Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 1, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free november Hes fighting City Hall condos must be irate Homeowner says by Bill Redekop staff reporter Brian Luff is fighting a proposed twin condominium development on Portage and he May have a lot of people on his Developer Gabor wants to put two condos at Portage and con Way right next door to cuffs recently purchased he already has an apartment Block on one Side of if they put it i wont be Able to see the said who has started a petition against the development and put a protest sign on his Fence facing offers Sam the lawyer who worked for Gabor in the initial stages of the Condo said Luff and three other property own ers were made Purchase offers for their Braker who no longer represents Gabor because of health Rea said Luff was offered More than for his property More than the other three he also said that Luff turned Down the Luff said that he bought his House in May and moved in the beginning of he said he was approached about Selling his House and at first considered the offers because he was concerned that if he didst sell he would be surrounded by Luff said he asked for More Money than the others because his House is Square feet and was appraised at he said he bought the which needed fixing for Luff said his lawyer eventually told him to turn Down Garbos last offer because of the caveats on the offer to Luff said Only one of the other three properties has been the remaining two properties Are conditionally sold but the Sale is off if the rezoning application but Luff May have the Winnipeg International Airport on his Side in his the area is on the airports flight the 81unit to be called Conway gardens Condo could mean More and More when the air port tries to expand to a 24hour that flies in the face of the cites plan to control or curtail develop ment on the airports flight Lynn the airports Gen eral said he expressed his concerns in writing to the Developer in april but has yet to receive a its a constant balancing act Between tapping into the airports potential for economic develop ment and minimizing the Impact on people living he the Airport creates about million in Revenue every he it provides jobs and million in provincial and Mil lion in municipal the Airport Means a chunk to it receives numerous noise complaints from area particularly from february to october when people open their he it even hears from people who want the Airport shut improvements in technology have led to some quieter planes and the Airport tries to reduce the exposure of residential areas to flight patterns using navigational but there Are limitations to what we can to knowingly step in and decide to build a series of condos directly under a flight path is highly ques Joe Bryks Winnipeg free press Luff makes his feelings known with Portage Lawn said a spokeswoman for John har my for the More people you have near what you already know can be a the More Likely people Are going to she other residents Are opposed As compound problems it will just compound prob said Jack who lives several blocks residents also claim City coun cil tried to pull a fast former councillor Bob who lives in the said a bylaw to control development on Airport flight paths had an amendment to allow More units in the area around Conway and it also increased height limitations on buildings if you we rent there when it was youd never know the changes were said Luff is peeved with the three councillors representing the Assiniboia area Jae Eadie Soontok retired George Fraser Charles and Bill Clement they build on your Luff an application to rezone the site from single family to multifamily dwellings goes before Assiniboia Community committee Ottawa extends cab deadline Canadian press Otta Wathe Feder Al government has extended Cash sales of Canada savings Bonds until the close of business sales were supposed to end the month of october has been an Uncertain period for All Canadian savers and finance minister Paul Martin for those people buying Bonds through payroll Sav Ings applications will continue to be accepted from employers until backed by acquisition Onex on prowl for firms by Ian Jack Canadian press Toronto leveraged buy out specialist Onex fresh off a Deal to acquire Albertas Ven Cap last is on the prowl for acquisitions in the United most of the Bay Street Compa nys investments Are already South of the Border but its stepping up its activity with a new acquisition fund in new the fund will search out Busi Nesses in the Mil lion us said Timothy a part owner who will run the he was managing director of ones new York Well work very closely with the Guys at Collins said in an were looking to do smaller its another Arrow in the quiver for the new Ripple Wood hold has already made two it has taken Over Edwards Bak ing of Atlanta and Tripp Bak ers of which have combined annual revenues of about million Onex also transferred to Ripple Wood its 52 per cent stake in Day ton Superior a maker of products used in Concrete con Onex will provide the new fund with Cash infusions As said wout the company chief financial its a Way of expanding the reach of Heersink were constantly looking for assets to add Onex was a Little known if big Toronto investment company until this when its bid for John Labatt shot it to Public but it has Long been known within investment Cir it has assets of billion and annual Revenue of just last Onex bought into a Canadian company for the first it paid million for a 31 per cent interest in Ven Cap Equi ties Alberta a venture capital Onex specializes in buying other companies that Are running them for a while then sell ing them for a the Winnipeg free press guide to the bar code systems sales and service of bar code systems and supplies Henry armstrongs digital Prin shops he runs things in this even on the net the Pangaea network internet service provider 9859025 sabers Edge hobbles and games Box r3m 5p92314614 mennonite Central 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