Letter Alleges Density Transfer Linked to Valens Brook Nature Reserve Donation

development · Valens Brook Nature Reserve

A letter to the editor alleges that a land donation expanding the Valens Brook Nature Reserve was part of a complex exchange involving a residential density transfer to developer Henning Nielsen. The letter claims the transfer was not fully transparent and that some densities were promised for affordable housing but the outcome remains unclear.

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• “this “donation” was not simply an altruistic gift... but was actually part of a more complicated exchange involving a residential density transfer to local developer Henning Nielsen... some densities would be made available to the LTC density bank... meeting was adjourned... leaving all present to wonder to this day about the final outcome” — The Islands Grapevine – April 11th, 2019 (April 11th, 2019)

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