Cogswell Tower is part of the
Scotia Square
Scotia Square is a commercial development in the downtown core of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was built in the late sixties to mid seventies and is managed by Crombie REIT. It is connected to the Downtown Halifax Link and serves as a major ...
Complex in
downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is used for office and commercial space and stands at with 14 floors, plus levels G, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6 (bottom to top) underneath, which are part of the
parkade
A multistorey car park (British and Singapore English) or parking garage (American English), also called a multistory, parking building, parking structure, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck or indoor parking, is a build ...
on which Cogswell Tower sits. G level is ground level for Barrington Street and connects to the lobby of the
Delta Halifax, P1 enters into Scotia Square, and P3 level is ground level for Albemarle (formerly Market) Street. The building is connected to the
Downtown Halifax Link
The Downtown Halifax Link system is a network of climate-controlled pedways (pedestrian tunnels and skywalks) connecting various office buildings, hotels, parkades, and entertainment venues around downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is simila ...
system.
The
Business Development Bank of Canada
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC; french: Banque de développement du Canada) is a Crown corporation and national development bank wholly owned by the Government of Canada, mandated to help create and develop Canadian businesses throu ...
's Halifax branch is located here.
Other buildings in the Scotia Square Complex are
Duke Tower,
Barrington Tower
Barrington Tower is a part of the Scotia Square Complex in Downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The tower stands at 84 metres (275 feet) and has 20 floors. It is owned and operated by Crombie REIT.
The building is connected to the Downt ...
, the
CIBC Building, and Brunswick Place. Like all buildings in the complex it is managed by
Crombie REIT
Crombie REIT (formerly ''Atlantic Shopping Centres'', then ''Crombie Properties'') is a Canadian unincorporated open ended publicly traded real estate investment trust which trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and has an estimated market capitali ...
.
History
Cogswell Tower was developed by Halifax Developments Limited as the third office tower of the Scotia Square development. It was completed in May 1975.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia, with an estimated population of 439,819 in 2021, is the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada.
According to the now-defunct website Emporis, the municipality contained 105 high-rise buildings over tall in 2022. T ...
References
1975 establishments in Nova Scotia
Buildings and structures in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Office buildings completed in 1975
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