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  • Historic St. John's Basilica Sold for More than $3M [Canada]

    06/21/2022 5:55:51 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 2 replies
    CBC News ^ | 6/14/22
    Court still has to approve the winning bid for the propertyAn iconic piece of St. John's history and the city's skyline has been sold for more than $3 million — to a trio of Catholic groups hoping to save the building from developers. "The feeling we have is one of relief and euphoria and excitement for the future," Rob Blackie, a member of the joint committee who had been bidding on the historic property, told CBC News on Tuesday morning. The basilica complex is one of some two dozen properties owned by the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. John's...