Building a brewery: Massive Molson Coors plant takes shape in Chilliwack

From Vancouver Sun, by GLENDA LUYMES

Drone image of the new Molson Coors brewery in Chilliwack taken on November 30, 2018. (Molson Coors/Matthew Hawkins) [PNG Merlin Archive]. RICHARD LAM / PNG

Updated on December 3, 2018

The $200-million Molson Coors brewery, on a 14.5-hectare parcel beside the Trans-Canada Highway, will be the company’s largest brewery in Western Canada.

You might expect hyperbole in a story about the Molson Coors Canada brewery under construction in Chilliwack.

After all, beer has been known to inspire poetry, while odes to ale remain a popular topic in country music.

But a 400,000-square-foot building requires no embellishment to be extraordinary.

The $200-million Molson Coors brewery, on a 14.5-hectare parcel beside the Trans-Canada Highway, will be the company’s largest brewery in Western Canada. Its size and visibility have already made it a local landmark, as other buildings, including a Best Buy warehouse directly across the highway, look small in comparison.

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