Release of First City Report on November 11 Gore Building Collapse Delayed Three Weeks

The release of the long-awaited first staff review of the circumstances leading up to the uncontrolled collapse of the Gore buildings on November 11, 2024, is being delayed three weeks.

The report was supposed to be released on April 2nd as part of the April 9th Council general issues committee agenda.

It was not included due to the expected length of the Council meeting and the report’s not being considered time-sensitive.

The report is now scheduled for release on April 22.

At approximately 6:12 a.m. on Monday, November 11, the 24 and 28 King Street East buildings collapsed onto the Gore Park promenade. Nobody was injured.

Had the collapse occurred hours earlier or hours later, dozens of people would’ve been injured, with fatalities likely.

On the day of the collapse, immediately following Remembrance Day ceremonies in Gore Park, Mayor Andrea Horwath and City Manager Marnie Cluckie visited the site.

Mayor Horwath described the uncontrolled collapse as “terrifying—it’s terrifying what could have happened … but for the Grace of God there are no injuries.”

Cluckie stated staff were on site three days before the collapse. “Staff were on site at this building on Friday trying to facilitate action on it.”

During the past five months, City Hall has issued only one statement, on November 12, saying the City had followed all its procedures, that “Municipal Law Enforcement and Building Division teams have been vigilant in monitoring these properties,” and that “an Order to comply, from the Building Division, was issued on July 22, 2024, to the building owner to address specific concerns; however, compliance had not yet been achieved.”

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