One man was killed when a massive chunk of an underground parking garage collapsed last Wednesday.
Hundreds of people who live in the 14-storey building above were evacuated shortly after.
A dental supply courier company that rents office space in the building used the garage to park its delivery vehicles. The victim, who was in his 30s, was a driver for the company.
Electricity and heating to the apartments and businesses in the building, turned off as precautions, have been restored.
Tenants could only have supervised access to their apartments to retrieve emergency supplies, such as medication.
The building is owned by Toronto-based real estate investment company Cap Reit. The company is working with the Red Cross to fund and coordinate alternative housing, food and clothing arrangements, according to a statement. Cap Reit is one of Canada’s largest residential landlords, with interests in over 27,000 spaces.
Wednesday’s tragedy is the most recent in a string of infrastructure collapses in Quebec. Two highway overpass collapses have resulted in deaths; three employees were killed when a warehouse roof collapsed last March.
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