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The Saskatchewan government is considering selling Innovation Place’s Saskatoon campus to the University of Saskatchewan and its Regina business park to the University of Regina — deals that could be worth tens of millions of dollars.

Postmedia News has learned discussions about a possible sale of the buildings — which are owned by Saskatchewan Opportunities Corp., a provincial Crown corporation, and built on land leased from the universities — have been ongoing since at least December.

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Saskatchewan Opportunities Corp. (SOCO) president and CEO Van Isman subsequently confirmed the talks. He said similar discussions have occurred several times during the last two decades without a result, and the current talks are “very preliminary.”

“There’s been some discussions that have gone on. The university has expressed some interest (in buying the buildings) and the provincial government, I think, wants to explore it,” Isman said.