Manulife Place is a

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and

shopping mall A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...

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, Canada. It was completed in 1983 and designed by Clifford Lawrie Bolton Ritchie Architects. It is located at the corner of 102 Avenue and 101 Street in

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. Naming rights of the complex are held by insurer

Manulife Manulife Financial Corporation (also known as Financière Manuvie in Quebec) is a Canadian multinational insurance company and financial services provider headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The company operates in Canada and Asia as "Manulife" an ...

. The building has a two level shopping concourse. Manulife Place is connected by the

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and Commerce Place. At tall, with 36 floors, it was the tallest building in Edmonton from 1983 until 2011. In 2011, it was overtaken by

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at .

History of the site

The location of Manulife Place was formerly the home of the

King Edward Hotel The Omni King Edward Hotel is a historic luxury hotel in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The hotel is located at 37 King Street (Toronto), King Street East, and it occupies the entire block bounded by King Street on the north, Victoria Street ...

which stood on the site from 1904 to 1980, before being destroyed by fire. Manulife Place was constructed by the local general contractor PCL Construction, with another local contractor, C. W. Carry manufacturing and erecting the structural steel. Luxury department chain

Holt Renfrew Holt, Renfrew & Co., Limited (doing business as Holt Renfrew and known colloquially as Holt's) is a Canadian luxury department store chain founded in 1837 by William S. Henderson. It has been owned by the Weston family since 1986, and was previo ...

had a 30,000 square foot store at Manulife Place from 1982 until January 11, 2020, as the

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concession inside the store had departed for

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, and as the Holt Renfrew chain decided to focus on larger stores with 130,000 square feet or more.

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* Buildings and structures completed in 1983 Buildings and structures in Edmonton Skyscraper office buildings in Canada Shopping malls in Edmonton Skyscrapers in Edmonton Tourist attractions in Edmonton 1983 establishments in Alberta {{Edmonton-stub

History of the site

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