The City bought the land at 14 Commercial St. as part of a process to redevelop downtown Nanaimo. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
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City buys long-time vacant land in downtown Nanaimo
Jul 26, 2021 | 7:57 PM
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NANAIMO — Major steps have been taken to revitalize a blighted corner of downtown Nanaimo.
Mayor Leonard Krog during a council meeting on Monday, July 26 announced the City has negotiated the sale of 14 Commercial St., which is currently a large hole where the former Jean Burns building stood.
The price was not made public.
Krog said the downtown Nanaimo site, which has existed as a large hole since 2017 when the Jean Burns building was demolished after a fire, needed to be redeveloped. He reported the City did not want to wait a significant amount of time, potentially years, for the site to be addressed.
