b'SPOTLIGHT ON STEINBACHPhoto courtesy of Penn-co.CLOSE, CONVENIENT AND CONNECTEDPenn-cos new HQ and innovative residential development rises in SteinbachBy James PetersIf fortune favours the bold, it appears Penn-cos newtime as both Vice President of Penn-cos project development headquartersand its accompanying residential developmentsection and the companys newly created real estatewill prove the truth of that well-known proverb.division, Agassiz Shore Developments. Its both exciting Langill Farm is both an older and much newer name forand challengingthere were certainly things we werent an area in Steinbach that will soon be home to Penn- accustomed to dealing with on the residential side.cos headquarters, adjacent to a burgeoning residentialWhen the opportunity for the residential development development. The companys new two-storey building willpresented itself, we partnered with several individual home occupy just over three acres, with another three large lotsbuilders and have planned six multi-family buildings with immediately to the east designated for future commercialNumber TEN Architectural Group, with plans to begin in space. The housing developmentcovering approximatelyspring 2024, he continues. Weve also left opportunities for 77 acresis currently under construction, with several single- commercial along Park Road West, which is also the street family homes already dotting the landscape.entrance to our new headquarters.Both our new headquarters and the residential developmentPARK ROAD WESTare strategically situated in the northwestern area of the city,The new building is much larger than Penn-cos existing with ready access to Steinbachs commercial and shoppingheadquarters in Blumenort. Within its modern two-storey district, explains Penn-co President Dan Reimer. Our currentstructure, the building consists of flexible office space and headquarters in Blumenort will be mothballed when we movesystems, a large employee patio on the south side and a in, but the satellite office on Niakwa Road in Winnipeg willvisually stunning new entrance reflecting the origins and continue. We were going to build another satellite [office] innature of the company. Plenty of natural light cascades Steinbach when the opportunity for a much larger projectthroughout the building, coming together with state-of-the-art presented itselfboth in terms of our new headquarters andlighting and space flexibilitymost of the interior spaces can the land development. adapt for hosting events, meetings and conferences. Being builders, we always had a dream to create aThe new building is the direct result of the companys growth development from the ground up. Housing was new for us, butover the last 15 years, says Rick Penner, Penn-cos Vice we saw an opportunity to do something completely differentPresident of Human Resources. We literally ran out of space and we took the plunge, adds Dan Bickerton, who divides hisin Blumenort and even the satellite office in Winnipeg. That 42 BUILD MANITOBAwinnipegconstruction.ca'