351, Commercial building in St. John's, Canada
351 is a 12-story commercial building located on Water Street in downtown St. John's that combines office spaces with a multi-level parking structure. The lower levels function as a parking facility while the upper floors contain office areas.
The site was originally part of St. John's Harbour and was filled with rubble left after major fires in the 1800s. It later held a F. W. Woolworth department store, which opened in 1952 and closed in the early 1990s. East Port Properties proposed the tower in February 2010, and construction began in summer 2011 after the city removed the site from the heritage area that October.
The site at 351 Water Street was long known as the home of a F. W. Woolworth department store, which opened in 1952 and was billed as the most modern store in St. John's, with a two-storey escalator, an American-style soda fountain, a hotdog machine and a popcorn machine. The store closed in the early 1990s, and a discount department store ran there for a few years before the building stood vacant.
The building sits directly on Water Street, a main downtown thoroughfare that is easily accessible by foot. The location offers convenient access to nearby shops, restaurants, and public transportation options.
The structure uses deep water source cooling technology that draws water from deeper harbor levels to naturally cool the building. This marked the first installation of this system in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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