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Originally Posted by JET
I expect that it is a lot less than $4 million; and I expect that they could find a lot of folks stepping forward to help renovate.:
"Claims that the necessary upgrades would cost the city $4 million are unsubstantiated and dramatically out of step with a 2010 assessment that put the maximum costs of repairs at $733,000. Since Halifax acquired the building for one dollar in 1988 to preserve it as a significant heritage landmark, investment is long overdue for a building that so enriches HRM."
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HRM staff report on the sorry state of the Khyber Building here:
http://www.halifax.ca/council/agendasc/documents/150324cai02.pdf
I actually was thinking about this the other day with all the buildings having problems with the snow loads and their roofs collapsing in on them. Was sort of hoping for the same here. Would solve a lot of problems.
It certainly looks like $4 million and given it is a HRM project the end number might be closer to double that. Face it, the place is a total dump and not suitable for the intended use either. I would prefer they buy a number of industrial-size snowblower machines and other snow equipment for the streets instead.
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