Centurion Properties asked the City of Langford to not release information it gave the city in May about the structural integrity of RidgeView Place because the company said the information was “confidential.”
After the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Vancouver Island’s thrift store officially reopened on Friday (July 8), it was not immediately clear what had changed about the safety concerns with RidgeView Place, the troubled apartment building which had its occupancy permit revoked on April 25, forcing residents to evacuate.
In a July 11 statement, the City of Langford said they had been given “initial preliminary information” by Centurion about the structural integrity of the building in early May.
Based on that information, the city decided to reopen sidewalks on Claude Road and in the surrounding area to public access again, allowing St. Vincent to move back into its old location.
“The City recognizes the information deficit in respect of the building is an imperfect situation, but the decision whether to return to the premises remained a decision for St. Vincent de Paul to make,” a statement from the City of Langford read.
Langford added in the statement that it is waiting on further information from the building owner, Centurion Properties, as to the details of any remediation work which may follow.
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