Progress seemingly on the horizon for full demolition of Third Avenue West's Rose's debris

Will heavy equipment bring a Christmas present of demolition
for Rose's on Third, City staff is hopeful!

A long desired bit of urban renewal may soon be in motion on Third Avenue West, that following a Monday update for Council from the City's Corporate Administrator Rosa Miller.

The topic was the fate of Rose's which has been a pile of rubble since last year's fire which consumed both it and the Belmont Hotel on May 1st, 2022.

The previous update on the file was provided at the November 14th Council session, when City Manager Rob Buchan noted that owing to the city's Operations works on infrastructure issues, the opportunity to turn off the services to the site, a step required prior to demolition, had not taken place. 

As part of the Council questions and statements portion of Monday night's session, Ms. Miller responded to a question from Councillor Terri Forster who observed of some recent activity at the site of the burned out building from over a year ago, asking if that offered up some hope of further action to come.

In reply Ms. Bomben provided some background to that work and the plan moving forward.

"Yes, I can confirm that Public Works has disconnected all the utilities and the work order is sitting on my desk and calls have been made to contractors. 

And we hope to see some movement this week, if not early next week.

I'm hoping that it will be a Christmas present that it's gone.

We're trying to line it up so that the equipment that we are needing bringing to town can be used for subsequent removals, such as perhaps the Angus Apartments as well"

The Q and A session can be reviewed through the City's You Tube Video Archive starting at the one hour two minute mark.

More notes from Monday's Council Session can be reviewed through our Council Timeline feature.

Past items of note related to the twin fire debris fields can be explored through our Council Discussion archive page.