Coun. Hollingsworth wants a grocery store to be part of any future development on the site
Vacant for 13 years, the old Sault Area Hospital buildings on the waterfront will be purchased by the city for $4.75 million.
"We are at a point where every year we don't do something about this property, is a year that we are leaving significant money on the table in terms of potential tax revenue, and a year that our community is not benefiting from the redevelopment of a beautiful and pristine piece of our waterfront," said Mayor Matthew Shoemaker.
"We have tightened up our property standards bylaw three to four times in the 10 years I've been on council, every time with this property in mind, frankly."The reality is, every time we've tightened it up, the ownership has only met the bare minimum of the new property standards bylaw.
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