Exploring an Abandoned Flea Market with Unsold Merchandise Left Behind 747 flea Market Part II

747 Flea Market Things get even crazier in part II of this abandoned flea market, I find many more items left behind as well as one vendor's booth that was completely untouched!! On Tuesday April 20, 2021, the owner of 747 Flea Market James Hawley announced the impending closure (to his vendors) of the space that had been in continuous operation for over 30 years! The Rathcliffe Group who owns the building and land was forced to evict the owner and its vendors after they were either paying partial or no rent at all (during lockdowns) for over a year. Hawley said that neither the market or it's vendors were able to qualify for the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) which was a government program to help businesses pay their rent if they had seen a drop in revenue during "the situation". “Our tenants don’t qualify because they do not have written leases” and they pay on a month-to-month basis, Hawley said. Hawley also criticized the program for not having an appeal process when a business was denied inclusion. A lot of vendors showed up to the building shortly after the announcement was made but were told they would not be allowed to enter until the entirety of that month's rent was paid. After the April 20th announcement, the vendors only received until the end of the month to pay their rent and collect their belongings. Apparently, according to comments, the buildings were in rough condition, with leaking rooves, general uncleanliness as well as lacking proper maintenance, these conditions were evident during my visit. The building has since been demolished during the months of June/July but no formal plan has yet been submitted to the city as to what will go in its place. The owners have mentioned that they would like to build a warehouse which is less prone to income rental loss due to closures. There are rumours that Amazon may be interested in the property for use as another fulfillment centre, or another company may move in and use the site as a storage warehouse. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to this abandoned flea market and to be quite honest, I haven't had this much fun exploring a location in quite a while. With so much merchandise left behind by various vendors there was so much to see! Follow me: https://www.instagram.com/james.hackland/ https://www.facebook.com/0StaticSpaces0/ Follow Andrew: https://www.instagram.com/andrew_emond/ Intro music: Flatline - Michett https://soundcloud.com/michett https://michett.bandcamp.com/ CC BY: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/ Other music: Interstellar Mood - Nico Staf /channel/UCwZKvCgfhAiMwiugEn6DITg To Pass Time - Godmode /c/GODMODEMUSIC

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