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351 (stylized III one) is a 165,000-square-foot office building. The high-rise is in
The site of 351 was originally part of St. John's Harbour, and is on made ground that is made up of fill coming from the rubble left after major fires in the 1800s. The location is most known for being the location of a
351 Official Website
{{coord, 47.55990, -52.71116, format=dms, display=title, type:landmark Buildings and structures in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
downtown
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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
, at 351 Water Street Water Street may refer to:
*Water Street, Hong Kong
** Water Street (constituency) around Water Street, Hong Kong
* Water Street, Milwaukee
*Water Street, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated village
* Water Street (Augusta, Maine)
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. The office building is the first to be constructed downtown in 25 years and was completed in 2013 by East Port Properties.
The building consists of a parking garage
A multistorey car park (British and Singapore English) or parking garage (American English), also called a multistory, parking building, parking structure, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck or indoor parking, is a build ...
spanning the bottom six floors (labelled floors 0 through 5) beneath an office tower on the top six floors (6 through 11), The current anchor tenant
In retail, an "anchor tenant", sometimes called an "anchor store", "draw tenant", or "key tenant", is a considerably larger tenant in a shopping mall, often a department store or retail chain. They are typically located at the ends of malls. Wit ...
of 351 is Husky Energy
Husky Energy Inc. is a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It operates in Western and Atlantic Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific region, with upstream and downstream business segm ...
, who occupy offices on five of the six commercial storeys. Subsea 7
Subsea 7 S.A. is a Luxembourgish-domiciled subsea engineering, construction and services company serving the offshore energy industry. The company is registered in Luxembourg with its headquarters in London.
History
The company was formed by the ...
also maintains offices in the building.
Background
The site of 351 was originally part of St. John's Harbour, and is on made ground that is made up of fill coming from the rubble left after major fires in the 1800s. The location is most known for being the location of a F. W. Woolworth Company
The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or simply Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the pioneers of the five-and-dime store. It was among the most successful American and international five-and-dime businesses, se ...
department store. When the store opened in 1952 it was considered to be the most modern store in St. John's, featuring a 2-storey escalator, an American-style soda fountain a hotdog machine and a popcorn machine. In the early 1990s the department store closed, a discount department store operated in the building for a few years before it was left vacant.
In February 2010, East Port Properties announced a proposal to construct a 12 storey office tower and parking garage at the site. In October 2011, the St. John's City Council
St. John's City Council has been the governing body of the city of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Since 1888, St. John's city council has governed under the Colony of Newfoundland, the Dominion of Newfoundland and since 1949, Canada.
Th ...
removed the site from the heritage area, leading to the approval of the development. Construction of the site started in the Summer of 2011, and the official ground breaking was held on October 27, 2011. It will also be the first building in the province to use deep water source cooling
Deep water source cooling (DWSC) or deep water air cooling is a form of air cooling for process and comfort space cooling which uses a large body of naturally cold water as a heat sink. It uses water at 4 to 10 degrees Celsius drawn from deep area ...
.
The parking garage within 351 opened in 2013; possibly uniquely among St. John's buildings, it includes charging stations for electric car
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s.
See also
*List of tallest buildings in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John's is the largest city and metropolis in Newfoundland and Labrador with a population of 192,326. In St. John's, there are seven buildings that stand taller than . The tallest building in the city is the 11- storey, Confederation Buildi ...
* Architecture of St. John's
The architecture of St. John's, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, has a style distinct from that of the rest of Canada, and its major buildings are remnants of its history and prestige as the first British colonial capital. The city of St. J ...
* Downtown St. John's
Downtown St. John's is the historic core, and central business district of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Located north of St. John's harbour, it is the business, entertainment, and tourism centre with office buildings, hotels, r ...
References
External links
351 Official Website
{{coord, 47.55990, -52.71116, format=dms, display=title, type:landmark Buildings and structures in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador