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. In addition, it is situated near the Waterfront Station.[3] The Southern and Eastern exteriors are wrapped with an art installation of a Liam Gillick poem.[4] Fairmont Pacific Rim was developed by Westbank Corp. and the Peterson Group with architecture by James KM Cheng Architects Inc.[5]
This is the fourth Fairmont Hotel in the Vancouver Metropolitan Area.