The Cannery Building Design
The architect (Soren Rasmusen) was then asked by the family to draw up what he thought would look good on the property
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The guide lines were simple; two story commercial with hotel rooms on the second floor.
When the new design came back Denis asked the architect if he knew what buildings had previously occupied the land.
The old buildings that used to occupy the property were in fact old Canneries.
The architect had been inspired by another seaside town that had a Cannery.
The proposed building was a ‘Cannery’ style building designed to look like four buildings had been added on over the years. It was a perfect fit.
The family found a bank that would lend money for commercial, restaurant and hotel rooms took out a loan and started over.
The new Cannery building was built in 2004 just when all the building materials started to skyrocket in cost. Added to this was a third floor that the architect drew in and had not been budgeted for.
Fortunately the contractor Karl was able to hold his trades to their word and was able to meet costs.
Potential tenants came and went during the one and one half year construction period.
Construction on the building started with no firm tenants in place and ended completely rented before final inspection. More Information Hotel Sidney BC >>>
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