Brunswick House becomes the first privately owned office building in New Brunswick to obtain a level three BOMA BESt certification for environmental excellence and building management -- Commercial Properties Limited purchases one of Saint John’s most recognizable landmarks; the Red Rose Building, located at 12 Smythe Street, Built in 1903, this building has served as a gateway to the city’s centre for more than a century, and it is the last-standing example of the tea importation industry that thrived in Saint John from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.