By Cheryl Long
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T
he portfolio of work by Robertson Simmons Archi-
tects was outstanding even before the Kitchener,
Ont.-based firm became involved in one of Water-
loo Region’s most anticipated architectural projects. But
they’ve gained greater notoriety as the designers of the
building set to house Google’s newest and largest office
in Canada.
The Breithaupt Block, located in the heart of the southern
Ontario city, is a restored industrial building dating back
to the early 1900s. It was purchased in 2009 by Perim-
eter Development Corp., which later sold 50 per cent of
its stake to Toronto-based Allied Properties Real Estate In-
vestment Trust. Robertson Simmons (RSai) was brought
in to redesign the building, which is being transformed
into a five-storey structure that still retains a sense of the
original building’s history.
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