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One Canal Place
Office, Retail in Louisiana, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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One Canal Place, located at 365 Canal Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 32-story, 440 feet (134 m)-tall skyscraper. The building contains The Shops at Canal Place and is attached to the Westin New Orleans Canal Place hotel, with which it shares a parking garage.
One Canal Place | |
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![]() One Canal Place (center right) seen behind the Aquarium of the Americas from across the Mississippi | |
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General information | |
Type | Office, Retail |
Location | 365 Canal Street New Orleans, Louisiana United States |
Completed | 1979 |
Height | |
Antenna spire | N/A |
Roof | 440 feet (134 m) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 32 |
Floor area | Office: 684,294 sq ft (63,573.0 m2)[1] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | August Perez & Associates |
During the colonial era before levees were constructed, the land now occupied by the Canal Place complex was commonly covered by the waters of the Mississippi River. In the 1720s, a windmill was constructed near what is now Canal Street and North Peters Street. By the 20th century, the land was occupied by the American Sugar Refinery facilities. The 19th-century warehouses as well as Crossman Street (parallel to Canal Street) were removed to allow the construction of One Canal Place.[2]
Phase 1 of the Canal Place project resulted in the construction of the office tower in 1979. The Saks Fifth Avenue retail store and Westin hotel were constructed in 1982-83 as Phase 2.
Plans are currently in the works for Canal Place Phase 3, a $220 million project which will feature a new mixed-use high-rise tower. The office building with more than 650,000 leaseable square feet is managed by Corporate Realty.