A number of projects are underway to convert vacant office space into residential units, but one conversion project will focus on a hotel. Element Hotel by Westin is the first hospitality project under the Downtown Calgary Development Incentive Program and work has begun in converting the Canadian Centre at 833 – 4 Ave. S.W. into 226 much-needed hotel suites.
The transformative project will see 170,000 square feet of unused office space repurposed to provide fully furnished, extended stay units in a prime location in Calgary’s west end, offering guests easy accessibility via transit, car, walking or biking along the Bow River pathway.
The building is owned by PBA Group of Companies. The Element Hotel is a partnership between the family-owned firm that has been a significant player in the city’s real estate industry since 1965 and Concord Hospitality of Raleigh, North Carolina — the same relationship that built the hugely successful The Dorian, the 27-storey, dual-brand Marriott Autograph Collection and Courtyard Marriott hotel on 5 Avenue S.W.