Canadian company says Virginia warehouse sale to ICE won't proceed

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 5:51 PM EST, January 30, 2026


VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian company announced Friday it will no longer be selling a Virginia warehouse property to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which said it wanted the site as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility.

The pending sale by Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Developments had been subject to intense criticism during an immigration crackdown in the United States. Two U.S. citizens were shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis this month, prompting widespread protests.

“The transaction to sell our industrial building in Ashland, Virginia will not be proceeding,” said the one-line statement posted online by the firm owned by Canadian billionaire Jimmy Pattison.

The company said earlier this week it was not aware of the final owner or their intended use of the site when it accepted a purchase offer from a U.S. federal contractor.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/ice-canada-pattison-warehouse-196dff41246909cac14cb30c2ca985ea

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[llmart]

1. Good for them.

I stand with Canada! I am not Canadian and I hate that I have to say that instead of "I stand with the United States".

[Floyd R. Turbo]

3. That's a surprise considering Jim Pattison is a complete scum bag!

[mdbl]

7. I first heard it on Guard the Leaf

[uncle ray]

4. ok, they won't sell, but will they lease it to ICE?

[BumRushDaShow]

6. It's a company from Canada

the country that doesn't want to become "the 51st state".

[Talitha]

5. Will ICE have someone else buy these warehouses and hand them over?