In a last-minute turn of events, the Mackenzie Place highrise building in Hay River will now not be sold at auction on Thursday morning.
The building was placed for sale at $1.45 million in a tax auction, which consists of a public auction of properties in arrears. The building’s owner was said to owe about $170,000 in property taxes to the municipality.
The Town of Hay River on Wednesday said the highrise was no longer among the properties available at the auction.
In a Facebook post, the town said “multiple registrations against the property have been identified of which the town’s legal representative will need to provide appropriate notice of the intent to auction.”
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“An auction for the property will be scheduled at a future date to be determined,” the statement continued.
Approached for clarification, town senior administrator Glenn Smith said by email: “As tied to legal proceedings I would like to limit our comments to those already provided.”
There have been many issues with the building after a fire in 2019 left it uninhabitable and displaced about 100 people.
As of 1pm on Wednesday, there were still six other properties on the list for Thursday’s auction.
