Edmonton City Centre[1] is a multi-structure retail and office tower complex in the downtown core of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, extending west from Churchill Square. Originally named Edmonton Centre, it started operation in 1974 with the opening of the then-named City Centre Place office tower, expanding through construction and the 1999 acquisition of the interconnected Eaton Centre (with the expanded complex being renamed Edmonton City Centre), into a multi-level shopping mall, three office towers, and two hotel towers.
History
In 1974, the City Centre Place office tower (Oxford Tower) was completed within the larger Edmonton Centre development; TD Tower was added in 1976.[2] In 1978, Oxford Tower (now MNP Tower) and the Four Seasons Hotel (now Sandman Signature Edmonton) were built on the north edge of the site. Across the street a new development was in planning by Triple Five Corporation. The original plan for what was then called Eaton Centre, announced in 1980, called for several large office and apartment towers. None of the originally designed five towers was ever built but the multi-level Eaton Centre mall and the Delta Edmonton Centre Suite Hotel were salvaged from the project by heavy civic tax subsidies.[3]