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Ruth Tepper invested $60,000 into Capital Pointe, a proposed 27-storey hotel and condo tower slated to rise one day in the heart of downtown Regina.

Two-thirds of that money came from her two daughters, each of whom contributed $20,000. Her husband invested $180,000.

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“I’m 59 and I still struggle to make a living and to pay my mortgage,” said Tepper, who lives in Toronto. “This is a huge loss for me.”

Tepper is one of many investors who now see Capital Pointe as little more than a money pit, with a deadline looming this month for the owners to fill in the excavated hole, at the corner of Albert Street and Victoria Avenue — or the city will do it for them.

“I’m obligated to give my daughters their money back, and in order to do so I took money from my line of credit,” she said in an interview Tuesday.

Barely able to make her minimum payments every month since investing in 2015, Tepper said it has been a heavy burden, but she’s prepared to fight.