I talked to the City officials, and this is what I have to report.
The Lakeside project has new ownership. Pinnacle has bought over the entire project from Greenland.
Greenland is out of the picture.
Pinnacle is working with the City to wrap up the approval process that were started by Greenland. The delay in the approval process in the last few months was due to the changeover of the ownership.
For the point of view of the application process, all the technical reviews and designs are done and the City is prepared to approve these. The critical item remains the East-West Road, where the RGW (180 Queens Quay) and now Pinnacle are contributing the land, and this should be expedited with Pinnacle in charge. The City is facilitating this.
The City official stated that in his view, ”The new owner is committed to finishing the project”
Pinnacle will be soon informing the buyers of the new ownership and the status of the project.
So my sense is that the final approval is imminent and Pinnacle, a very reputable builder, will want to expedite the construction. No more games and delays. It remains to be seen if they will abide by the current contracts signed with the buyers. I am hoping that they find value in sticking with the current buyers and focus on the construction, instead of going looking for new buyers at a higher price. Keeping fingers crossed.