 There was a plan to convert the warehouse into public housing, but the City in the end sold the property to Cresford Developments.The project was one of the earlier and by far the largest warehouse loft conversions in Toronto.The ambitious plan to completely modernize the building was delayed by a general construction strike and a spectacular three-alarm fire, started when a worker tossed a cigarette butt into one of the old freight elevator shafts, landing on a massive pile of debris dumped from all the floors to be cleared from the bottom.