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Groups leading Union Pier development efforts react to sale | News

Though it remains unclear how much of the property along the Cooper River might be set aside for public use, the city “controls much of the process going forward,” Cogswell said in a statement immediately after the sale was announced.

Union Pier tour10.JPG (copy) — The public was invited during the Union Pier site tour on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 in Charleston.

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Any redevelopment plans will require substantive city input regarding zoning and code changes, environmental cleanup and more. Cogswell made it clear that he would pull those regulatory strings to ensure the eventual plan is “an amenity that every resident in Charleston can enjoy.”

Cogswell also has said that he plans to lean on connections in Columbia, where he served for six years in the House of Representatives, and on lawmakers in Washington, DC, to bring state and federal dollars to Bill Stern, chairman of the SPA’s board , called “probably the most valuable piece of oceanfront property on the East Coast.”

Members of the advisory committee helping to guide the Riley Center’s decision-making for what should and what should not be built on the site said they were surprised by the sale, too, although they remained eager to carry on

BC senior wins injunction allowing her to sell home

A BC senior who has spent more than $3.4 million on the construction of a home on the Sunshine Coast has been granted an injunction against the former co-owners of the property, who have contributed only $115,000 to the project.

Maria Sandberg Jones and the two men she bought the property with in May 2020 – Leslie Thomson and Andrew Press – are involved in ongoing claims and counterclaims against each other in BC Supreme Court.

While the litigation is still ongoing, Justice Anita Chan granted Jones an injunction earlier this month that requires Thomson and Press to vacate the property, which will allow Jones to sell it and recover some of her investment.

The ownership arrangement

According to Chan’s decision, which was issued Jan. 10 and posted online this week, Jones is the sole registered owner of the property.

When the trio first purchased the land in Gibsons, this was not the case. Initially, Jones was registered as owning an undivided one-quarter interest in the property, with 1251078 BC Ltd. – a numbered company controlled by Thomson and Press – owning the rest.

The plan was to build a home on the property that would have a separate