Cityplace in the dark: Power outage last weekend

Okay, we missed the boat on this one, but our neighbours to the north experienced a big power outage over the weekend. Recounts the Globe in a story this morning

The lights went out at several condos and an adjoining gymnasium near the Rogers Centre, some of them part of the massive Concord CityPlace development projects, shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday. The blackout, which lasted almost 24 hours in some buildings, forced some residents to spend the night in hotels or with family.

While some backup lights immediately switched on at the gym and other areas, there were none at all for several hours in at least one of the condo buildings.

We've always wondered about the economies of scale when it comes to CityPlace. It shares gyms, garages and buildings are joined together to form complexes but it seems that there's more infrastructure shared.

More from the Globe:

In total, nine buildings suffered blackouts of varying lengths, from a couple of hours to almost a full day.

Several of the CityPlace towers are closely connected, sharing a sprawling underground garage. "The problem is this: Why is it when something affects one building it affects all the buildings?" asked Gary Pieters, a resident in one of the affected towers. "That's a development flaw."

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