A downtown Port Coquitlam building once used as a public health unit is being torn down due to health and safety concerns.
The city is razing the one-storey structure on Wilson Avenue, near Shaughnessy Street, after concluding it would cost more than $1 million to bring it up to structural and environmental standards.
A city spokesperson said the salvage and sorting process at the fenced-off site is expected to take place all month.
City council has yet to make a decision on what will happen to the prime real estate.
