^^ They found some orphaned property in Brampton still owned by the company a few years ago and had to go back to court to settle the ownership.
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According to the first concepts prepared by Aitken Wreglesworth &
Associates, the several very large and fine heritage buildings on the
Trilea site, most notably the Yorkshire Trust and London buildings, were
to be demolished, with elements of their facades re-erected elsewhere on
the site; this is a kind of facadism and tokenism not of a character to
be expected in a major city in the 1990s. ..."
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https://www.heritagevancouver.org/pdf_newsletter/hvs-news-1990-1991-screen.pdf
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The London Building is directly adjacent to the "A" listed Bank of Montreal and the "C" listed Piccadilly Hotel. The protection of the London Building will prevent the assembly of the entire blockface for redevelopment, as was once proposed by Trilea.
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https://council.vancouver.ca/010426/csb4.htm
There's a document at the Central Branch with more details
The TRILEA Project, Blocks 43 & 33
https://vpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S38C295511
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