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as the main convention venue in the city. The larger convention facility houses 120,000 square feet (11,000 m) flexible event space that allows Halifax to accommodate conventions and events that the former convention centre could not handle. The convention centre opened on December 15, 2017.
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Sutton Place Hotels partnered with Argyle Developments on the project. Among the contractors for the project was local firm RCS Construction, based in nearby Bedford. The hotel features 262 rooms. Amenities include the Chop Steakhouse & Bar, ceiling-high windows and fitness facilities.
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approved the sale of a section of Grafton Street, running through the Nova Centre site, to Argyle Developments at a cost of $ 1.9 million. This section would remain open to the public as a covered pedestrian arcade, and was rented out for events by the developer.
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signed a 10-year lease agreement and naming rights deal to relocate their Atlantic Canadian headquarters to complex. The north tower was alternatively named BMO Tower. The bank's flagship downtown branch is also relocated on the ground level of the building.
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The Nova Centre contains two interconnected office towers, the north (also known as the BMO Building) and south tower. Each building offers 14,000 square feet of space per floor, or a combined 28,000 square feet per floor.
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The section of Grafton Street purchased by the developer functions as both a pedestrian passageway and as an 18,000 square foot events space.
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The project received federal, provincial, and municipal public funding as it would house, in the podium levels and basement, the new
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had signed a lease for 36,000 square feet (3,300 m) of space in the complex and would move there from the
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partnered with Argyle Developments in a multi-year naming rights agreement.
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North and South Tower: 14,000 sq ft (1,301 m) each
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The Nova Centre complex occupies two city blocks in
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EllisDon Construction, Quadram Construction Company
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Contemporary modern
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada
Coordinates
44°38′46″N 63°34′29″W / 44.64611°N 63.57472°W / 44.64611; -63.57472
novacentre.ca
mixed-use development
Downtown Halifax
Halifax Convention Centre
downtown Halifax
Halifax Chronicle-Herald
Halifax Convention Centre
Trade Centre Limited
Halifax Regional Council
Bank of Montreal
Grant Thornton
Cogswell Tower

Halifax Convention Centre
conference centre
World Trade and Convention Centre
Rogers Communications
"Halifax’s Nova Centre begins its rise"
"Construction Updates"
"Halifax convention centre officially opens five years after first proposed"
"Case 20560: Amended Substantive Site-plan Approval Application — Nova Centre, Lands bounded by Argyle, Market, Sackville, and Prince Streets, Halifax"
"Nova Centre and Halifax Convention Centre"
"Arcadis completes the acquisition of IBI Group, creating a global leader for planning, designing and building the resilient cities of tomorrow"

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