Several practical touches were also added, such as a kitchen on the second floor and security exits, lovely carpeting laid throughout most of the building, as well as ceramic tile and hardwood, The roof and windows were replaced. The door and surrounding woodwork is original, but was refinished, a painstaking job to protect the detail in the moldings. All destroyed equipment such as computer systems had to be replaced with the latest technology.

The building will house two administrative offices, including that of the Regional Teaching and Administrative Committee Quebec, a large room for public meetings, two smaller rooms which can be used for a variety of purposes, a library and bookstore on the main floor and two rented apartments on the upper two floors of the five-storey building, which was originally purchased by the National Spiritual Assembly in the early '80s.

During the repairs, a temporary centre located about a kilometer away in a newer part of the city was used. [BC Vol 3 No 3 September 1996 p15]