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Since the Pender has closed,
it has been sold by the administrator to a condominium
developer who also owns the lot next door and is developing
that lot into a condominium development called "33."
Media reports indicate that the condominium developer
wishes to develop the hotel into a "boutique hotel."
In order to convert it to
tourist use, the owner must go through the Single Room
Accommodation By-Law which protects buildings like the
Pender Hotel. The SRA By-Law is supposed to protect
affordable housing, so the new owner would have to pay
$5,000 for each room that was converted if the City
gives permission to convert the Pender Hotel from affordable
housing into some other use. Pivot will be arguing strongly
against the conversion of the hotel to any use other
than low-income housing.
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Astoria
Hotel next to close?
The Astoria Hotel, also part
of Project Haven like the Lucky Lodge, has also been
referred to a business license hearing. Pivot will be
representing some of the more than 70 people who call
the Astoria home at that hearing, which has yet to be
scheduled.
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