📋 Tender Overview
ScopeThe City is planning a new community recreation centre at the south-east corner of Sorauren Park adaptively re-using the existing former Canadian Linseed Oil Mills Ltd. building 1910.Project TimelineDecember 2019 Architect was hired through an RFP request for proposal processSummer 2020 to late 2020 Public consultation to confirm vision and design principlesWinter 2020 2021 Public consultation to review and refine design optionsSpring 2021 Public consultation to inform further development of the building designSummer 2021 Public consultation to share and confirm the final designFall 2021 to Spring 2022 Preparation of constructioncontract drawingsSummer 2022 to Winter 2022 Procurement of construction servicesSpring 2023 to Spring 2026 Anticipated constructionTimelines are subject to change.The design of the new Wabash Community Recreation Centre will build on 20 years of planning and consultation work by both City staff and the local community which has played a strong role in driving this project forward.The City first identified the Wabash site in a 1999 report as one of five historically under-served areas. The site including the former Canadian Linseed Oil Mill factory was purchased by the City in 2000 in order to develop a community recreation centre.Thanks to the advocacy and fundraising by Friends of Sorauren Park and the local community several improvements were made to the site including renovations to the Field House in 2008 and the construction of the Town Square in 2014.The Citys new 20 year Parks and Recreation Facilities Master Plan again identified the community recreation centre project as a priority for the City this time specifying that it should includean indoor poola gymnasium andflexible multi-purpose program spacesThe site of the future Wabash Community Recreation Centre is bordered by Sorauren Park to the west and north Wabash Avenue to the south and the CPR Railway corridor to the east. It is 6734 square metres in size outlined in red in the preceding image.
