A Cornwall developer says a dispute with the city has stopped construction on numerous projects in the downtown core, including a plan to build 200 affordable housing units by 2026.
Now, Rothmar has filed four applications in the Superior Court of Ontario to get answers on why some of the permits have been denied.
Mayor Glen Grant would not comment on the situation when reached by phone, saying it is before the courts. "It's a big investment to build affordable housing and a lot of private developers don't want to do it," Towndale said."Mr. Bell was willing to do it and that would be a huge benefit to the city."
"In our eyes, we would expect our elected officials to start mediating these two sides, the business side and the administrative side of the city, get together, start talking, get things moving," Halmar added. "A long with our professionals, it seems to mystify everyone that hears about it," said Bell."Why something that seems to be at the top of minds, for not only our taxpayers but also for the politicians, that affordable housing is the number one priority and yet somehow, we aren't able to get the permits to build this housing."
Bell said he was not planning to go public about the situation, but with being held up since February, and the recent permit that was revoked"was the last straw." CTV News reached out to the firm representing Bell, Perley-Robertson, Hill and McDougall, who are based out of Ottawa.
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