Donatelli excited to take on Rodman Hall
Nino Donatelli has a passion for buying and restoring old buildings in St. Catharines, from major brownfields to minor facelifts.
But Rodman Hall is something special all on its own.
“I love old buildings. To have one of the most gorgeous, iconic buildings in St. Catharines and to somehow be responsible for its look and controlling it ... I thought The Keg and the Stone Mill were nice buildings, but this is absolutely iconic,” Donatelli said.
“The more I read, the more I fall in love with the building and the history.”
The new owner of the 19th-century building on St. Paul Crescent hopes to convince arts groups to use it and then he hopes to construct some low-rise residential housing on the outskirts of the property, which overlooks Twelve Mile Creek.
Donatelli is responsible for massive restorations in the Merritton area in the past 20 years, fixing up a dilapidated rubber plant and turning it into The Keg on Glendale Avenue and the 19th-century Lybster Mill across the street into Stone Mill Inn.
A smaller project involved some minor improvements to Merritton Town Hall on Merritt Street in 2016 and in the ’80s he fixed up the Port Mansion in Port Dalhousie’s commercial core.
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source: Brock University
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