Wilson St. Ancaster Inc., the company controlled by developers Sergio Manchia and Frank Spallacci, has been granted a one-year extension to complete the move of the heritage-designated Marr House at 398 Wilson Street East in Ancaster.
The property at 392-412 Wilson Street East and 15 Lorne Avenue was the centre of the Greenbelt scandal in Hamilton, and the fallout from it is the reason cited for the extension.
However, recent developments are more likely to be the real reason. In February, Ward 12 Councillor Craig Cassar passed a motion to explore moving the 1840s structure to the nearby municipal Ancaster Arts Centre.
The approved relocation plan from 2021 would see the structure moved to the rear of the property to make way for a condo development.
The City is awaiting a new planning application from Wilson Street Ancaster Inc., following the company’s failed court application to regain special zoning they gained – and then lost – in the Greenbelt scandal.
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