No doubt they shouldn't bend over and take the $37 figure, but the anti-city hall spin on this story is sickening. LIUNA is the culprit here, and they have Mancinelli quoted in the article whining about how evil the city is. Give it up buddy, you are the one wanting constant gov't bailout money to develop a project which any other sane developer would jump at with no free money being thrown at them. If LIUNA sells that building, I'm throwing a party for all Hamilton SSP people because it will be the brightest day in Lister's recent history. I'm not getting my hopes up yet.
The fact that they want to demo and rebuild just reinforces the theory that they are purely in blackmail mode now. If they so desperately want to build a new building, there are tonnes of empty lots in Hamilton ripe for the picking. The only reason they want to do it there is because they want to leverage the emotions and politics of Lister to their advantage.
If the final plan is demo-rebuild, I don't think the city should give them a dime. Once the ball hits that building, it's no more than a parking lot and we don't owe LIUNA anything at all under the guise of historical rejuvenation. You want to build new? Sell Lister and find another empty lot.
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