St. B residents seek to put brakes on city sale of century-old home
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Residents in St. Boniface are attempting to block the sale of a city-owned century-old home they suspect will be demolished to make way for a multi-family building.
David Dandeneau and Walter Kleinschmit asked the City of Winnipeg’s property and development committee Monday to halt the pending sale of the home at 700 St. Jean Baptiste Way, to allow time to have it considered as a heritage property.
Heritage designation prevents demolition of a structure.
Kleinschmit told the committee a bid to save the home is supported by the Old St. Boniface Residents Association and Heritage Winnipeg. He said the community fears if the property is bought by a developer without a heritage designation, the house will be demolished and replaced by a building with as many as 15 units.
Later in the day, the committee directed the administration not to put the house for sale until it’s been assessed by the historical building and resources committee, to determine if it merits consideration as a heritage property.
Ward Coun. Matt Allard also appeared at the committee meeting in the morning to support the residents, arguing the historic character of the home should be assessed before the city sells the property.
The city acquired ownership of the three-storey house through a tax sale. Constructed in 1906, it had been subdivided into several separate living units. The committee was told only one tenant, who doubles as a caretaker, currently lives in the house.
Cindy Tugwell, executive director of Heritage Winnipeg, said the home had been one of several hundred residential properties removed from a heritage list without explanation in May 2014, when council revamped its historic and heritage buildings bylaw.
John Kiernan, director of planning, said the city’s policy is to put properties it acquires through tax sale for sale as quickly as possible.
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