Calgary’s new major arena project will include a preserved heritage building.

The Stephenson & Co. building has been disassembled brick by brick and placed in storage. The two-storey building will be relocated and reassembled as it is integrated into a new food hall on the north side of the arena, named Scotia Place.

“Although [the Stephenson building] has been removed from its original location, it will regain its prominence as part of an urban retail street and the greater community,” says the City of Calgary on the Scotia Place construction timeline website.

The future arena is the focal point of a $1.2-billion event centre project in the Victoria Park neighbourhood, just east of downtown.

The Stephenson dates back to 1911. The two-storey brick building was previously located at the corner of 13th Avenue S.E. and 5th Street S.E., a spot that will be incorporated into the new arena site. The former grocery store and post office will stand again along 12th Avenue S.E.

“It will be the same dimensions and the same size, and hard to tell whether it just got moved over on a truck versus being disassembled and reassembled,” Bob Hunter, who is consulting for the city on the arena project, told CBC.

The new $800-million arena will serve as the new home of the National Hockey League’s Calgary Flames, the Western Hockey League’s Calgary Hitmen, the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers and the National Lacrosse League’s Calgary Roughnecks. The teams are owned by Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation, which is partnering with the city and province on the project.

CSEC will have the final say on how the Stephenson building is reused, Hunter told CBC.