The beautiful old building fell under "demolition by neglect". As part of the neglect, a part of a wall fell down in April 2010 that has caused hoarding to go up losing a car lane on Yonge and causing major pedestrian disruption along Yonge Street and Gould Street, a major entrance to Ryerson University. The owners of the heritage building, the Lalani Group should be terribly ashamed.
The Ontario Heritage Act was created to avoid these situations, and the city and province should uphold the law and make the owners pay for this. It is not acceptable.
3 comments:
Hi Tyler,
My name is Ranjeet Bubber and I represent the Mumbai-based Lalani Group. With regards to the fire that burned down the Empress Hotel on the 3rd of January 2011, your blog post incorrectly links my client to another group that actually owned the heritage hotel. I would like to clarify that the Mumbai-based Lalani Group has absolutely no affiliation with the Ontario-based company that goes by the registered name 2160943 Ontario Ltd.
If you would like to me send you the official clarification letter, please email me at ranjeet@rsbconsultants.com.
In the mean time however, we urge you to remove/change your post which has incorrect information.
Thanks,
Ranjeet
Hi Tyler,
Would really appreciate it if you would remove/change your blog post as it incorrectly links my client, Mumbai-based Lalani Group, to the owner that actually owns the hotel.
Thanks,
Ranjeet Bubber
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