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The Ventin Group Ltd. has announced that it will be Prime Consultant and Architect for the restoration and reuse of the Toronto Power Generating Station at Niagara Falls.
?This is the most important commission in our firm?s 50-year history,? said +VG Architects President and Managing Principal Paul Sapounzi.
+VG Architects was the design leader for the winning proposal which was submitted by Pearle Hospitality to Niagara Parks Commission. The proposal was for a transformational $200 million-plus private-sector investment to restore the National Historic Site and create a unique visitor experience, including the first five-star boutique hotel at the falls.
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The palatial powerhouse, which opened in 1906 to supply hydroelectric power to the Toronto market and mothballed since 1974, was designed by Toronto-based architect E. J. Lennox (1854-1933), best-known for Toronto Old City Hall and Casa Loma. ?The sheer scale of Toronto Power is unrivalled by any other Beaux-Arts-style building in Canada other than Union Station,? said Robert G. Hill, author of The Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada: 1800-1950?and Toronto Power boasts finer and more prolific detailing. 
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The redevelopment will aim to provide a unique visitor experience including the first and only five-star boutique accommodation at Niagara Falls, various culinary offerings, indoor and outdoor free public viewin...