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It looks like a strip of land that slices through Montreal’s new Grand parc de l’ouest and that’s owned by a group of people and companies that have links to a who’s who of the Montreal Mafia will remain a no-trespassing zone for the foreseeable future.

And that’s fine by the administration of Mayor Valérie Plante, which says it has no intention of making a deal with the owners.

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The 28.5-hectare property is near the western border of Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough, stretching from just below Gouin Blvd. W. down to the border of Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. It’s in the middle of the newly designated 3,000-hectare public park and one of a few remaining undeveloped parcels not already owned by the city within the park perimeter.

“We’ve given no mandate (to the civil service) to negotiate and we have no intention to do so, whether it’s to negotiate a purchase by mutual agreement or to expropriate,” said Laurence Houde-Roy, a spokesperson for Plante.