Two city-owned lots are up for sale, two years after tenants were evicted from one of the properties in Metrotown.
The tenants were given their notice when the city decided to build the Chaffey-Halley pedestrian path on the two lots, located at 5596 Halley and 5587 Chaffey avenues.
Last year, Rick McGowan, who heads the Metrotown Residents’ Association, proposed a community garden for the Halley site but the community development committee did not approve the project.
“It’s more of a benefit to have a community garden there,” McGowan told the NOW recently, adding the vacant house could be used for tool storage and community meeting space.
Instead, the two duplex lots are open for bids until 9 a.m. on June 16.
The Halley Avenue lot is approximately 7,910 square feet. The minimum bid price is $1.10 million, according to the bid packages posted on the city website.
The Chaffey Avenue lot, which includes the house, is 8,250 square feet. The minimum bid price is $1.17 million.
The home will be open for viewing on June 9 from 1 to 3 p.m., with no other viewings available, according to the post.
The transaction completion date is July 28.
Earlier this spring, the NOW sent a freedom of information request to the city regarding its plans to put the two properties up for public tender. The request was denied based on Section 17 of the freedom of information and protection of privacy act, as the disclosure would be “harmful to the financial or economic interests of a public body.”
For more information on the bid requirements, go to tinyurl.com/chaffeyhalleybids.
