With Rogers Place at its core, Katz Group has begun construction of the Edmonton Arena District (EAD), slated to be Canada’s largest mixed-use Sports and entertainment development. The EAD will cover 25 contiguous acres of downtown Edmonton, and feature a 50,000 square foot public plaza, two office towers, a JW Marriott Hotel, a Gateway casino, a Cineplex movie theatre complex, over 1,000 luxury condos and rental apartments, and 270,000 square feet of Retail space at a total cost of approximately $2.5 billion. In 2014, it was announced that the City of Edmonton and Stantec would be the major tenants of the two respective office towers. Stantec tower will be the tallest in Edmonton (62 storeys).
