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Old Posted Nov 1, 2010, 11:30 PM
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Lake Placid out of riverbank project, but development going ahead

Lake Placid out of riverbank project, but development going ahead

By David Hutton, The StarPhoenix

November 1, 2010 6:17 PM

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Lake+Placi...velopment+going+ahead/3760713/story.html

The highly touted $200-million River Landing hotel-office-condo mega-development in Saskatoon has lived to see another day.

Mayor Don Atchison confirmed at a press conference Monday that Victory Majors Investments Corp., led by local businessman Kay Nasser, will take over the project while Lake Placid Developments is out...
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 1, 2010, 11:36 PM
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Lake Placid

Wow !

I had a few guesses of what was going to happen but this wasn't one of them.

Way to go Nasser I hope you put a shovel in the ground ASAP and show everyone how its done.
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 1, 2010, 11:39 PM
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Lake Placid out of riverbank project, but development going ahead

By David Hutton, The StarPhoenix

November 1, 2010 6:17 PM

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Lake+Placi...velopment+going+ahead/3760713/story.html

The highly touted $200-million River Landing hotel-office-condo mega-development in Saskatoon has lived to see another day.

Mayor Don Atchison confirmed at a press conference Monday that Victory Majors Investments Corp., led by local businessman Kay Nasser, will take over the project while Lake Placid Developments is out...
While it is all and good, I wonder if this is a sign that Lake Placid Developments would be facing bankruptcy?
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 1, 2010, 11:50 PM
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Old Posted Nov 1, 2010, 11:58 PM
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Victory Majors Investments Corporation Provides Financing Documentation for River Lan

For Release: November 1, 2010

CM10-398 The City of Saskatoon has received documentation today from Victory Majors Investments Corporation indicating it has sufficient financing in place to complete construction of the development of Parcel “Y” at River Landing to grade level including excavation, shoring, footings, foundation, and all levels of the underground parking structure. The deadline for receipt of the documentation of sufficient financing was 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 1, 2010.

The agreement the City of Saskatoon had with Lake Placid Developments was that either Lake Placid Developments or Victory Majors Investments Corporation could assign the project to the other and still continue on with the River Landing development agreement with the City. Victory Majors Investments Corporation has today presented the City with documentation indicating it has obtained the River Landing Parcel “Y” project from Lake Placid Developments.

The City will now proceed to evaluate the documentation to determine whether it is satisfactory. If the City does consider it satisfactory, then Victory Majors Investments Corporation will have 15 business days to pay the purchase price of the land of $5,240,494 (less the deposit of $250,000 that was submitted in June 2010). Once payment is received, the City will transfer title of the land to Victory Majors Investments Corporation. If the City does not find the financing documentation to be satisfactory, then the agreement with Victory Majors Investments Corporation is null and void.

As background, City Council, at its meeting held on June 14, 2010, approved the sale of Parcel “Y” and the lane adjacent to Parcel “Y” be sold to Lake Placid Developments for the purchase price of $5,240,494 less the deposit. The Memorandum of Sale between the City and Lake Placid Developments required Lake Placid to provide to the City a $250,000 deposit, which it did in June 2010. Lake Placid also needed to provide satisfactory documentation by November 1, 2010, that it had sufficient financing to complete construction of the development to grade level.

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Old Posted Nov 2, 2010, 2:19 AM
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Lake Placid out of riverbank project, but development going ahead

By David Hutton, The StarPhoenix

November 1, 2010 6:17 PM

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Lake+Placi...velopment+going+ahead/3760713/story.html

The highly touted $200-million River Landing hotel-office-condo mega-development in Saskatoon has lived to see another day.

Mayor Don Atchison confirmed at a press conference Monday that Victory Majors Investments Corp., led by local businessman Kay Nasser, will take over the project while Lake Placid Developments is out...
WHAT!!!!!!!???? THATS CRAZY, so this project will actually go?? whos the developer then, how does that work now??
     
     
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i definately never saw this coming at all
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 2, 2010, 3:09 AM
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Yeah that's just crazy because I don't think anyone did see it coming, he definately is the man, I just now wonder how long it will take till we see diggers on site
     
     
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WOW! Like the rest of you I'm totally blindsided! This is fantastic news Go Nasser! Can't wait to see this thing get off the ground, but I wonder if we'll have to wait until spring? It seems like this would be a crappy time of year to start digging a big hole?!?!
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 2, 2010, 3:34 AM
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Didn't they start digging a hole at health sciences in january, right in the middle of winter when it was like -20- -40 though?? They may be able to do it with this project too, this is saskatchewan, we are tough here haha
     
     
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Nassar is awesome. Such a great guy, have met him many times and he is definately the right kind of person to spearhead this. I'm am very surprised about this as well, but for all the right reasons!!
Good to hear something positive!
     
     
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If he can pull this off, his place in history as a builder of this city is elevated even further. I respect him a great deal, success or fail.
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 2, 2010, 5:13 AM
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Ill be also interested to see who may be the contractor in this porject, if all goes well
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 2, 2010, 5:20 AM
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Count me extremely excited. With financing in place, we should be able to see work start soon then.
     
     
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! I just let out a small cheer in the cad lab at school! Go Nasser! I think Saskatoon will see a revolution in its housing market and hopefully a lot of other projects that have been on hold will go through now b/c of this.
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Old Posted Nov 2, 2010, 6:02 AM
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I'm extremely happy that this is happening
AND, looks like possibly... the death of Lake Placid is upon us...
I tried visiting their lakeplacidsaskatoon.com website, and it is obviously down... but, their actual Lake Placid Developments site is down as well....
ta ta for now, Mikey
*** nevermind!! upon further investigation, both sites are hit or miss..... im still very excited to see this thing start to rise out of the riverbank!***

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Old Posted Nov 2, 2010, 9:46 AM
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Awesome news, Saskatoon! The scheister from Calgary wasn't even trying by the sounds of it! Nasser rocks! And, "The project is the project". Looking at the artist's rendering though, maybe they could put "green" roofs on the hotel and office portions, for the love of condo-dwellers, and the riverbank vibe?...
     
     
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Old Posted Nov 2, 2010, 1:27 PM
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Like a lot of people, I never saw that one coming. Ah you have to love all the twists and turns life has to offer.

Good job Mr. Nasser

Hats off to Mr. Lobsinger for his vision and bringing strata titling to Sask.

Here is a couple of video interviews with Karim Nasser and our Mayor Don Atchison.

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Old Posted Nov 2, 2010, 2:25 PM
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WOW! On the way to work this morning my wife said "I want to hear the news to see if Lake Placid got the money in place for River Landing" and I was like "Ummmm....I'd go with no." I guess I was technically right, but I'm thrilled that Mr. Nasser has stepped up BIG time here and is going ahead with the project. We've already wasted so much time with the Lake Placid debacle and we need this project to get moving. It will spur development for the rest of River Landing and the surrounding area.
     
     
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