McMaster Innovation Park | ? | various | Construction

[SteelTown]

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/busi...vative-future/?__twitter_impression=true

Gowling specified that the building be extremely energy efficient, built to LEED principles, with a focus on employee comfort and well-being. Natural light is essential, so it will have lots of glass, but the building will incorporate solar shades to take the heat load off the building in the summer. Gowling will lease the two upper floors of the 90,000-square-foot building and other tenants and amenities, including a café, will take space in lower levels.

The project is still in the site-planning process and construction is expected to begin in the spring. There’s a tight deadline as Gowling’s lease expires at the end of 2021. “The last building we did was similar in size – 100,000 square feet – and that took 18 months to build, so it’s very doable, assuming we don’t run into events beyond our control,” Mr. Conrad says.