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What becomes of the brokenhearted?

Imagine you were a suitor, but she picked the other guy.

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Then she told you to wait around, just in case.

It sounds crazy, but if you were smitten enough, maybe you would.

So it is to be Jean-Pierre Poulin, president of Gatineau-based land development company Devcore, and his DCDLS group.

They were that spurned suitor in the LeBreton sweepstakes — plying the NCC with flowers and wine and promises of mixed-use space, only to be cast aside for Eugene Melnyk and his RendezVous LeBreton group, and its dazzling offer of a downtown arena for the Ottawa Senators.

It must be frustrating, being the losing bidder on developing LeBreton Flats, especially given what you’ve been seeing from the sidelines.

Because, so far, nothing much has happened. Certainly that vaunted downtown arena isn’t anywhere close to being started, let alone done, let alone being a new home for the faltering Ottawa Senators. Things have moved at a relative snail’s pace, to be honest.