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New details are emerging in the controversial plan to redevelop Toronto’s mostly decommissioned Ontario Place after the exclusive Toronto International Film Festival unveiled further plans for a partnership with Therme Group, the Austrian entity behind the proposed $350 million project. ... View full entry
Revised plans for the proposed Ontario Place redevelopment in Toronto are once again drawing critical attention after being submitted to the city’s planning officials at the end of November. Storeys has the details on the updated scheme, which still calls for one-third of the 155-acre site... View full entry
The massive plot of land reserved for renewable energy production by an aging federal policy in Southern California’s Inyo County has finally gotten the go-ahead for development years after its initial announcement by the Obama Administration. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM)... View full entry
this plan creates a new complication all its own: a financing scheme that involves borrowing nearly $1.2 billion and extending five taxes beyond their expiration dates: Tax dollars collected in 2066 still would be paying off a deal cut a half-century earlier, in 2016. [...]
By law both proposed museum sites are submerged lake bottom and have special protections. [...] If you're a citizen, you own what's called a fractional beneficial interest in this public trust land. You can use it.
— Editorial Board – chicagotribune.com
Get caught up on the rocky development history of Chicago's Lucas Museum of Narrative Art:The Lucas Museum may have found a new location – but is it "a trap"?Chicago site of George Lucas' museum in legal battleChicago City Council approves construction of Lucas Museum of Narrative ArtLawsuit... View full entry
