Wishful thinking --- condominiums on the grounds of Kingston Penitentiary.

One of the current visions for KP and the Portsmouth Harbour:
Exploration Number 1 
Kingston Pen is on the right. According to this drawing, tall buildings, 18-storeys more or less, will be constructed on the west side of the marina. Townhouses will be constructed on the east and west edges of the Pen. Perimeter walls may be removed, to facilitate the construction of a hotel, more housing, room for buses and cars...Wrecking machines will remove the workshop buildings in the southern half of the complex.

One of the visions for Kingston Penitentiary and the Harbour.

All the land within the red lines will remain public, according to the document "Kingston Penitentiary Harbour property-Correctional Service  Canada.- 2015.)

However,  PWGSC and Corrections Canada spent $300,000 to re mediate KP land a few years ago, for the public to enjoy. And PWGSC and the province of Ontario were involved in the redevelopment of the Portsmouth Harbour for the 1976 Summer Olympics, they stipulated that the land and building would remain public after the games. (See Montreal Olympics Official Report 1976, Volume Two, Page 215/238.)

The Olympic Yachting Centre in Kingston. The building was financed by the Federal and Ontario governments, but the title to the building and land were given to the City of Kingston. The entire enterprise cost taxpayers of Canada $6.4 million dollars in 1976. (See-Montreal Olympics Official Report 1976 - Volume One -Page 85/275.).

"Since the facility would later remain available to the public, the government of Ontario provided funds for the purchase of the land, and the federal government shared the cost of the installations".

(From: Montreal Olympics Official Report 1976 - Volume Two - Page 215/238).