The Shannondale (née Electrohome, 152 Shanley St) | 8 fl | U/C

[ijmorlan]

Well, they have done it before. Not sure how many remember the house with the long backyard at Stirling and Mill St. The guys entire backyard was a junkyard. However, it's not zoned as such. Eventually the city did expropriate the property, and that is where they built Mill-Courtland Community Centre. Perhaps doing it her is a great idea.

I think that's a bit different, as the Mill-Stirling expropriation would have been for a municipal facillity.  I don't think the City has suggested anything other than private development for the Shanley St siite.

They could propose a municipal facility. If the plans change after the expropriation, that’s just one of those things.

Would the property owner really even fight an expropriation? If so, why?