NEW: Ford's plan for the Ontario Science Centre could be derailed.
as part of the waterfront space’s redevelopment may have hit a roadblock.
That will likely be unwelcome news for the premier, who said earlier this week he wants to build new housing at the“We are in desperate need of housing,” Ford told reporters on Tuesday. “There's going to be thousands of units there.”, which sits at Toronto’s waterfront and has been decommissioned since 2012.
That lease stands until 2064 and the Ontario government would need to renegotiate the terms before any shovels go into the ground to build housing at the site, the TRCA told CTV News Toronto in an email. According to Coun. Gord Perks’ motion, the land exchange won’t be considered until the development application is approved by council, the provincial government provides its lease agreement with Austrian resort developer Therme Canada, and the federal government expresses its “interest or disinterest” in taking over the land.
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