Demolition begins for Prince Edward Home in Charlottetown

Piece by piece, the Old Prince Edward Home in Charlottetown is coming down. Demolition began Friday.

The buildingwas erected in 1933 asa hospital and was later converted into a nursing home with a palliative care unit. It has been vacant since 2015.

Costly demolition

The site has been secured with an eight-foot fence, according the province.

Kildare Construction waschosen earlier thisspringto take on the project, which is expected to cost just over $2.3 million.

It is one of the largest demolition projects taken on by the province's department of Transportation, Infrastructure and Energy.The closestin size was the demolition of Montague high school.

Once the building has been demolished, the province plans to remove the asphalt surfacesand put down topsoil and seed it returning the property to green space.

The demolition is expected to be completed byNovember, according to the province's website.

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