Ritz Hotel Victoria, BC

This Ritz Hotel was built in 1911-1912 for Mrs. A.M. Brown. Throughout its long history the upper floors has always remained a hotel with different stores at street level. Now according to news paper it is a 100-unit hotel, one other place said 95 apartments.

Mrs. A.M. Brown got building permit from City of Victoria in June 1911. New brick building, four stories in height, 75 rooms, and stores. The estimated construction cost was $55,000 on the building permit.
Assessed Value in July 2018 the land was at $1,560,000, and Building was at $3,369,000 totle value $4,929,000.
There was a hazmat scare after evicted tenant poured chemicals into the sink of the third floor room he vacated. Firefighters put their hazmat training to work, Fort Street between Douglas and Blanshard Streets was closed to traffic as they did there work. The hotel and tenants were sheltered for about two hours on B.C. Transit buses parked nearby. After the all clear was given Fort Street was opened and tenants allowed to return to their rooms.

There has been a lot of business over the years that has occupied the store fronts. Right now we have Old 'N' Gold Jewelry that has been there since 2011. I have a video showing a little more about there store.

The next store is a shoe clinic, they seem to be the best shop in town for fixing shoes. I have put a little video together of the store.

Now this next place is Street Level Espresso. It seams to be a nice coffee shop. I have put a video together of this place too, but it has closed down. If you would like to know more I put it in the video.

Thank-you for all your comments and viewing the video. I have other videos I would like you to view.

Map:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=18IyJwLu-3PoR48vxQ78zhUXd7jU&usp=sharing

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