Looks like Brantford continues to demolish it's downtown.. I don't know the background on this one at all, but to my shock I dropped into streetview to look at that project above and another corner of old buildings is gone:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1382...8i8192!5m1!1e1
Before:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1382...8i8192!5m1!1e1