City updates progress for CN Waterfront Heritage building renovations

 

The first quarter of 2023 has been tabbed for the opening of the
Wheelhouse Brewing Company at the city owned CN Heritage building

The City's Economic Development Officer Paul Venditelli has provided a short update on progress for the City led renovation of the CN Heritage Building, the waterfront project that is destined to be the new home of Prince Rupert's Wheelhouse Brewing Company.

The notes on the renewal of the structure observing of some of the key elements of the rebuild which include:

All underslab ground servicing fully installed, earthquake-proofing of the subfloor complete, and parts delivered for the next phase – the installation of steel frame structure for the interior of the building. Following that the crew will start working on electrical and mechanical rough-ins, interior finishes, and connection of permanent power.

The short update also makes note of the source of financing for the development.

Towards a completion date, the city is looking towards the first quarter of 2023 for the move for the Wheelhouse from the Atlin Terminal region to its new digs on the city's waterfront adjacent to Rotary Waterfront park.

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The update has been shared widely by a range of civic sources, all of which have generated a bit of commentary for the notes to date.

The Prince Rupert Economic Development Office notice can be reviewed here.

The City's own relay of the update can be found here, while Mayor Lee Brain also shared word of the progress through his politically focused social media page.

The Mayor making note of his enthusiasm to see the project from the Rupert 2030 vision plan edge closer to completion.

You can review a history of the waterfront plans through our Prince Rupert 2030 Vision Plan project tracker.