Former Burlington building owner helped develop Florida condo that collapsed

As rescuers continued to search for survivors of a Florida condo collapse, a new Canadian connection emerged: a man who once owned apartment buildings in Burlington, Ont., and was charged with evading taxes in the 1970s had a hand in the condo’s development, according to U.S. media reports. The Washington Post reported Saturday that Nathan Reiber, a former lawyer from Toronto who died in 2014, was involved in a real estate partnership that developed the 12-storey Champlain Towers, the 40-year-old building where 11 people have been confirmed killed and more than 150 others are still missing — four of them Canadians from three different families, according to Global Affairs Canada.-- More...