City of Windsor nixes Fairmount Properties 'global village' development

The Global Village development planned for the former Grace Hospital site in downtown Windsor will not moveforward, the councillor for the ward it is slated to bebuilt in said Tuesday evening.

Council made the decision to effectively kill the project in a closed meeting on Friday, opting not to sell the land to Fairmount Properties.

"We want to see faster progress, we want to see something get done and we don't want to see one more day go by when that land is unused," Ward 3 Coun. Renaldo Agostino said.

The city re-issued the RFP, Agostino said.

"We're confident because we know there's been some interest," he said.

The city selected FairmountProperties as the developer on the mixed-use project in 2020. Late last month the company signed a memorandum of understanding with St. Clair College for 400 residential units on the site to be used by students attending the downtown campus.

But, Agostino said, the door is open for Fairmount to join the RFP once more.

"We just need to see it happen faster. We don't want to see one more day wasted, Agostino said. "I think this move is clearly pointing us in the right direction."

CBC has reached out to St. Clair College and Fairmount Properties for comment.