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The murals by Hooper, Bobak, and
Humphrey were still in place when the building was sold. Plywood boxes had been built around them to protect them during the renovation. The murals by Roussel and Forrestall had been removed and stored by the New Brunswick Art Bank. The Art Bank, which falls under the
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government cancelled the project. $ 13,000,000 had already been spent on the work and the government was liable for $ 11,000,000 in short-term cancellation costs. The
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure said that the cancellation of this and several other projects was necessary in order to
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government announced plans for a $ 76,000,000 project to renovate two of the building's three wings and demolish the third in order to build a new courthouse which would have been attached to the original structure. The intention was to return some government departments from rented offices back to
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but did not proceed with this idea. In 2007 the provincial government "made a commitment to maintaining the building and renovating it where required". An architect was hired to examine the building and report to the provincial
Department of Supply and Services, describing its condition and making
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Brunswick hired the Moncton architectural firm Bélanger & Roy to design an office building to house the province's civil service. In April 1964 the proposed building became the province's official Centennial project, which gave the province access to federal
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Tourism, owns the Centennial Building murals. The Department intends to return the murals to the building, stating that they "will be protected and conserved and will remain a lasting and important element", while accessible only to residents or hotel guests.
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Centennial Building was sold for $ 4,000,000 to Centennial Heritage Properties, which proposed to refurbish it as a hotel and residential property, adding a penthouse level, balconies, and new windows in the sandstone sides. In December 2020 Fredericton's
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government funding of $ 2,500,000. The total cost of the building was approximately $ 7,000,000. A number of historic houses were demolished to make way for construction of the building, which occupies half a city block in downtown
Fredericton. Premier
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Centennial Building were offered, with particular attention paid to the six murals. In the early 1990s the Fred Ross mural on the sixth floor was removed during a renovation and was apparently lost.
295:. One mural was lost in the 1990s during a renovation, while two were removed and stored. The remaining three works, including Hooper's 45-foot-long (14 m) mural in the main lobby, remained in the building when it was sold.
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September 2001, the Centennial Building had not undergone any significant internal renovations. Its imposing lobby was used in the 2006
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in attendance. It was the first jointly funded Centennial project to be completed. It accommodated over 1000 civil servants who had previously been dispersed in more than 25 buildings.
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reduce the provincial debt and protect the province's credit rating from being downgraded by bond rating agencies. In May 2019 the government issued a
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flooring, and a high ceiling of translucent backlit panels. Historic texts in brass lettering on the lobby walls include poems by New Brunswick poets
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for private sector purchase of the Centennial Building, specifying "no inclusion of public money or risk to provincial taxpayers".
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