Central Park Ajax isn’t the only development of LeMine’s that apparently has stalled. The company’s other project, The Academy Condos in Scarborough, was
celebrated by Toronto media in 2014 when it was announced. LeMine’s website boasts the presale units were sold out in a matter of weeks.
But according to the City of Toronto, the initial site plan has yet to be approved and no progress has been made in that regard.
“Typically, the site plan application will need to be approved first before building permits are issued,” said Toronto city hall spokesperson Bruce Hawkins in an email. “A site plan approval contains a set of conditions that have to be fulfilled, where the applicant would generally have two years to fulfil conditions. The time period may however be extended.”
The time period was not extended and the building permit was not issued for The Academy Condos, he said.
Nevertheless, LeMine’s website has posted a 2016 photo of Liu and others, including the former mayor of St. Catherines, Ont., Brian McMullin, at a groundbreaking ceremony for the development.
A building permit isn’t needed to stick a shovel in the ground on property you own, said Hawkins, but the project still has no building permit.