The old Hydro building along Main Street in Niverville has been sold to the Steinbach-based Southeast Veterinary Clinic, pending the finalization of a few legalities.
The property had been purchased by the Town of Niverville in May of this year as a possible future location for their new town office.
“[Council] was looking for land to build a new town office,” Mayor Myron Dyck explains. “A short while later, the Horizon building came up for sale… and it was already built. The town was never going to move into [the Hydro building]. [We had] wanted the land.”
Now that the town has secured the old Horizon building, they decided to sell the Hydro property. Dyck says that they put it to tender so that anyone would have a fair shot at being able to purchase it. The town received two offices, one of which was by Southeast Veterinary Clinic.
According to their media relations spokesperson, Southeast Veterinary Clinic has declined to comment further until the deal is finalized.
“We are always excited to see businesses come up in our town,” says Dyck. “We do have second, third, and fourth generations of businesses in town and they understood and made the sacrifices during the times when we didn’t have a lot of traffic, and through the changes we were making. I want to thank those businesses for what they’ve done for supporting our community… That being said, we are excited to see the businesses grow. We welcome all businesses to our town and wish them the best of luck.”
