The Core (stylized the CORE Shopping Centre ), which consists of TD Square, the Holt Renfrew building, the Simons building, the Stephen Avenue Place shops, Scotia Centre , and the former Calgary Eaton Centre, is the dominant shopping complex located in the downtown core of Calgary , Alberta, Canada. It spans three city blocks and contains approximately 160 retailers on four levels. The property also contains six major office towers ( TD Canada Trust Tower , Home Oil Tower , Dome Tower , and the historic Lancaster Building. It is the hub of downtown Calgary's +15 skywalk system, and as such is the busiest shopping centre in the city by pedestrian count, with around 250,000 visitors passing through each week. The centre's architectural focal point is a vast suspended glass skylight which spans the length of the complex. As of October 29, 2010, the Core offers free evening and weekend parking at its underground lots.
7-561: Stephen Avenue Place is an office and retail hub in The CORE in downtown Calgary , Alberta , Canada. Located at 700 2nd Street SW, it stands at 155 metres (509 feet) or 41-storeys tall and was the tallest building in Calgary at the time of its completion. Formerly known as the Scotia Centre, after its namesake tenant Scotiabank , the building was purchased by Slate Asset Management in 2018 and
14-424: Is bounded by 8th Avenue SW ( Stephen Avenue pedestrian mall) on the south, 7th Avenue SW ( LRT Corridor rapid transit line) on the north, and extends above 3rd Street SW (Barclay Parade) and 4th Street SW. The mall is directly connected to the neighbouring retail compandes of Bankers Hall (south), Intact Place (north), Brookfield Place via Scotia Centre / Hudson's Bay Store (north), and Manulife Place (west) via
21-541: The +15 skywalk system. It also contains the Devonian Gardens , a unique 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) glass-enclosed indoor botanical park, which reopened to the public on July 27, 2012, after a complete renovation. the T. Eaton Co. opened its original Calgary department store on the site in 1929. In 1977, it was joined by TD Square (originally named Oxford Square) to the east. TD Square, an office and shopping complex, covered four levels over an entire block and contained
28-446: The largest point-supported structural glass skylight in the world. It creates the feel of an outdoor streetscape on the third floor, which incorporates two-storey retail facades with exterior-grade materials. Heavy construction work forced numerous retailers to close or relocate during the renovation, most of which have renovated or expanded. The renovation also widened the concourses, replaced all interior finishes and facilities, expanded
35-535: The original Devonian Gardens indoor botanical garden. In 1990, Eaton's store was relocated into a new building one block west and a four-level shopping centre, the Calgary Eaton Centre, was built on its original site. Following the closure of the Eaton's chain in 2002, Sears acted as an anchor store until 2008 when it was closed to make way for Holt Renfrew's expansion. The combination of the two centres resulted in
42-499: The property being rebranded "the Core", however the property is still referred to as "the Core – TD Square". The centre underwent a three-year, multimillion-dollar redevelopment project, which was completed in 2011. The redevelopment unified the complex under a continuous 85-foot-wide (26 m), 656-foot-long (200 m) suspended glass skylight. The skylight, completed in November 2009, is
49-544: Was extensively renovated. Stephen Avenue Place is named for George Stephen , the first Baron Mount Stephen, who was the visionary, businessman and financier behind the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and is the namesake of the adjacent Stephen Avenue . This article about a building or structure in Alberta is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Core (shopping centre) The Core
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