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Developers behind a long-proposed housing project in western Pierrefonds have sent a letter of formal notice to Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante that they intend to sue the city of Montreal for “hundreds of millions of dollars” in damages unless she reconsiders her plan to scuttle the project and preserve the land to create the “biggest municipal park in Canada.”

A letter written by lawyers for the developers, and obtained by the Montreal Gazette, details the developers’ efforts over the past 14 years to get approval to build a 5,500-unit housing project called Cap-Nature Pierrefonds-Ouest.

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The developers — Développements Pierrefonds Inc., Les Immeubles l’Équerre Inc. and Quartier de l’Ouest de l’Île — own 360 hectares of land in the zone where the city intends to create the Grand Parc de l’Ouest, announced by Plante last week.

The letter says the developers intend to sue Plante personally, as well as her Projet Montréal party, the city of Montreal, the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxborough and its mayor Jim Beis for damages unless Plante and Beis agree to meet with them within 15 days of receiving the letter. The letter is dated Aug. 14.