#4. Vancouver Conference Center

Cost: $47.39 million (construction)
$73 million (total)


Rendering courtesy of FaulknerUSA
Hilton Hotels will operate a four-star hotel that is part of the Vancouver Conference Center project.
Project address:
Downtown Vancouver at Sixth and Columbia, next to Esther Short Park

Start of construction:
Dec. 18, 2003

Expected completion date:
Summer 2005

Owner:
Downtown Redevelopment Authority of the city of Vancouver

Type of contract:
Design-build




Description

The Vancouver Conference Center project will include a new 226-room hotel and convention center with 30,000 square feet of conference and exhibition space and an underground parking area. It will also have a grand ballroom that seats 933 people for banquets and 1,167 for receptions. A junior ballroom will hold 469 people for banquets.

The urban-style design, by Portland’s Fletcher Farr Ayotte, features glass canopies, a two-story lobby, a grand staircase, and large windows in the lobby, lounge and restaurant that overlook the park.

The four-star hotel will be operated by Hilton Hotels. It will be located adjacent to the conference center.

PROJECT PARTICIPANTS

Contractor/design-builder:

FaulknerUSA, 1700 Rio Grande, Austin, TX 78701, (512) 652-4000

Architect:

Fletcher Farr Ayotte, 708 S.W. Third Ave., Suite 200, Portland, OR 97204, (503) 222-1661




Other Participants
Fletcher Farr Ayotte (interior design)
Harper Dennis Jellison (civil engineer)
Kramer Gehlen Associates (structural engineer)
Glumac International (mechanical, plumbing, electrical engineer)
Murase Associates (landscape architect)
Clevenger Associates (food service consultant)
Konell Construction and Demolition
Marion Construction Co.
Nutter Corp.
Applied Archeological Research
Piper Jaffray


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