Jim Pattison Developments has announced it will not sell an industrial building in Ashland, Va., that was set to be turned into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility.
The development company, owned by B.C. billionaire and philanthropist Jim Pattison, sent out a single-sentence statement Friday, saying, "The transaction to sell our industrial building in Ashland, Virginia will not be proceeding."
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The proposed deal caused backlash in B.C. and drew criticism from the leader of the B.C. Green Party, who called for a boycott of Pattison's Save-On-Foods grocery stores.
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Pattison's development company said Wednesday that it had not been aware of the ultimate owner or what the intended use of the building would be when it initially accepted the offer to sell the building.