A competition was held for the design of a new city hall, with two winners announced, one incorporating the remains of the previous structure, one for a wholly new building.

[1] Above the market stalls was a concert hall, and the upper floor of the front of the building housed the council chamber and municipal offices.

[1] The town held a referendum to determine the final design, which was awarded to King and his associate John Wilson Siddall.

[4] In March 2016, the city held an open house displaying three proposals to redevelop the land behind the building.

[5] The committee selected a proposal by GSP Group, which was approved later at the end of March, and construction began in December 2016.

[2] The architects had planned on using a buff-coloured brick, and city councillors preferred the pale colour of the original town hall.

[1] It was described by architect Robert Fairfield, who designed the Stratford Festival Theatre,[7] as a "splendid municipal building".

[8] A proposal to demolish the building and replace it with a ten-storey hotel surmounted by a revolving restaurant was made by the city's mayor C.H.