Midtown Plaza

Midtown Plaza may refer to:

Midtown Plaza (Saskatoon)

Midtown Plaza is a shopping mall in Downtown Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, that is owned by Primaris Retail REIT. The two main anchors are Sears Canada and Hudson's Bay and the shopping centre has a total store count of 154 stores. The mall was built on the former site of the city's main railway station as part of a major inner city redevelopment project in the 1960s that also saw construction of a freeway, the Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge, and TCU Place (formerly Centennial Auditorium) an arts-convention complex.

The mall officially opened with 51 stores and services on July 30, 1970; however, one of its anchor tenants, Simpsons-Sears (now Sears Canada) opened for business in 1968.Eatons was the mall's second anchor until the chain went out of business in the late 1990s; The Bay (later branded Hudson's Bay) subsequently relocated to the mall from its 2nd Avenue standalone location.

The mall was originally one storey. By 1990, a second storey was added and the façade was altered to mimic the original 1900s railway station. This reconstruction cost $24M.

Johnston Building (Charlotte, North Carolina)

The Johnston Building is a 17-story skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina with an approximate height of 81m. The building's official height has never been released. Originally 15 stories when completed in 1924, it was the tallest building in Charlotte until 1926.

History

Located at 212 South Tryon Street, the lot was home to the Trust Building, which burned in 1922. Anchor Mills Company bought the site for $100 in 1923 from the Textile Office Building Company. William Lee Stoddart, a New York City architect known for large hotels, had designed the Hotel Charlotte, which was under construction and had Charles Worth Johnston as an investor. The builder was Hunkin-Conkey Construction, and the cost was reported to be $600,000.

The Neo-classicalsteel frame building had limestone blocks for the facade, and buff-colored brick, but these were only for appearance and did not support the building.

Rental agent Thomas Griffith said the Johnston Building had tenants booked even before completion. Offices housed cotton brokers, insurance agents, attorneys, and realty companies. Among those located in the building when it opened: the E.C. Griffith Company, architect C.C. Hook, and Cameron Morrison. Southern Bell took over the entire fifteenth floor by 1926 and had all of three floors and parts of others by 1947.