaza

Office in Calgary, Canada

The Ampersand

The three towers of The Ampersand

General information
Type| Office
Location| Calgary
Canada
Coordinates| 51°02′59″N 114°03′50″W﻿ / ﻿51.04972°N 114.06389°W﻿ / 51.04972; -114.06389
Construction started| 1981
Completed| 1984
Height
Roof| 114.3 m (375 ft)[1]
Technical details
Floor count| 28

The Ampersand is a high-rise office complex in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It consists of three identical skyscrapers, designated as North, West and East Tower, and connected by the lobby at ground level and by a shopping gallery at Plus 15 level.

Total area of the 3 buildings is 1.032 million square feet. Building floor plates are roughly 12,000 square feet each.[2]

## Towers

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The towers are 28 stories high, and rise to 114.3 m (375 ft).[1] Sun Life Plaza - West was the first tower built, and was completed in 1981. Development continued with The Ampersand - North, completed in 1982, and was concluded in 1984 with Sun Life Plaza - East.[3] Current occupants include the North West Redwater Partnership and Sproule.

Suncor Energy is a former tenant where it had headquarters in Tower III and occupied much of the building prior to its $43 billion merger with PetroCanada in 2009.[4] With the merger, the combined entity chose the former PetroCanada Centre (now renamed the Suncor Energy Centre) in downtown Calgary to house the bigger company.

Tower  | Address  | Floors  | Height  | Built

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West  | 144 4 Ave SW  | 28  | 114.3 m (375 ft)  | 1981
North  | 140 4 Ave SW  | 28  | 114.3 m (375 ft)  | 1982
East  | 112 4 Ave SW  | 28  | 114.3 m (375 ft)  | 1984

## See also

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* List of tallest buildings in Calgary

## References

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1. ^ a b Skyscraper Pages. "The Ampersand West". Retrieved 2007-06-17.
2. ^ "CREIT Properties of Success Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust Annual Report 2004" (PDF). AnnualReports.com. 2004.
3. ^ Emporis. "Sun Life Plaza". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
4. ^ "Suncor, Petro-Canada announce merger". CBC News. 2009.

Places adjacent to Sun Life Plaza

| Eau Claire | Chinatown
3 Ave S / +15 | Centre Street Bridge, Chinatown

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International Hotel 1 St W / +15 |

The Ampersand

| Dragon City Mall, Chinatown
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Fifth Avenue Place | 4 Ave S / +15
TransCanada Tower | Centre Street, TELUS Tower

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