The historic building in Old Montreal that went up in smoke last March and took seven people is for sale. The owner is seeking $2.95 million for the boarded-up building devoured by flames which “needs cleaning and reconstruction,” according to the announcement.
“The building suffered significant damage following the fire which broke out on March 16, 2023,” we can read on the property file. Cleanup of the site and reconstruction of the building are mandatory. »
Any other details about the blaze and the seven lives it claimed are omitted, the announcement instead highlighting the fact that the building once housed the William-Watson-Ogilvie building, “very well known”. [u] who died in the fire.
The serious fire broke out last March at 224, place D’Youville. Seven people died and nine were injured out of the 22 present at the scene. Units in the building belonging to Émile-Haim Benamor were rented illegally on short-term rental platforms, the land being located outside the zone permitted for tourist residences.
An investigation of Duty also revealed that conversion permits had been issued by the City of Montreal to buildings in the Ville-Marie borough where several housing units did not meet basic safety standards. The building on Place D’Youville had notably received two transformation permits in 2009 and 2010 to redevelop the interior of an apartment located on the third floor of the building, which housed at least one bedroom without a window, according to an appeal to the 911 sent during the tragedy.
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