Calgary’s $660-million performing arts centre redevelopment project is expected to include several commercial spaces, according to multiple reports.

The commercial spaces remain to be described in detail. One known outlet will be a large café in the new building’s southeast corner.

The project’s designers have likened the forthcoming café to a lodge, the Globe and Mail reported.

Toronto’s KPMB Architects, Calgary’s Hindle Architects and Tawaw Architecture Collective are collaborating on the design.

The café will be adjacent to the Olympic Plaza public square. Constructed for the 1980 Winter Olympics, the plaza is being redeveloped as part of the project.

Other food-service and bar spaces are slated to be included in the new facility, the reports indicate. Plans became known after oilman Dave Werklund and his family donated $75 million to help complete the project.

The donation ranks among the largest of its kind for a Canadian arts facility, the Globe reported.

Now known as Arts Commons, the performing arts centre will be renamed the Werklund Centre.

Design for the Olympic Plaza redevelopment project is being led by gh3* Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture; CCxA Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, and Belleville Placemaking. The design is underway and expected to be unveiled.

Once the Werklund Centre is complete, its operator will lead curated programming, operations, and maintenance for the revitalized plaza.