Listed for sale in 2019, the property was sold in November 2020 for $1.45 million. The building is one of the last remaining examples of the Champlain Oil Company’s gas stations, built in a Canadian architectural style with a pitched roof and the characteristic metal batten. Despite this singular character, the building has no heritage recognition status at either the municipal or provincial level.
Two other Champlain stations of the same architectural style still exist today: one in Champlain near Trois-Rivières (in French), which was cited as a heritage building in 2010 by the local municipality, and another in the Ottawa area.
A demolition permit was issued in 2023. The developer who acquired the land plans to construct a three-storey building with commercial spaces on the ground floor and residential units on the upper floors.