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The company that operates the Canadian Club Brand Centre has announced last call at the historic Windsor building — which Mayor Drew Dilkens says would devastate the community.

Beam Suntory — the multinational spirits giant that owns the Canadian Club brand — announced Wednesday it would close the heritage centre for tours at the end of March, and would allow booked events to continue just through Dec. 31.

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“To see a company come in and say, ‘We’re going to close the brand centre, that history is not that important to us,’ that bothers me,” Dilkens said Thursday. “Everyone here knows how important that history is to our community.”

Dilkens will fly to Chicago Monday to meet with executives of Beam Suntory, hoping for a change of heart.

“It’s unconscionable to me how you could continue to develop a brand by giving up on the home where it was founded,” Dilkens said.

“So I’m interested in working with the company to find opportunities to keep that facility alive, to make sure the story can be told tomorrow and another 100 years from now.”