Flooding cuts power to several downtown office buildings
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The Fort Garry Hotel and the Medical Arts Building downtown were both impacted by water issues this week, with flooding at the former and a lengthy power outage at the latter.
The majestic 106-year-old Winnipeg hotel had its mezzanine and main levels, including the lobby, inundated with water on New Year’s Day, at about 2:30 p.m., after a sprinkler line burst.
Ida Albo, one of the owners of the 240-room hotel at 222 Broadway, said the Palm Lounge was closed for a few hours Tuesday while the carpets were cleaned and the plaster ceiling of the mezzanine will be assessed once it dries. As of Wednesday afternoon, most elevators were running again, she said.
“The building is a big, old building and it’s well-built, so it took the water pretty well,” Albo said, noting no guests needed to be moved.
“Even guests who couldn’t use the elevators last night (Tuesday), we offered to move them to lower floors but they said they were fine and part of the authentic experience of the day. Incredibly understanding. Guests were sending us pictures and videos saying, ‘If you need help with your insurance, we took pictures for you!’ So thank you very much.”
On Wednesday, at about 8:30 a.m., flooding in the Medical Arts Building parkade affected a transformer vault holding electrical equipment located in the basement at 218 Edmonton St., and caused a power outage in several buildings in the downtown area that lasted for about four hours.
Manitoba Hydro spokesman Bruce Owen said crews pumped water and re-established service to the affected customers. A photo on Manitoba Hydro’s Twitter account shows the vault under about one metre of water.
“With the water getting into the vault, it obviously caused a trip,” Owen said, noting the power outage included the Medical Arts Building (233 Kennedy St.), the parkade and about a half-dozen office buildings in the area, including Wesley Hall at the University of Winnipeg.
“Because some of it (the water) is frozen, it looked like it had been a slow leak (in the parkade).”
Some area businesses, such as Premier Personnel at 428 Portage Ave., closed for the day while work to restore power was completed.