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Council wants updates on Domtar
for $4 million. The City of Cornwall then purchased 15 acres of the property for $1.7 million in order to build the Benson Centre. Paris (Property Asset Recovery Industrial Surplus) Holdings, in turn, contacted Pa- quette Planning Associates LTD (PPAL) in 2009, regarding the creation of a re-devel- opment master plan, in order to assist them with repositioning the property for re-use. Paris Holdings has been gradually reme- diating the site with a view to one day fully re-purposing the lands. According to PPAL, various constraints
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CORNWALL | Domtar’s giant chimney has withstood the test of time, unlike the rest of the once grandiose factory who, at one time, employedmore than 1200mill work- ers. Recently, Cornwall city council mem- bers have agreed to task administration with contacting the owners of the giant
property, in order to find out exactly what is to become of it. Councilor Berna- dette Clément was given approval by council, on Decem- ber 8, to have city ad-
were present on the property, such as hydro poles, railway lines, underground services and contam- inated areas. Ultimately, the plan calls for “develop-
Paris Holdings has been gradually remediating the site with a view to one day fully re-purposing the lands
ministration produce semi-annual updates on the lands. The immense property is cur- rently owned by Paris Holdings, a Cornwall- based company that purchased it in 2006
ment of a mixed use project incorporating residential, office, retail and active recre- ational forms while providing a green edge onto the property’s considerable exposure
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Areal shot of the Domtar lands
to the St. Lawrence Seaway shoreline.” According to a small report published by PPAL, “key elements of the plan would in- clude the provision of active recreational facilities, such as a multi pad arena, cinema and amusement area along with restau- rants, retail offices and hotels.”All the attrac- tions would therefore diversify Cornwall’s economy. But a report, issued by the City’s depart- ment of planning, parks and recreation, states that “it is reasonable to suggest, how- ever, that given the standard complexities of cleaning up a large industrial site and, as a modestly sized private company taking all the financial risk/burden at this time, Paris Holdings has no viable business case op-
tion but to take a cautious and sequential approach to generic remediation in order to attract any mixed development.” Groupe Renaissance The Groupe Renaissance , headed by Chuck Charlebois, introduced a conceptual design for the property in 2008, one year prior to PPAL’s report. A former city councilor, Charlebois was quoted as saying, back in 2008, that the land had potential to even become “a vil- lage unto itself, with housing options such as condominiums, bungalows, semide- tached homes and affordable housing.” Ac- cording to him, Cornwall would be “sitting on a gold mine”, comparing it to Las Vegas.
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Frost poursuit Gilcig Le conseiller municipal Robert Frost a déposé une plainte de diffamation contre Jamie Gilcig, rédacteur et propriétaire de Cornwall Free News . Selon le conseil- ler, M. Gilcig aurait publié un article, le 8 octobre dernier, qui aurait causé la perte d’une transaction immobilière. Celle-ci avait une valeur de 15 000$, selon M. Frost. Lorsqu’il a déposé la plainte auprès de la cour de Cornwall, celui-ci a exprimé que des informations fournies dans l’article étaient erronées. À l’heure de mettre sous presse, M. Gilcig n’avait pas répondu aux questions du Journal.
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