Why doesn’t the OHS just renovate and expand its existing building?
In 2005 the OHS contracted with a project management firm to look at this possibility and compare it to the alternative options of building a new facility on green land or purchasing another building and renovating it. The study ruled out the possibility of renovating and expanding our Champagne Avenue shelter, noting among other things that the square footage of the existing property was smaller than the space required for the new building alone! While the possibility remained to purchase and renovate an existing building, we were not able to find anything suitable that was centrally located and within our price range.
