Note 2:15 PM: The article had stated that Highland still owned an additional 2000 acres after selling 6500 acres. That information was found to be incorrect and we have therefore removed it. The 6500 acres that was sold was all the property which Highland Companies owned in the area.
Seth Klarman’s Baupost Group could not cash in when The Highland Companies was forced to dismiss plans for building a mega-quarry in Ontario. We will get to that story in a moment, the current news is that the Nova Scotia-based Highland Companies has