Could also be filed under the “
Ancaster's 'unique' community under attack” thread .
Ancaster Shaver home falls to the wreckers' ball
(Ancaster News, Kevin Werner, Jan 28 2016)
One of Ancaster’s historic buildings has been demolished to accommodate a big box commercial plaza.
The two-storey Shaver house, an L-shaped red-brick building with a single storey rear addition representative of Gothic Revival architecture, built in 1862-63 and located at 1143 Wilson St. W., was torn to the ground by backhoes last week.
The building had been originally owned by Frederick Shaver.
There had been some discussions between the owners of Knollwood Golf Club and the developer, Zackor, about relocating the building to the Book Road property.
The city’s heritage committee had reluctantly agreed last summer to relocate the building to the golf course.
The committee’s preferred option would have been to reuse the building at the current site.
But heritage committee member Ron Sinclair said discussions between the parties recently broke down.
“It’s sad,” he said.
In a letter to the heritage committee last summer, Conrad Zurini stated the developer could not pursue the option of repurposing the building on Wilson Street.
Read it in full
here.
Local real estate developer and default source for stories on the
hot,
hot,
hot,
hot property market, Conrad Zurini has previously been identified as Zakcor's
project manager.
He also may or may not be related to the Zurini connected to the property in
earlier documents: the all-but-invisible
Zakcor Inc. is located at the same address as
RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc. Brokerage, which he co-owns.