CANADA – Work is set to begin soon on a new CAN$17.5m convention centre in Charlottetown, located in Canada’s smallest province Prince Edward Island. A 36,000-square-foot complex will be built, able to hold receptions for up to 3,000 people and dining events for up to 1,500.
Staff at the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans will first need to move from their present waterfront offices to enable the new centre to be built.
The Canadian Coast Guard, which also occupies part of the old building currently on the site, will be transferred to another building on the Charlottetown waterfront before the tenders go out in February to replace the aging seawall in the centre’s future location.
The office buildings will then be torn down to make room for the convention centre, which will be connected to the Delta Prince Edward.
The convention centre will be paid for jointly by the federal and provincial governments and is expected to be completed by 2012.
