[NewWester]

T&H will facadize the Trapp and neighbouring Holburn blocks and tear down the newer ugly canopied thing on the non-holburn side of the Trapp block and put in something new. The neighbouring buildings are not part of T&H, but I've noted that a lot of them are boarded up and recently vacant on the front street side. I'm hoping that Salient or another developer owns some or all of these buildings between the Trapp and Begbie street (Salient seems pretty upbeat on dt new west... so my fingers are crossed).

As for tearing down the heritage buildings: apparently an engineering assessment shows that they are not structurally sound enough to simply retrofit (especially the Trapp block) . Which isn't surprising, given that the structural concrete as viewed from the front street side dips about a foot from wall to centre of the floor...I'll snap some pics next time I walk my dog that way.

Someone should make a thread for this building: it will be a huge for Columbia street.