The first phase of the project involved the restoration and renovation of the pumping station building into 11,250 square feet of office and retail space. That phase has been completed, and the office space is fully occupied. Phase two of the project involved the creation of 28 high end rental apartments on Waterfront Drive. That phase has also been completed, and those 28 units are also fullyleased and occupied. There’s also a barbershop on the main level which is fully operational. Phase three, which is still ongoing, will involve the delivery of 65 rental apartments. Those apartments are projected to be fully occupied by fall 2022. In designing the project, Bryce says that Alston Properties had a number of key goals. One of them was to highlight the historic pump hall, which was a well-preserved example of the “golden age of machinery.” In order to make sure that history was honoured, Alston and 5468792 left the pumps on the main floor free and clear of complicated programming, instead building a new floor within the existing building for an office tenant they already had lined up (the new floor had to be within the building, because the pump house’s foundation was not capable of supporting the construction of additional floors on top.) The design also made the great pump hall newly accessible to the public, and they made sure that views of the historic pump house were available from a variety of vantage points, including the approach to the site, the neighbouring exterior walkways, and the intimate alleyways that were formed between the buildings. THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA
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