The Calgary Zoo is looking for a lot of money from the city Wednesday, so it can get started on a new home for four giant pandas that will arrive in less than two years.

The panda family is moving here from the Toronto Zoo in March 2018.

Zoo Spokesperson Trish Exton-Parder says a city committee will look at a request for just over $8-million over two years for the Treasures of China Giant Panda Exhibit.

“There’s some incredible designs in place for the buildings, some wonderful interpretation. There’s a really cool storyline about habitat preservation and the plight of pandas, conservation messages throughout that, so people can really look to the panda as an ambassador for all endangered species,” she said.

The new habitat will be located in the Eurasian Gateway Building, now home to a rhino and the Komodo dragons.

The dragons will share the space with the panda family.