Status Complete Cost CDN$ 350 million Height 201 m Construction started 2005 Province British Columbia | Completed 2008 Antenna spire 201.2 m (660 ft) Floors 62 Opened 24 January 2009 Architect James K. M. Cheng | |
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Type Hotel, Residential, Office Location 1128 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6E 0A8 Similar Rosewood Hotel Georgia, Fairmont Pacific Rim, St Regis Hotel Vancouver, Hotel Vancouver, Opus Hotel | ||
4401 1128 w georgia st living shangri la
Living Shangri-la is a mixed-use skyscraper in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and is the tallest building in British Columbia. The 62-storey Shangri-La tower contains a 5-star hotel and its offices on the first 15 floors, with condominium apartment units occupying the rest of the tower. The building's podium complex also includes a spa, Urban Fare specialty grocery store, a Vancouver Art Gallery public display, and a curated public sculpture garden. The high-rise stands 201.2 m (660 ft) tall and there is a private roof garden on floor 61. It is the 28th tallest building in Canada.
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- 4401 1128 w georgia st living shangri la
- Map of Living Shangri La Vancouver BC Canada
- Hotel
- Residences
- Construction
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Map of Living Shangri-La, Vancouver, BC, Canada
As part of the development deal, the Coastal Church, built in 1919 and located at the west end of the site, is undergoing a $4.4 million restoration.
Hotel
The Shangri-La Hotel Vancouver is a new full-service hotel that is part of the building. It is a member of the Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts chain, and is Shangri-La's first North American property. The hotel occupies floors Ground to 15 with 119 rooms (including a Presidential Suite on the 15th floor). There is no 4th or 13th floor. The hotel includes 5-star services such as restaurants, shops, and CHI The Spa at Shangri-La.
Residences
Living Shangri-La also contains 307 residential units, consisting of 234 general live-work homes on floors 16 to 43 and 63 private access residential units on floors 44-60 with three penthouses on floor 61. The condominium units are accessible from the entrance at 1128 West Georgia Street and 1111 Alberni Street.
Construction
The project required 3.1 million man-hours of employment, 15,000 truckloads of earth excavated, 51,000 cubic metres of concrete, and 7,000 tons of reinforcing steel. During the height of construction activity 1,000 workers were on site constructing 1 floor per week. The Shangri-La set Vancouver's record for the deepest excavation of 26 m (85 ft), defeating the past record of 23 m (75 ft) set by the One Wall Centre and also it has officially become the tallest building in Vancouver since October 2, 2007. The total cost of this building was near CDN$350 million. The tower crane on top of the building was fitted with Christmas lights on November 13 and thus was the tallest crane illuminated in the city of Vancouver in 2007.
A windstorm on January 15, 2008 caused loose construction materials to blow off the building and into the streets below. Parked vehicles were damaged by falling plywood, but there were no injuries. The neighbouring Terasen Gas building also sustained damage in the storm. Police closed off West Georgia Street for over twelve hours.
The development was marketed by Bob Rennie of Rennie Marketing Systems.