Asking price is $1.5 million; highlight is modern gymnasium
By Mark Schadenberg
It's hard to believe that when I was
growing up (elementary school in the 1970's) there were five separate
board schools in Woodstock and now there are only two – St.
Michael's in the city's northeast on Devonshire Avenue and St.
Patrick's in the southwest on Parkinson Road.
The former St. Mary's on Oxford is open
as Holy Family French Immersion, so I guess it counts as active, but
it is refocused.
The previous St. Rita's on Dundas is
still planned to be a future furniture store, while the old St.
Joseph's on Huron Street evolved into the French-only Marguerite
Bourgeoys K-8 school and is now FOR SALE for a likely re-development
of its 2.7 acres.
While the main school for Ecole
Marguerite Bourgeoys (EMB) was likely built in the 1950's, the
school's gymnasium was constructed likely around 1990 and is
probably only approximately 20 years old. The gym includes a stage, plus a ramp to that stage for modern accessibility.
If a renovation was part of the plans
by the next owner, many uses are possible because in theory a group
could buy it and change the zoning (currently Neighbourhood
Institutional) to a youth centre, church or even a daycare centre.
The current layout includes eight very large classrooms – learning
spaces large enough for 40 students. On my visit, it was noted that
only two of the classrooms still have their original asbestos-like
floor tiling. The removal of the floors in those two rooms would not
be a significant undertaking. Each room has its own heating / cooling
system as the manager of the building noted that the Windsor-based
school system (Providence: www.cscprovidence.ca) had a policy for air
conditioning in all its classrooms.
The building additionally features two
modest front offices, but it's the gymnasium addition which makes the
thoughts of a future use intriguing. The gym floor measures 72' x 44'
– not quite a NBA size basketball court, but certainly large enough
for regulation-size volleyball, and there is also a very tall
open steel-truss ceiling.
Could the current building be converted
into apartments? Certainly.
At the end of the day, if the building
structures were removed the space left would suit up to 12 houses.
MLS: 74416
Asking: $1,500,000
Listed By: Peter Vandersar (Royal LePage Triland)
Frontage: 113 feet along Huron Street,
but the L-shaped lot (See map. Property no longer includes portables.) opens up to the back schoolyard.
LINKS:
Mark Schadenberg, Sales Representative
Senior
Real Estate Specialist (SRES designation)
Royal
LePage Triland Realty
757
Dundas St, Woodstock
(519)
537-1553, cell or text
Email:
mschadenberg@rogers.com
Twitter:
markroyallepage
Facebook:
Mark Schadenberg, Royal LePage Triland
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