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- The City of St. John’s shut down Harbourview Apartments after deeming it unfit for habitation.
- Former superintendent Jason van Vianen said criminal activity, drug use and assaults overwhelmed building safety.
- Residents reported squatters in stairwells, a parking-lot shooting and a day-long gun-suspect standoff.
- Cogir will refurbish the building as affordable housing and has re-housed all conforming tenants.