Thiel Group sues over Nova Centre planning exemption
The development of the $500-million Nova Centre complex under construction in downtown Halifax has taken a new litigious twist.
The Thiel Family Group of Companies, owners of the Bank of Montreal Building, the TD Centre and the downtown block of buildings proposed to be redeveloped as 22nd Commerce Square, has launched a Nova Scotia Supreme Court action, alleging that the provincial government broke its own laws by granting Argyle Developments Inc., owner and developer of Nova Centre, an exemption from municipal planning rules.