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French designer says Laveist hired him to make designs for
by The Daily Herald
Posted: Jan 9, 2006 14:59 UTC
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PHILIPSBURG - French side resident Paul Klimenko has confirmed that he was approached by Commissioner Louie Laveist to make a design based on some concepts he (Laveist) had for the development of land on which BBW’s bagging plant now sits in Simpson Bay.
“I am a designer and not an architect. I did provide Commissioner Laveist with drawings based on some concepts he had in his mind, but that’s the extent of my participation in the work with him,” Klimenko said.
While the letter of February 27 sent to the Executive Council by Tradewinds Development Corporation N.V. to request the land stated that they would use it to develop condominiums, Klimenko said, “I don’t have anything to hide. My designs had nothing to do with condominiums. It concerned maritime development and adding a fuel block for maritime vessels and fishing boats. These were illustrations based on his ideas. All I did was conceptualise the ideas.”
The Daily Herald contacted Commissioner Laveist for comment on the matter on Sunday, but he declined to comment.
What started as the standard transfer of domain land to Tradewinds Development Corporation N.V. for them to build condominiums has now become a complex battle for ownership of land that has prompted several questions, including that of the Commissioner’s alleged involvement, the answers to which are not yet clear.
EFB Properties N.V. has made it clear that it has occupied the land in question for nearly 33 years and will be taking government to court over the Executive Council’s July 27 decision number 705 to give the property to Tradewinds Development Corporation N.V. on long lease.
Meanwhile records in Domain Affairs, according to sources, indicate that there were three lots in question for the transfer on long lease to Tradewinds Development Corporation N.V.
The property in question has four lots of land and at present BBW occupies three pieces, while EFB Properties occupies the fourth. According to the source, Cari Cement has the right of long lease for one piece, which they have given to BBW to use and BBW has also made use of two other pieces, for which there appears to be no right of long lease.
In addition, it now appears that EFB Properties may have built on a piece of the three lots occupied presently by BBW, which has forced a change in the certificate of admeasurements, as it was seemingly not possible to break down what EFB Properties had already constructed.
The Kadaster Office has confirmed that no new names have been assigned to the properties and according to the office of Domain Affairs, the reason for this is that there is a hold on the transfer until the matter of ownership has been resolved.
It is standard procedure that following a decision to give land for development on long lease, documents coming from the Office of Domain Affairs will be taken to the Notary, who will draw up a deed, which will then be registered at the Kadaster Office with the name of the new owner.
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