In 2009, the Board of Trustees of the Mendel Art Gallery decided to replace the building, which had come to be too small and needed expensive upgrades, with a larger facility on a different site. A new gallery, associated with the Remai Arts Centre, was opened at River Landing, in south downtown Saskatoon, named the Remai Modern Art Gallery of Saskatchewan for the Frank and Ellen Remai Foundation, the major donors. The design, by Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects and Smith Carter Architects and Engineers, won the 2011 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence.
In 2009, the Board of Trustees of the Mendel Art Gallery decided to construct a larger facility due to its insufficient size and need for costly improvements. A new gallery was subsequently established at River Landing in Saskatoon as part of the Remai Arts Centre, which was named after the Frank and Ellen Remai Foundation.