Demolition coming for empty fire damaged building on Main Street
The vacant burnt out building that the city is looking to demolish on Main Street. Uploaded June 11, 2025. (Jeff Keele/CTV News Winnipeg)
The City of Winnipeg is looking for a contractor to do a wet demolition of a fire damaged building on Main Street.
Wet demolition is a process to safely remove asbestos.
A fire broke out at the vacant commercial building at 881 Main St. nearly four years ago. At the time, CTV News reported it was set for demolition.
Beside the building is a burnt out church that caught fire twice in the last year.
Coun. Ross Eadie said the city will pay for the work and then transfer the costs to the owner's property tax bill.
'The time limit is up. (The city) gave them a grace period and now they're putting out, and they're going to hire a company. The city will pay them to do a wet demolition,' said Eadie.
It's a new policy, stemming from scores of problem properties plaguing inner-city neighbourhoods, where owners are dragging their feet on cleaning them up. A mountain of rubble, which once stood on the Sherbrooke Street lot, was one of the catalysts.
The pile was left over for more than two years from an apartment building fire until the city stepped in, cleaned it up, and put the cost on the property tax bill.
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