What to know about Ottawa's plan to turn post offices, historic armouries into housing

FILE - The Canada Post logo is seen on the outside the company's Pacific Processing Centre, in Richmond, B.C., on June 1, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl DyckOTTAWA - A 1970s Canada Post building in Alberta and stone Quebec City army barracks dating back to 1856 are just some of the public lands the Liberal government plans to turn into homes.

It says these are “just the start,” since the post office has a presence in more than 1,700 communities. The document touts nearly three dozen other “sample” Canada Post properties that could be “unlocked for housing.” It's less clear what will happen to the National Defence properties on the list, since some of them are protected historic sites.A brochure that lists the Canada Post building in Fort McMurray, Alta., for sale at $2.2 million by JLL Edmonton Industrial includes photos of a warehouse-style interior with few windows and loading dock doors - raising questions about how easy it would be to convert into housing units.

- The National Defence Medical Centre, Ottawa: Parks Canada describes the nine-storey former full-service hospital, built in the early 1960s, as four wings that “radiate outward from a central core and feature punched window openings, and end curtain walls.” Ottawa also plans to “urgently” lease public lands in Calgary, Ottawa, Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal, where 800 homes can be built.

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