Background
One Wall Centre is 48 storeys tall with a total height of 157.80 m (517 feet, 819/32; with an architectural height of 149.80 m and roof height 137.16 m). The first 27 floors of the building are the 4 Diamond Sheraton Hotel. Floors 28, 29, and 30 are the Club Intrawest Resort floors; which are operated independent of Sheraton. The remaining 17 floors are residential condominiums. The One Wall Centre tower part of the Wall Centre complex owned by Wall Financial Corporation and was largely the vision of Peter Wall.
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