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An advocacy group in South Osborne is concerned about a vacant building in the neighbourhood after a string of fires in other historic properties in Winnipeg.

A string of fires in vacant buildings recently has renewed concern about a century-old South Osborne...

A fire that destroyed a building Sunday has sparked concerns about a vacant retail and apartment complex in South Osborne.

  WINNIPEG -- A Winnipeg building built more than 100-years-ago has sat vacant for more than half a decade. Advocates are calling on the owners to give the shuttered building a second lease on life, and want the city to step in and make it happen. The Rubin Block sits at the corner of Morley Avenue and Osborne Street. While it is now empty and boarded up – many in the community see its potential as a way to revitalize the community and use its 21 apartments and retail space to provide aff...

Winnipeg Free Press Rubin Block in South Osborne sitting vacant since 2014 Last Modified: 9:52 AM CST Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 | Updates MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS The Rubin Block at 270 Morley Ave. has been vacant and growing derelict since 2014, and a new petition has been circulating urging the owners to act and sell it to a buyer who will actually maintain it. Nobody’s lived at the Rubin Block for more than six years. Nobody’s lived at th...