University and government dignitaries gathered downtown last Tuesday morning to celebrate the official opening of Concordia’s new building that will house the John Molson School of Business.
The 15-storey building also includes two underground levels, and will eventually accommodate almost 8,000 students. The new facility features a solar panels used to harness energy from the sun. The panels are the largest of their kind in Canada. The cost of construction came in about $1.5 million under budget, totalling $118.5 million, according to the university.
Quebec’s Minister of Education, Michelle Courchesne; Peter Kruyt, the Chair of Concordia’s Board of Governors and Judith Woodsworth, Concordia’s President and Vice-Chancellor, joined members of the Molson family and Concordia students at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The Molson Family Foundation gave $10 million to Concordia in 2000, when initial plans for the new building began to unfold, and another $10 million in 2006. Molson Coors Canada gave $5 million and the Quebec Government donated $60 million.
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