Richardson Building (Winnipeg)
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The Richardson Building is a 34-storey office tower at the intersection of Portage and Main in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The building forms the anchor of the Lombard Place development, and is connected to Winnipeg Square shopping mall via the Portage and Main Concourse. The thirty-four storey building stands 124 metres tall (407 ft), making it the (behind 201 Portage and 300 Main) third tallest building in Winnipeg. It is dressed in granite chip pre-cast concrete and solar bronze double-glazed glass.[2][3]
Richardson Building | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Architectural style | international style |
Address | 1 Lombard Place |
Construction started | 1967 |
Completed | 1969 |
Opened | November 14, 1969 |
Owner | Richardson Centre Limited (James Richardson & Sons) |
Height | 407.02 ft |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 34 |
Floor area | 60,600 m2 (652,000 sq ft)[1] |
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In 2011, the CBC moved its digital television transmitters for CBWT-DT and CBWFT-DT to the Richardson Building, on a new antenna that raised the pinnacle of the building to 151.8 metres (498 ft), once again making it the tallest structure in Winnipeg.[4]