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unique
firm
In
describing
the
Grosvenor
Laing
organization
President
Wallace
B
Ilaughan
said
An
nacis
Industrial
estate
coupled
with
other
projects
is
being
de
developed
¬
veloped
by
the
Grosvenor
Lalng
organization
a
unique
partner
partnership
¬
ship
combining
centuries
of
ex
experience
¬
perience
The
Grosvenor
estates
had
their
beginning
more
than
900
years
ago
and
have
developed
many
large
commercial
In
Industrial
¬
dustrial
residential
andagrlcul
tural
estates
in
various
parts
of
tho
world
Development
Acclaimed
John
Lalng
and
Son
Limited
have
more
than
100
years
of
experience
In
every
field
of
con
construction
¬
struction
from
houses
to
atomic
plants
Their
Canadian
sub
subsidiary
¬
sidiary
is
one
of
the
leading
construction
companies
on
the
West
Coast
of
Canada
friday
August
5
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Grosvenor
Laing
and
Woodwards
co
operation
is
exemplified
in
Prince
Georges
newest
and
la
rgest
shopping
centre
Parkwood
Big
Construction
Company
And
Woodwards
Chain
A
Long
Story
of
Co
Operation
It
has
been
a
long
story
of
co
operation
between
Wood
Woodwards
¬
wards
Stores
Ltd
and
Gros
Grosvenor
¬
venor
Lalng
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Limited
Parkwood
Centres
developer
and
contractor
Woodwards
and
Grosvenor
Laing
have
now
co
operated
on
six
shopping
complexes
In
Brit
British
¬
ish
Columbia
and
Alberta
Shortly
alter
Parkwood
Cpntre
Is
open
another
major
complex
will
be
opened
in
North
Surrey
Guildford
Town
Centre
will
con
contain
¬
tain
Woodwards
as
tho
principal
tenant
In
phase
1
of
the
overall
G5
million
development
Grosvenor
Lalng
had
Its
beginning
as
a
Canadian
Com
Company
¬
pany
In
19SG
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Annacls
Is
comprised
of
1200
acres
of
level
land
located
in
the
heart
of
the
Greater
Van
Vancouver
¬
couver
area
on
the
Fraser
Riv
er
and
adjacent
to
the
port
of
New
Westminster
Tho
de
development
¬
velopment
has
been
widely
ac
acclaimed
¬
claimed
Every
physical
detail
of
tho
Estate
Is
carefully
planned
in
accordance
with
the
most
modern
planning
and
architectural
con
cepts
Custom
built
factories
are
provided
in
a
variety
of
ways
and
a
full
range
of
all
indus
trial
services
is
available
Tho
Grosvenor
Lalng
organ
lzation
Includes
personnel
well
qualified
to
undertake
every
as
aspect
¬
pect
of
property
development
in
including
¬
cluding
design
and
construction
During
tho
ten
years
that
Grosvenor-Lalng
has
been
active
In
Canada
many
different
phases
of
development
and
construction
have
been
undertaken
Certainly
the
relationship
with
Woodwards
has
been
one
which
utilizes
tho
talents
of
every
phase
of
tho
successful
company
Some
of
the
projects
under
undertaken
¬
taken
by
Grosvenor
Laing
with
Woodwards
have
been
as
de
developer
¬
veloper
and
contractor
while
others
have
been
complete
de
development
¬
velopment
and
financing
of
shop
shopping
¬
ping
centres
where
Woodwards
is
tho
principal
tenant
Company
Acts
For
Woodwards
Parkwood
in
Prince
George
Is
an
example
of
whore
Grosvenor
Laing
has
acted
for
Woodwards
and
Northgate
in
Edmonton
and
the
Kamloops
Store
were
under
taken
on
the
same
basis
FRANCIS
DONALDSON
chief
architect
Cascade
Enterprises
Trenching
-
Excavating
-
Backfilling
joins
in
congratulating
Parkwood
Shopping
Centre
DEVELOPERS
and
TENANTS
WE
WERE
PLEASED
TO
DO
TRENCHING
FOR
THIS
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Mayfair
Shopping
Centre
in
Victoria
and
tho
Guildford
Town
Centre
are
examples
of
tho
com
combined
¬
bined
talents
of
Grosvenor
Laing
and
Woodwards
where
the
lat
latter
¬
ter
is
the
principal
tenant
in
the
overall
shopping
complex
In
these
Instances
the
shop
shopping
¬
ping
centres
are
owned
by
Cana
Canadian
¬
dian
Allied
Property
Investments
Limited
through
which
Grosvenor-Laing
funds
arc
channelled
and
in
which
there
is
also
pub
public
¬
lic
participation
Canadian
Allied
Proporty
In
Investments
¬
vestments
also
lias
other
attrac
attractive
¬
tive
property
interests
As
tho
leader
in
department
store
merchandising
in
Western
Canada
Woodwards
liave
found
that
Grosvenor
Laing
is
able
to
combine
tho
necessary
ingred
lents
of
successful
development
along
with
strong
continuing
man
agoment
of
the
completed
centres
Trancis
Donaldson
ARIDA
MRAIC
chief
architect
of
Grosvenor-Laing
lias
been
respon
responsible
¬
sible
lor
these
projects
and
his
imaginative
interpretation
hai
led
to
these
highly
successful
projects
Keen
Interest
In
New
Centre
As
shopping
centres
bocome
moro
and
moro
a
part
of
our
Canadian
way
of
life
Grosveni
Lalng
has
recognized
the
vital
part
which
they
play
in
our
e
conomy
Tho
first
centre
developed
was
in
Victoria
The
advent
of
a
regional
shop
shopping
¬
ping
centre
including
a
large
department
store
hadbeen
keen
keenly
¬
ly
awaited
by
the
residents
of
Greater
Victoria
particularly
so
because
the
tenant
of
the
depart
department
¬
ment
store
was
to
bo
Woodwards
Woodwards
contains
approxi
approximately
¬
mately
200000
square
feet
in
including
¬
cluding
a
two
story
department
store
food
floor
a
complete
automotive
service
center
along
with
parcel
pick
up
facilities
Tho
5
million
development
also
contains
space
for
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Individual
¬
dividual
rental
units
with
an
ef
effective
¬
fective
merchandising
combin
combination
¬
ation
of
national
regional
and
local
tenants
The
conception
and
construc
construction
¬
tion
of
this
project
was
under
undertaken
¬
taken
for
Canadian
Allied
Prop
Property
¬
erty
Investments
by
Grosvenor
Laing
Development
Company
of
Canada
Limited
a
subsidiary
of
Grosvenor
Laing
DC
Ltd
At
tho
time
the
centre
was
opened
the
management
arm
of
Grosvenor
Lalng
assumed
dir
ection
of
Mayfair
This
combines
the
talents
of
experienced
per
sonnel
in
all
pluses
of
shop
shopping
¬
ping
centre
administration
in
or
der
that
the
maximum
effective
ness
may
bo
gained
from
in
vested
capital
Town
Cenre
Due
Aug
31
Tho
second
major
regional
shopping
centre
to
bo
develop
developed
¬
ed
by
Grosvenor
Lalng
will
bo
tho
Guildford
Town
Centre
This
complex
Is
duo
to
bo
opened
August
31
and
Is
tho
first
phase
of
the
creation
of
a
downtown
core
for
Surrey
Some
time
ago
tho
municipal-
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200
planning
in
Older
to
give
co
coordination
¬
ordination
to
the
forecasted
ma
major
¬
jor
growth
of
this
area
At
this
time
Guildford
was
designated
as
a
township
within
the
municipal
municipality
¬
ity
and
this
has
now
been
official
officially
¬
ly
approved
by
the
provincial
government
The
overall
plan
for
Guildford
will
see
150
acre
development
on
the
four
corners
of
Hjorth
Ave
and
Johnston
Road
At
the
end
of
the
10
year
plan
uuuoforu
Town
centre
will
con
tain
adequate
department
store
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facilities
with
food
services
many
specialty
stores
high
rise
medum
riso
and
garden
typo
apartments
a
hotel
medical
dental
building
and
related
mun
icipal
and
commercial
office
space
This
will
in
fact
become
tho
downtown
core
for
Surrey
in
tho
future
and
will
provide
all
tho
amenltios
required
for
this
fast
growing
Municipality
Another
interest
of
tho
Grosvenor-Laing
companies
was
re
revealed
¬
vealed
in
tho
recent
announce
announcement
¬
ment
of
Project
200
in
Van
Vancouver
¬
couver
At
tho
ond
of
Juno
this
year
Gilbert
J
Hardman
the
president
of
Grosvenor
LaingDcvelopmont
Company
of
Canada
appeared
before
Vancouver
City
Council
to
unvoil
tho
plans
for
this
vast
redevelopment
of
tho
Vancouver
waterfront
Council
had
previously
passed
a
motion
in
August
of
1905
ask
asking
¬
ing
tho
Canadian
Pacific
Rail
way
to
appear
with
respect
to
any
plans
that
they
might
havo
with
reference
to
their
proporty
along
tho
waterfront
Mr
Hardman
stated
in
his
pre
sentation
to
council
that
a
con
sortium
had
been
formed
with
Marathon
Realty
a
CPR
sub
subsidiary
¬
sidiary
Woodward
Stores
Grosvenor
Laing
and
others
in
order
to
glvo
the
most
com
prohensivo
picture
possiblo
of
this
oight
city
block
area
Exciting
Elements
As
part
of
Project
200
Mr
Ilardman
said
that
a
major
wa
waterfront
¬
terfront
roadway
was
essential
to
the
full
development
City
council
endorsed
this
pro
project
¬
ject
and
plans
are
now
pro
proceeding
¬
ceeding
with
tho
city
to
do
the
necessary
studies
required
before
actual
construction
can
begin
In
approximately
two
years
Some
of
tho
exciting
elements
contained
within
Project
200
are
a
major
Hotel
a
now
department
store
a
possible
14
high
rise
office
building
apartment
ac
accomodation
¬
comodation
retail
facilities
other
than
tho
department
store
an
enclosed
pedestrian
plaza
linking
many
parts
of
tho
pro
joct
and
adequate
underground
parking
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Aided
in
Design
Phillips
Darratt
and
Partners
provided
the
consulting
team
which
assisted
chief
architect
Francis
Donaldson
and
Wood
wards
technical
staff
in
the
de
sign
and
construction
supervision
of
Parkwood
Centre
One
of
tho
Initial
major
piob
lems
was
transformation
of
the
swamp
like
site
so
It
could
sup
port
building
and
car
parking
loads
Unstable
soil
was
removed
from
the
site
and
tho
area
was
preloaded
with
gravel
equivalent
to
about
1000
pounds
per
square
foot
Less
than
a
month
later
all
signs
of
soil
settlement
had
dis
disappeared
¬
appeared
and
foundation
con
struction
began
Some
3000
tons
of
precast
beams
columns
and
floor
slabs
were
Installed
in
mechano
set
fashion
in
a
matter
of
months
after
being
precast
in
Vancouv
Vancouver
¬
er
The
entire
facility
was
en
enclosed
¬
closed
and
heated
befoie
the
win
winter
¬
ter
of
19G5
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The
electrical
Installation
for
the
department
store
Is
fed
by
a
1200
kilowatt
load
which
is
sufficient
power
to
supply
more
than
80
average
homes
The
entire
complex
is
serv
served
¬
ed
by
a
natural
gas
fed
engine
generator
which
is
capable
of
providing
emergency
lighting
and
heating
in
event
of
a
power
failure
All
mall
and
exterior
lighting
is
controlled
by
photo
electric
cells
and
time
switches
The
complete
development
Is
fully
air
conditioned
More
than
a
mile
of
duct
work
carries
both
warm
and
cool
air
to
ev
ery
part
of
the
complex
More
than
a
half
mile
of
steel
piping
carries
water
throughout
the
buildings
and
a
sprinkler
system
recessed
in
the
ceilings
protects
against
fire
Impossible
Not
Quite
Humo
and
Rumble
Prince
George
Limited
lad
little
more
than
a
year
to
wire
Parkwood
Centre
but
the
seemingly
impos
impossible
¬
sible
task
has
been
accomplish
accomplished
¬
ed
With
the
plan
to
work
through
the
winter
the
task
became
more
feasible
sounding
and
Phillips
Darratt
and
Partners
provided
details
that
allowed
material
or
orders
¬
ders
to
be
placed
In
time
to
meet
the
tight
schedule
Meanwhile
on
the
job
Hume
and
Rumble
electricians
were
installing
the
rough
wiring
In
concrete
floors
walls
and
cell
celling
¬
ing
areas
in
preparation
for
de
delivery
¬
livery
of
electrical
equipment
ranging
from
a
massive
switch
switchboard
¬
board
and
standby
emergency
generators
to
fragile
lamps
and
lighting
fixtures
Electrical
installation
was
un
under
¬
der
the
direction
of
district
su
supervisor
¬
pervisor
Myron
Sambad
The
electrical
system
that
pro
provides
¬
vides
the
desired
comforts
of
illumination
power
and
control
features
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lighting
fixtures
with
7500
lamps
and
enough
wire
and
conduit
to
stretch
to
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63
miles
from
Prince
George
We
are
pleased
to
have
been
selected
to
supply
all
the
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