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91 Clergy St. is for sale for $1
Interest in $1 Queen’s houses through the roof
Wednesday February 08, 2006
KINGSTON, Ont. - Due to an unexpectedly high number of inquiries about its $1 houses, Queen's will hold an information session with moving and contractor experts to address questions from the public.
Since announcing its intention to basically give away 24 houses on Clergy and Earl streets to those willing to assume relocation cost, the university has been overwhelmed with emails and phone calls from people seeking more information.
"We've been very pleased with the high response as this bodes well for our wish to see the houses used elsewhere," says Tom Morrow, Associate Vice Principal (Operations and Facilities).
"While some are interested in individual houses, others have expressed an interest in moving several of the houses to new locations."
The houses must be removed or demolished before the University can proceed with the construction of Phase 1 on the Queen's Centre project. Those interested in the houses would have to assume all relocation costs.
In order to meet the schedule for the clearing of the site and permit the necessary demolition to occur, a firm agreement to relocate the structures would need to be in place by the end of May with the buildings relocated by July 1, 2006.
The information session will be held on Thursday, Feb. 16 from at 7 p.m. in the Policy Studies building at 138 Union St. in Room 202. An expert panel will include Queen's operations officials, municipal government officials, CDS Movers and Cupdio Construction.
Details about the homes are available at http://www.queensu.ca/pps/capital/qpropert.html. For information about the queen's Centre, see http://qnc.queensu.ca/queenscentre/Oct_04/
All members of the public are welcome.
For more information or to arrange an interview call Sarah Withrow 613.533-3280, Lorinda Peterson 613-3234, or Therese Greenwood 613.533-6907.
Attention broadcasters: Queen's now has facilities to provide broadcast quality audio and video feeds. For television interviews, we can provide a live, real-time double ender from Kingston fibre optic cable and broadcast quality radio transmissions from our on-campus studio. Please call for details.
