St. Clair College has selected the local team of Architecttura Architects and Amico Design Build to construct Canada’s first MediaPlex.

The process of choosing from over 15 local and out of town architectural firms has now been finalized and the work on the new home of our journalism program will begin this week.

This past week, the City of Windsor officially turned over the keys of the former Salvation Army building at the corner of Victoria and University Ave. West.

Dr. John Strasser is anxious to get the renovation started. “We are looking forward to a new home for students and creating a signature building for our city at the corner of Victoria and University. Our commitment has been to do what we can, to bring more students, faculty and programs to Windsor’s downtown.”

It was September 2, when Windsor-Essex MP Jeff Watson announced the funding for our St. Clair College MediaPlex. The funding announcement of over $ 5 million will allow the college to build and provide a state of the art newsroom, classrooms and equipment, all of which, will give students a broad base of experience. The money has been provided by the federal government and is designed to stimulate local economies under the Community Adjustment Fund (CAF) for Southern Ontario.

All of the construction and renovation is to be completed by the end of March 2010.

Architecttura Inc, Architects
Architecttura Inc, Architects was established in 1993 and is lead by Dan Amicone OAA, AIA and Carmen Brunone OAA, AAA. They have become a creative and dynamic Architectural Firm licensed to practice in the Provinces of Ontario, Alberta and the State of Michigan. Their philosophy is to approach a project with a challenge to provide the owner with the best possible solution with an emphasis on function, aesthetics and sustainability. Their experience centers around Educational, Government and Institutional work with projects locally and abroad with some of their more notable projects such as Windsor Crossing Outlet Mall, various schools for Public and French Catholic School Boards, renovations to Courthouses in Windsor and Sarnia and currently working on the new Centre for Applied Health Sciences Building for St. Clair College.

Amico Design Build
Amico Design Build is one of the Triamico Affiliate companies. The original corporate entity of Triamico Development Affiliates (Triamico) was created in April, 1987 when company owner and president, Mr. Dominic Amicone P. Eng., began business as Amico Contracting (now Amico Infrastructures). Located just outside of the City of Windsor in Oldcastle, Ontario the majority of the company’s early construction activity occurred in the Windsor/Essex County area. Since that time, the company has grown in size and capability and is currently involved in land development and construction throughout Ontario.