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2nd Avenue Lofts
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2nd Avenue Lofts |
| image | 2nd Avenue Lofts and Beyond (5875614250).jpg |
| caption | 2nd Avenue Lofts |
| location | 120 23rd Street East |
| location_town | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| location_country | Canada |
| client | Hudson's Bay Company |
| construction_start_date | 1960 |
The 2nd Avenue Lofts is a historic building located in the Central Business District of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The original building on the site was a five-story concrete and steel building with a pressed brick facade building constructed in 1913, to house the J.F. Cairns Department Store. J. F. Cairns settled in Saskatoon in 1902, opening the first mill in the city before entering the retail business.{{cite web |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110204100419/http://doorsopensaskatoon.com/downtown.html#lofts |url-status =usurped |archive-date =February 4, 2011
The original building was torn down, and in 1960 the Hudson's Bay Company opened in a new, more modern, three-story building on the same site. At a cost of $3 million, the building provided 157000 sqft of retail space over three floors and had provision for the addition of two more floors. In 1967, a fourth floor was added as well as a skywalk to a six-floor parkade. In 2000, HBC left the building to move into the former Eaton's location in Midtown Plaza shopping centre a few blocks away.
In 2004, Wayne Lemauviel, Gary Bender and later Gene Dub purchased the building and began work on converting the building into lofts. A fifth story was added to the building, and due to the high ceiling on each floor it was possible to create each loft with an internal mezzanine. The ground floor was retained as retail space.{{cite web |url-status=dead |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110628224018/http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=e382a709-c008-469b-bfa7-b2fecf497e6b |archive-date =2011-06-28 |url-status =dead
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