City sells Exchange heritage building to private school
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This article was published 12/04/2017 (3159 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A city-owned Exchange District building has been sold to a private school that teaches English to foreign students.
Councillors on the property and development committee Tuesday approved the sale of 280 William Ave. — the former location of the Winnipeg Police Credit Union — to Heartland International English School for $1.7 million.
Gary Gervais, owner and president of Heartland, told the committee the school has taught more than 4,000 foreign students since it opened in 1999.
“When the city put this property up for sale, we identified this as a perfect opportunity for us,” Gervais said, adding the purchase will allow the school to expand its operation from its current location on Princess Street.
City hall had originally listed the building for $1.4 million and received a total of five bids for the property on the southwest corner of William and King Street.
The two-storey office building was constructed in 1907. It is on the city’s list of historical building resources.
A condition of the sale is that the building cannot be demolished.
aldo.santin@freepress.mb.ca