Designed by Moriyama & Teshima Architects and completed in 2009, the new City Hall is located adjacent to the historic Old City Hall, which itself is now serving as a Provincial Offences Courthouse.

Prior to the construction of the new City Hall, municipal departments had been spread across five different downtown locations.

[2] The Guelph Memorial Gardens arena was demolished to make way for the new civic building.

[3] The City Hall was built to meet the LEED Silver standard set out by the Canada Green Building Council.

As a result, operating costs are 30 to 40 percent lower than that of a similarly sized typical office building.