Sun Life Plaza

The Ampersand
The three towers of The Ampersand
General information
Type	Office
Location	Calgary Canada
Coordinates	51°02′59″N114°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

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
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

• List of tallest buildings in Calgary

References

1. 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.