More buildings will be torn down at the former DSTN property.

Nova Scotia Lands says a tender has been awarded for the demolition of the former A and B shop building at what is now the Trenton Commercial Park, and work on the site should begin in the coming weeks.

The A and B shop buildings (9,187 square meters and 10,856 square meters respectively) had structural damage to the roof and the corner of one of the buildings, when NS Lands first took ownership in 2018. It further sustained damage this fall during Hurricane Dorian in September and a bad wind storm in November, according to David MacNeil, director of business parks and land management at Nova Scotia Lands, a Provincial Crown corporation.

“It just became really bad, and you could see daylight through several parts of the roof,” MacNeil said.

He said the building’s roof is made of wooden slats and is believed to have first been built around 1918.

NS Lands took ownership of the land in September 2018 after DSME closed, and the province was unable to sell it. Prior to being used to build wind turbines, the mammoth facility had operated as a rail car factory. At its peak, it employed more than 1,000 people. At one time the buildings combined spanned 430,000-square-foot on 116 acres of land. Equipment was auctioned off in November 2018 and since that time, numerous buildings have been razed, including the former C and D shop.

A market value assessment was done on the site last summer which showed that the land the A and B buildings were on was valued at $1 in their current state and $100,000 as just a concrete slab, which is what it will be post-demolition.

The tender for demolition has been awarded to Pictou County’s Verhagen Demolition at a cost of $120,000.

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