Nice to see a happy ending. And they managed to keep most of the greenery around it - extra points! I've seen too many places where things get chopped down just because they're somewhat in the way of contractors' equipment.

There's a building in a similar situation at Van Horne & Legaré which is only now about to be rehabilitated (if the new signage is to be believed) after at least 3 & 1/2 years (for at least as long as I've lived here) of sitting boarded up. It surely must be much more expensive to renovate after a number of winters of freeze and thaw, animals taking up residence, water damage, rot, etc. I wonder what the delay factors are.