Sanaaq centre costing city big bucks

The Sanaaq centre, meant to be a library and community centre for western Ville‑Marie, has cost the city nearly $6 million in rent so far, although it won’t open till May next year. This is the arrangement Linda Gyulai has investigated previously, an unusual property arrangement called a usufruct.

Gyulai codas slyly that it was the Ville‑Marie borough council that approved the usufruct. As we know, the borough doesn’t have a fully elected council and the city mayor is ex cathedra also mayor of Ville‑Marie. Why this deal got approval remains to be told.