The premier put the owners of former Greenbelt land on blast Tuesday morning
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a new Village Media website devoted exclusively to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park.
“Recently, we learned that the owner of 765 and 775 Kingston Road East in Ajax … listed this land for sale,” Premier Doug Ford said in a statement, which his office sent to journalists early on Tuesday. “At no point was the intention to sell disclosed to the government’s facilitator during active and ongoing discussions.”
When Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk's office was working on its Greenbelt report it was told by the Provincial Land and Development Facilitator that Buena Vista Development Corp. was expected to be the primary developer of the land, Lysyk told The Trillium on Tuesday. The auditor general's Aug. 9 report noted that the PLDF had not finalized any agreements with developers as of this June.
“To accomplish this we engaged in a process to a find joint venture partner with the experience necessary to help us develop the property. At no time was the property going to be sold outright,” Dong said. Late last year, the government surprisingly removed over 7,000 acres from the protected area and added over 9,000 acres elsewhere.
Fourteen of the 15 sites eventually removed from the Greenbelt were proposed by Amato, whereas only one came from public servants whom he closely managed under confidentiality agreements. The PLDF has outlined a “framework that the negotiation and agreements are being conducted under,” which includes progress milestones, according to the auditor’s report.
The developer hasn’t submitted a formal application for an expected subdivision but the city has held pre-consultation meetings at TACC’s request, a spokesperson for the city of Pickering told The Trillium. TACC also owns former Greenbelt land in Vaughan, known as Block 41, where the company plans to develop a subdivision with low- and mid-rise housing.
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