Old Mahood Lumber building in Kincardine demolished
By: Liz Dadson
October 13, 2017
The old Mahood Lumber building is gone.
Workers tore down the final west wall, Friday, Oct. 6, after about two months of demolition.
Located at the intersection of Durham Market South and Queen Street, just south of the Kincardine Arts Centre and Victoria Park in Kincardine, the structure was demolished to make way for a 30-unit condominium complex by Kincardine developer Keith Battler. The six-storey building will include a ground-floor parking lot.
Battler expects to have the land cleared by this fall and then begin building in late spring or early summer next year. He purchased the property nine years ago and first brought his proposed housing project to Kincardine council about six years ago.
The old Mahood Lumber building before demolition began in August
Originally the Farley Lumber and Planing Mill, the building has stood there since 1919. It housed Mahood Lumber Co. Ltd. until that company moved to Highway 21 North, south of Kincardine Home Hardware, in 1989. Mahood Lumber subsequently adopted the Tim-Br Mart identification.
The Durham Market South property was later transferred to Cliff Hewitt. Most recently, the building was home to Sunset Blinds, Creative Casuals and Bruce County Flooring.
The west wall is the final piece to fall as the old Mahood Lumber building is demolished; photo by Jake McMann
Workers direct traffic along Queen Street, Kincardine, as the final wall is removed during demolition of the old Mahood Lumber building, Friday, Oct. 6; photo by Jake McMann
There's nothing left but piles of debris after demolition of the old Mahood Lumber building in Kincardine, Friday, Oct. 6
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