I hope you all read the article in the Globe and Mail about Greg Frewin. It had some great information on him and how he ended up in Niagara Falls.
There were also some unexpected interesting tidbits. One of those was information about who owns the land. In a previous posting, Dan and Rick had a brief exchange about the building next to the Greg Frewin Theatre that has been under construction for a while. The Globe and Mail article says that future hotel, the theatre, and the Days Inn & Suites are all owned by Ashak Merani. If you look at this Google Maps screenshot, it looks like Mr. Merani owns that entire city block.
A Google search for Mr. Merani’s name brought up a few interesting hits:
- His company is (or at least was) 1174757 ONTARIO INC. He is also president (or at least was) of Niacan Ltd. I think one company became the other.
- He was an investor in the TV station that was proposed for the region, TVN
- Before renovating the property where the Greg Frewin Theatre is, it held an entertainment facility called CyberPort. There were some legal problems with the contractors and CyberPort.