BMyers
Active Member
Looks like Walnut Hall will be demolished to make way for a 18-20 storey condominium with 69 units.
Looks like Walnut Hall will be demolished to make way for a 18-20 storey condominium with 69 units.
And the city itself should pay part of the cost because they didn't enforce the most basic maintenance to be done despite having the obligation to do so.
The current ownership group had the property for less than a few months prior to collapse and I see no reason to assume their announced intentions to preserve the facade as part of a larger building were devious in nature.
There's really not much they can do especially back when the Feds own it. Work orders only go so far.
Whoever bought that property must have had it inspected quite thoroughly and must have known the situation it was in. If they decided to buy it, knowing that, and expecting to redevelop the site, too bad for them. They should have immediately done something to save that building, which they did not do. These MFers should not be rewarded. At the very least, the height of this building should not be higher than 3 floors, just like Walnut hall. Developers should be dealt with very strictly.
The city cannot enforce property standards outside of their jurisdiction. In this case Walnut Hall was owned for years by the RCMP which created the initial condition of decay and an expensive restoration for the buyers.