Stantec, a global architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting firm, and Canadian architectural practice Revery Architecture have been selected to design the first phase of Centre Block, a mixed-use civic campus planned for downtown Surrey, British Columbia.
Developed through a partnership between the City of Surrey and Simon Fraser University (SFU), Centre Block will house the SFU Stephens Family School of Medicine, civic facilities, offices, retail space, and childcare. It is the first phase of a wider two-million-square-foot redevelopment planned for Surrey’s city centre.
Centre Block Phase One will occupy a prominent 3.5-acre site beside Surrey Central Station and SFU’s Surrey campus. Once complete, the building will provide approximately 550,000ft2 of space.
New home for SFU’s School of Medicine
The ground floor will be shared by the City of Surrey and SFU, with a joint public lobby, retail space, and community space for the university.
Levels two to eight will accommodate the SFU Stephens Family School of Medicine, including teaching spaces, research laboratories, administrative offices, and a public-facing family clinic where students will gain clinical experience while providing medical services to the community.
An SFU childcare facility with a capacity for 48 to 50 children will occupy level eight, serving faculty, staff, students, and residents. The upper floors will have approximately 89,000ft2 of office accommodation.
Design scope extends beyond the core building
The appointment covers architectural design, electrical engineering, lighting, information and communications technology, sustainability, acoustics, and the building envelope. Separate contracts have also been awarded by SFU and the City of Surrey for the interior fit-out of their respective spaces within the development.
Centre Block is intended to serve as the opening phase of a broader redevelopment that will reshape Surrey’s downtown over the coming decade.
Students from the SFU Stephens Family School of Medicine are expected to relocate from the university’s Central City campus to the new building upon its completion in August 2030.
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