Buyer beware: Windmill Development Group is selling Zibi condos on leased (and unceded) land

Posted on September 18, 2016 | Freeing Chaudière Falls and its Islands | Written on September 18, 2016

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Records from the Ontario Land Registry office show that the condo developer that has launched sales of Zibi condos on islands in the Ottawa River on a site with deep spiritual significance to Algonquins, is, in fact, selling condos on leased lands.

After months of sifting through records, Ottawa researcher Lindsay Lambert, has concluded that so-called private land Windmill development group claims to own on islands in the Ottawa River is, in fact, leased from Domtar, which has in turn held historic long-term leases on the land from the federal government.

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