Tacc Developments News Today

Pickering, Ont., the site of the largest parcel of land by far, and Grimsby, Ont., where two other sites had been slated for removal, say they spent a lot of money and staff time working on those plans, and they want to be compensated.

The Ontario Integrity Commissioner's report in the Ford government's controversial Greenbelt land swap offered new details on how deals with two prominent property developers were made.

Silvio De Gasperis, head of Tacc Developments, along with two other developers purchased a rural Hamilton property for $2.8 million on Oct. 6, 2022 — weeks after an industry event when a Ford government political staffer accepted requests from developers to open up protected Greenbelt land to build housing.

Here's what you need to know about that site, from its environmental importance, to what developers are planning to build there, where those plans stand, to the potential pushback from the City of Pickering and federal government. 

One of the most stunning revelations contained in Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk’s explosive report into Ontario’s controversial Greenbelt land swap was how a small number of real estate developers were able to use their access to a high-level government staffer to have protected land – some of which was recently purchased – opened up for housing development.

A prominent Toronto-area developer is asking a court to block or delay a provincial watchdog from interviewing him as part of its investigation into the Ontario government's decision to open formerly protected land for housing development, CBC News has learned.

The provincial NDP is asking Ontario’s Auditor General to investigate how much property owners “stand to benefit” from the Ford government opening up previously protected Greenbelt lands.

Days after reporting a family of prominent Ontario developers are primary owners of protected Greenbelt land that could soon be opened for housing development, CBC Toronto has linked additional properties to the De Gasperis family.

Silvio De Gasperis of the Tacc Group was prevented from building homes on farmland in the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve in Pickering, Ont., when it was included in the Greenbelt in 2005. Now, the Ford government is proposing to open the land for housing development.