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Old department store to transform in Kitchener

Kitchener developers are set to renovate a 40,000-square-foot brick-and-beam building into a Class A office space

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New capital funding to mark sesquicentennial

The newly announced Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program earmarks $150 million for renovation and expansion projects to be completed by the end of 2017, the 150th anniversary of Confederation.

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Indigo to soon revitalize and rebrand key stores

Indigo Chapters will soon begin renovating key stores across Canada with the addition of new American Girl specialty boutiques and other updates.

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Walmart Canada to buy 13 former Target sites

Walmart Canada plans to invest $350 million to acquire and renovate 13 former Target Canada locations and one distribution centre.

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Holt Renfrew plans major flagship store upgrades

Holt Renfrew is planning to significantly expand its flagship store in Vancouver, adding about 40,000 square feet and new luxury retailing concepts.

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Trends in condo fitness facilities and programs

A new generation of health-obsessed condo dwellers is driving innovation in condo fitness facilities and programming. Here's how buildings can get in shape.

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Developers shortlisted for GTA hospital addition

Phase one of the Etobicoke General Hospital redevelopment is one step closer to reality as choices for potential developers and their respective design, build, maintenance and finance teams have been narrowed. The Patient Tower Project will be developed by one of three shortlisted candidates, including EllisDon Capital Inc., Fiera Axium Infrastructure Canada II LP and DIF Infra 3 Canada Ltd., and Plenary Group (Canada) Ltd and PCL Investments Canada Inc.

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Manitoba Museum exhibit space to double in size

Alloway Hall, the Manitoba Museum’s main exhibition gallery, is set to receive a $5.3-million expansion and renovations to nearly double its size. Funded by the federal and provincial governments as well as the Winnipeg Foundation, the project is the first phase in the museum’s major Capital Renewal Plan.

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Hullmark revives aging Liberty Village property

The more than 100-year-old brick building at 60 Atlantic Ave. was facing near-certain demolition when Hullmark Developments bought it. President Jeff Hull saw in the

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Historic Vancouver hotel renovated and reopened

Under British Columbia’s Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Renewal Initiative, Vancouver’s historic Gastown Hotel has been renovated and officially re-opened for business. The $143.3-million public-private initiative was established to help restore and maintain 13 provincially owned SRO hotels in the city’s Downtown Eastside for homeless individuals or those at risk of homelessness.

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Plans set for T.O. hospital patient care tower

Approximately 380,000 square feet of space will be added to the Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH) in the form of a new eight-storey patient care tower. The project, which will include an underground parking lot, courtyard and an additional three-storey expansion, is scheduled for completion in 2023.

Design Quarterly

Choosing transformation over demolition

When renovating, many homeowners, opt for a bulldozer and a fresh start to solve space issues, when transformation is a possibility worth looking at.

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Landmark Victoria hotel renovated by Hilton

One of Victoria's landmark hotels, Executive House, will re-open this spring as the new DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Suites Victoria following the completion of a multi-million dollar property-wide renovation

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Quebec City’s Place Ste-Foy plans for big revamp

Ivanhoé Cambridge is investing more than $50 million in Quebec City-based shopping centre, Place Ste-Foy. In the first phase of redevelopment, the money will fund

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T.O. hospital addition enters preconstruction

Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital (St. Michael’s) is adding a state-of-the-art 17-storey patient care tower, known as the Peter Gilgan Patient Care Tower, to its facilities and Bondfield Construction (Bondfield) has been selected to build it. Bondfield will also renovate approximately 150,000 square feet of existing space to expand the hospital’s Slaight Family Emergency Department and replace a 100-year-old wing.

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Thompson Rivers University building gets boost

In its original concrete construction, completed in 1970, Thompson Rivers University’s Old Main Building reflected the design philosophy of its era. As Michael Leckman, a

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T.O. pharmaceutical manufacturer to expand

As a result of a $2.085-million investment from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), a contract manufacturing and drug development research company in Toronto’s North York district will undergo renovations and an expansion. The company, Dalton Pharma Services (Dalton), will also provide $6.3-million in funding to finance the project.