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Council gives owner extra time to stabilize fire-damaged Gilbert building, sets April 23 deadline for structural work
Summary
The Beaumont City Council voted Jan. 7 to extend the owner’s deadline to restore the Gilbert building’s exterior walls, roof and elevated floors to original structural capacity, setting a report-back to council and a final completion target as part of a conditional extension.
The Beaumont City Council on Jan. 7 granted an extension to the owner of the fire-damaged Gilbert building, approving a revised schedule that requires structural reinforcement work and sets April 23, 2025 as the target for restoring exterior walls, the roof and elevated floors to their original structural capacity.
The property owner, Tom Flanagan, told the council he has spent substantial sums to shore up the building since a June 2024 fire and that he intends to continue restoration. At the meeting he supplied a revised project schedule that calls for an engineering reinforcement package to the city by late February and a phased construction program through April. Flanagan said he has already spent roughly $500,000 on stabilization work and expects total stabilization costs to exceed $800,000.
Why it matters: The Gilbert building, a multi-story historic structure downtown that was tagged for imminent danger before the fire, has been the subject of…
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