Housing lands to be reclaimed from Baishanlin, other errant developers

While the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is seeking developers to fund new real estate projects it is to take back lands from errant developers such as the Baishanlin-owned Sunset Lakes for failing to meet contractual obligations. “We are looking at that arrangement with Baishanlin. There are conflicts, legal and other, but the bottom line is that we intend that those lands be made available for middle and upper income and that has not happened. This thing is absurd and we will not be compromising on that,” Chairman of the CH&PA Hamilton Green told Stabroek News in a telephone interview from the United States yesterday. “As far as we are concerned it (the contract signed with the initial buyer) is non-negotiable. We are not accepting any excuses. We don’t have any sacred cows,” he added.