b'PROJECT PROFILEPhoto courtesy of Gerry Enns Contracting.Emil Anderson Group has a large presence INNOVATIONin B.C., working all over the province and elsewhere. The new project in Kelowna MANAGEMENT gave the company the chance to expand its own offices into the city. As Poettcker emphasizes, Crowley Avenue presented a unique opportunity, and we jumpedNEW FOUR-STOREY BUILDING IN KELOWNASon it.INDUSTRIAL ZONE DEFIES EASY DESCRIPTION The buildings first and second storeys are completely industrial; most of the space is currently occupied by Anodyne BY JAMES PETERS Electronics Manufacturing (AEM), a manufacturer of electronic parts for the rior to the appearance of aAnderson Construction, Emil Andersonavionics industry. P new four-storey building inMaintenance, Dilworth Homes and Kelownas industrial sector, theBallina Contracting. The third floor is also partly occupied by zone exclusively consisted of commercial,commercialAEM is in half, and Emil industrial and manufacturing businesses.The original concept for this project cameAndersons new corporate head office is So when the 966 Crowley Avenue projectfrom Emil Andersons chairman, Mikein the other half, Poettcker adds. In opened its doors in 2022, it marked theJacobs. He had the idea of blending theaddition, the other half of the fourth floor first time those sectors were combinedsectors and approached Kelowna Cityis also part of our corporate office, and with residentialthanks to the sixCouncil with the concept, explains Ianfilling out the rest of the space are the six condominiums occupying half of thePoettcker, VP of Commercial Contractingresidential condosthats whats truly fourth floor.at GEC. We were delighted whenunique about 966. And interestingly,those units were filled and rented soon Behind the innovative design wasKelowna approved, essentially giving usafter opening.Gerry Enns Contracting (GEC),carte blanche to proceed. Contractors are one of the businesses under the Emiltypically not allowed to build residential inIts been great to see this blended concept Anderson Group umbrella. In additionindustrial zoning. This building is the firstcome to fruition for many reasons, he to GEC, the Emil Anderson Groupof its kind in Kelowna and the first for uscontinues. Its an innovative template runs Emil Anderson Properties, Emilas well.based on a shared vision, and weve 24 SOUTHERN INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION'