Pleasantville demolition to start in fall

Tearing down old military properties to pave way for redevelopment

With the new home for Canadian Forces Station St. Johns now open, more than a dozen vacant buildings in the Pleasantville area are waiting to be demolished

The former Canadian Forces Station Building in Pleasantville is scheduled to be demolished. Photo by Rhonda Hayward/The Telegram

According to the Crown agency responsible for those properties, that job will start before the end of this year, paving the way for more development in the area.

Were taking steps to implement some demolition, said Roger Martin, the acting general manager for real estate in Ontario and the Atlantic region for Canada Lands Company (CLC).

The 35,000-square-metre Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander W. Anthony Paddon Building cost $156 million to build and design. Personnel that previously occupied 18 buildings in Pleasantville sharing space in the new building. According to Martin, the last few people moved into the building at the end of July.

Before demolition takes places, CLC needs to scan the properties for potential environmental hazards to ensure that information is included when the work goes to tender.

We have preparation work to do, as all demolition has to have the substances (inside) to the buildings evaluated so that they can be property removed and disposed of during demolition, said Martin.

CLC expects demolition work will go to tender in the fall.

Were proposing to have demolition commencing before the end of the year, and as all construction work is, its somewhat weather dependent, so well have to see how far along we get.

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Pleasantville demolition to start in fall