Fairmont Pacific Rim Explained

Hotel Name:Fairmont Pacific Rim
Location:1038 Canada Place
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6C 0B9
Coordinates:49.2881°N -123.1164°W
Opening Date:February 4, 2010[1]
Architectural:139.6m (458feet)
Developer:Westbank & Peterson Group
Operator:Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
Number Of Rooms:377
Floors:44 (22 hotel)
Website:Official Site
References:[2]

Fairmont Pacific Rim is an upscale hotel and condominium building in Vancouver, British Columbia. It stands at 140 m or 44 stories tall and was completed just prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics on February 4, 2010.

History

The skyscraper, which is part of the Fairmont Hotels and Resorts chain, is located at 1038 Canada Place in Downtown Vancouver in the Coal Harbour neighborhood by the Burrard Inlet waterfront. Right beside the Rogers Tower, it is also attached to the West Building of the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre. The Southern and Eastern exteriors are wrapped with an art installation of a Liam Gillick poem.[3] Under the Tunnel SkyTrain Waterfront Station. Fairmont Pacific Rim was developed by Westbank Corp. and the Peterson Group with architecture by James KM Cheng Architects Inc.[4]

This is the fourth Fairmont Hotel in the Vancouver Metropolitan Area. The hotel occupies the first 22 floors of the 44 storey building, with the remaining floors being condominiums.[5] There are a total of 175 residential condominium units beginning from the 23rd floor. The entrance for the residential units is located at 1011 Cordova Street W.[6]

The condominiums were pre-sold in 2007, at a price of $2,100 per square foot, one of the highest in Canada at the time.[7]

Glee actor Cory Monteith was found dead in his hotel room on July 13, 2013. He was 31 years old. His cause of death was a toxic overdose of heroin and alcohol.[8]

See also

References

  1. Web site: New Fairmont Pacific Rim Readies To Open Their Doors in Vancouver . February 2, 2010 . Fairmont.com . March 5, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120305205141/http://www.fairmont.com/en_fa/articles/recentnews/fairmontpacificrim.htm .
  2. Web site: Fairmont Pacific Rim Vancouver, Vancouver - . Skyscraperpage.com. October 7, 2019 .
  3. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=eba62288-507a-4eed-a07d-8ea1cefa5426 "Poetry embraces Vancouver hotel tower"
  4. Web site: Fairmont Pacific Rim Condos for Sale . www.fairmontliving.ca. November 11, 2016.
  5. http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/travel/13headsup.html?pagewanted=print "A Building Boom to Welcome the Winter Games"
  6. News: Fairmont Pacific Rim Condos for Sale. 2016-10-20. Dave Jenkins' Wordpress Blog. en-US. October 30, 2016.
  7. https://www.thestar.com/article/180277 "King of high-price condos coming to town"
  8. News: Almasy . Steve . 'Glee' star Cory Monteith found dead in hotel in Canada . March 29, 2020 . . July 15, 2013.

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