"It would be harsh on new construction, on land purchases and sales of homes, with three consecutive charges possible," Mr. Ethier said, "from landowner to developer, developer to builder, builder to buyer".
*Expo Park at the Meadowlands -- This is a proposal put together by Hartz Mountain Industries of Secaucus, already a large landowner and developer in the Meadowlands, and its partners, Forest City Ratner, the Cleveland developer of office centers, retail outlets and hotels.
The $120 million, 394-rental unit complex, developed by St. Anton Partners (which will serve as landowner and developer), will have all the resort-style amenities that a young, well-paid Silicon Valley type would want: private pool with cabanas, a clubhouse with outdoor kitchen facilities, and a rooftop entertainment deck.
The city was forced to withdraw its development plan unceremoniously after an unrelenting attack by Peel Holdings, a major landowner and developer which wants to expand its port scheme into a significant stretch of the city's green belt.
The CPR was a major landowner and developer within Calgary as well as a promoter of the vast blocks of agricultural land it owned in the surrounding region.
"If the landowner or developer won't do the deal, the council should compulsorily purchase the site at its existing-use value and build the housing themselves.
The Mashantucket Pequot Indians, who own the Foxwoods casino resort, announced an agreement Tuesday with a New York City landowner and developer to build a $500 million casino-resort on 500 wooded acres in Liberty.
Her husband, David C. Walentas, the largest landowner and developer in Dumbo and a prime mover in its rehabilitation, owns almost 3 million square feet of space there, some of which he has reserved for artists.
But now the company, Florida's largest private landowner and developer, is transforming the region by embarking on a construction boom that would be the most extensive in Florida since Disney came to Orlando.
This must be carefully written to protect both the landowner and developer.
Riverhead's land-use consultant, Land Ethics Inc., said its proposal to limit building to 15percentt of farm parcels was designed to make conversion of farmland into residential developments "less appealing for landowners and developers".
