Rice Building
| Address: | 491 Portage (471 - 503 Portage Avenue and 350 - 358 Colony Street) |
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| Current Use: | University of Winnipeg Campus / Offices / Commercial / Parking Garage |
| Original Use: | Commercial / Bus Depot / Parking Garage |
| Constructed: | 1963-1964 |
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Photographs
Design Characteristics
- Building #1: 9 storeys
- Plan area: 24,695 sq. ft. (2,294.17 sq. m)
- Gross floor area: 128,683 sq. ft. (11,954.65 sq. m)
- Building #2: 2-4 storeys
- Plan area: 21,184 sq. ft. (1,967.99 sq. m)
- Gross floor area: 42,811 sq. ft. (3,977.14 sq. m)
- Building #3: 3 storeys
- Plan area: 40,777 sq. ft.
- Gross floor area: 126,471 sq. ft. (11,749.15 sq. m)
- No. of parking stalls: 388
Sources
“Buses Now Use New Terminal,” Winnipeg Free Press, June 16, 1964.
George Derksen, ” Advertising Giant Moves Branch Offices in New Mall Centre” Manitoba Business Journal, 1, 4 (February – March 1965) pp. 20-22.
“4 1/2 Million Mall Centre Opens,” Greater Winnipeg Industrial Topics, 24, 4(June 1964).
“Key Portage Site Renocating,” Winnipeg Real Estate News, February 13, 1987, p. 1.
“Mall brightens Portage,” Winnipeg Tribune, December 7, 1963.
“Mall centre- New Business Centre for Winnipeg,” Manitoba Industry and Commerce Bulleting, 15, 1(February / March 1963), pp. 9, 14.
“Theodore Matoff, “The Mall Centre: excitement of truly urban way of life,” Winnipeg Tribune, Showcase Section, January 2, 1965, p. 8.
“Oxford Leaseholds’ Mall Centre Development,” Western Construction and Building, 16, 6 (June 1964), pp. 6-8, 10, 12-16.
“Swank New Mall Centre Officially Opens Thursday,” Winnipeg Tribune, October 14, 1964.
“The Mall Centre Opens Thursday,” Winnipeg Free Press, October 14, 1965.
Locations of Supporting Info
City of Winnipeg Archives
Provincial Archives of Manitoba
University of Manitoba, Department of Archives and Special Collections, Winnipeg Tribune Subject Clippings Research Files