National Trust for Canada’s Top 10 Endangered Places, 2014. Inducted to the North American Railway Hall of Fame 24 June 2016.

During the boom years of steam power, the Stratford GTR shops employed more than 40% of the city's workforce.

October 2014, Heritage Stratford voted 5-1 in favour of designation of “elements” of the 15,900sq m shops on the Cooper Site.

November 2017, Urban Strategies presented the City with its Grand Trunk Community Hub Master Plan which would: “Preserve of a portion of the Grand Trunk Building to celebrate its industrial heritage for adaptive reuse”, which might include:

• YMCA, cultural/community space
• A central green recreational space as a Community Hub focus
• University of Waterloo student housing, mid-to-low density market-rate housing, affordable or seniors’ housing

Grand Trunk Community Hub Master Plan - draft: If executed, the plan will strengthen existing partnerships between UW, Stratford-Perth YMCA, City of Stratford and community groups and organizations by creating a place that reflects Stratford’s community, values, and aspirations.

March 25, 2019 Local Planning Appeal Tribunal approves modified version of the plan amendment authorizing the establishment of the Grand Trunk anchor district designation for the property.

Grand Trunk a City Built on Steam, Stratford Ontario recipient, ACO Media Award, 2018. Produced by ACO Stratford Perth with Powerline Films. Director Simon Brothers, narrated by local historian and author of Railway Stratford, Dean Robinson. Premiered on TV Ontario, July 18, 2018.