New owners for 134 year old building in Downtown North Bay

A 134 year old building in Downtown North Bay, the oldest in the city, has new owners.

Dupuis Properties has purchased what started out as the Winnipeg Hotel, then King George, the Belmont and now the Cornerstone, at Ferguson and Oak.

Dave Dupuis tells BayToday they’re all about beautifying North Bay one unit and one building at a time.

“We just want to put our touch on it, and most importantly I’m tired of people knocking Downtown but then also not providing a solution or taking a step to do something about it,” he says.

Dupuis says they want to be a solution.

“Downtown we know it’s taking a hit right now, well what are people doing about it? We want to keep buying buildings downtown and everywhere in the City of North Bay and keep making one building better at a time and doing our part,” he says.

Dupuis say they’ll be adding some more commercial space to the building.

He tells BayToday there are photos and documentation to prove the oldest building claim.

(Photo submitted to BayToday.ca)