The old White Rose property at 200 Weber St. N has sat vacant for more than 15 years.

Current City of Waterloo ward councillor Jen Vasic remembers working at the former garden nursery at the age of 16 in Ajax before transferring to the Waterloo location during university.

That was a while ago, however there might be some news to tell in a relative jiffy.

Meghan Walsh with QLO Management, head office for Jiffy Lube and Suds Car Wash, said she might have something to share in the new year, though she isn’t ready to make anything absolutely official just yet.

A property search shows the owner listed as Uniweber Property Inc., but Walsh said the property is owned by MCGW Property Corp. within Suds/Jiffy.

The sales history shows that the property, which measures 11,213 square metres, has changed hands three times since it was last a garden nursery in 2005, most recently in 2010 when it was purchased for $3,795,000.

After being used for agricultural purposes in the early part of the 20th century, Waterloo North Hydro occupied the site from the 1960s to 1982 and initially constructed the building that once included offices, meter rooms and a warehouse.

According to an engineering assessment conducted in 2010, the utility’s activities included the handling of transformer oils and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyl) in only a small portion of the site which has been subject to remedial activities to remove them.

Joel Cotter, director of the city’s planning division, said the property lies within the regulatory floodplain of Laurel Creek, which constrains its use and redevelopment potential, with restricted commercial permissions under the zoning bylaw.

