Court action against errant land developers before year end - Saul

Court action against errant land developers who were sold swathes of land on the East Bank Demerara corridor will be filed before the end of the year, according to CH&PA’s Chief Execu-tive Officer (CEO) Lelon Saul.

During a recent interview with Stabroek News at his Brickdam office, Saul reiterated that court action will be taken but declined to identify those developers or say how many will be taken to court.

“…before the year ends you will see the agency taking several defaulters (developers) to court, those who have failed to deliver on their promises”, he said

Saul said that he had written to several of the defaulting developers and subsequently held meetings with them. Some, he informed have indicated that they are faced with challenges. Saul told Stabroek News that he has indicated the Authority’s willingness to work with those developers to overcome whatever challenges they are faced with.

Besides the 100 acres sold to Brian Tiwarie’s BK International Inc–Sunset Lakes Inc, 50 acres were sold to Buddy’s Housing Development; 14 to Dax Contracting Service Incorporated; 25 to Nabi Construction Incorporated; 50 to Cumberland Developers Inc., 25 to Vikab Engineering Consultants Ltd; and 28.8 to Luxury Realty Inc. All of these lands are located at Providence and were bought in 2011 with the exception of Luxury Realty Inc., which purchased its lands in 2013.

According to what was seen by this newspaper, 25 acres in the Peter’s Hall area were sold to Kishan Bacchus Construction; 50 acres in 2011 and an additional 25 acres in 2014 of land in the same area were sold to Caricom General Insurance Company Inc. Navigant Builders Inc and Windsor Gardens Inc. were also sold parcels of land in the Peter’s Hall area. In 2012 and 2014,