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August 19, 2012

Fire-ravaged apartments rebuilt, accepting tenants

By Jordan Thompson

Posted 4 days ago

On April 17, 2007, a massive fire tore through the Edgewater Court apartment complex, gutting the building and leaving many of its 300 residents homeless.

Over five years later, Edgewater Court has been successfully rebuilt, and began accepting tenants again on Wednesday.

“As with any fire, the major damage was water damage,” said president of Wood Buffalo Housing and Development Corporation Byran Lutes. “The first floor and roof of the east portion of the building was physically damaged to the point it didn’t exist.

“The building needed to be gutted and rebuilt as if it had never been there. Wiring, plumbing, drywall, carpet, ceilings; the whole thing. It all had to be done in incremental steps, and then we also had to make sure it was all up to the new codes and make it proper and fit. Now we have it in that position, and are able to move people back in to a virtually brand new building.”

The first 20 families are being moved into the building, which has 94 units, this week.

“There are still unallocated units as well,” Lutes said. “People can go to our office in the Haxton Building and make an application there for all of our programs, which would include these units.”

 

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