Due to significant growth in the Chiropractic Industry, a larger space was required to host the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College located in Toronto. After much research, a new location was chosen and the Toronto architectural firm of Young & Wright, one of Toronto’s leading sustainable development firms, was awarded the design contract. Due to several channges related to the new location, plus an overall tight budget, the design staff was incentivized to apply their skills to adaptively reuse portions of the building. A research project was launched to analyse how to retain 5 major materials (concrete, clay brick, asphalt, metal washroom stalls and fluorescent light fixtures) during the renovation. Thanks to the research, 3,075 metric tonnes of building materials were reused. The Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College project, and the materials it saved for reuse in place, is an interesting case study because it achieved notable waste reduction results but was not motivated by economics.