Experimental Farm real estate transactions.

1950 - The north west section of the Farm was suggested as a site for a new Ottawa City Hall."Farm site rejected" Ottawa Citizen, February 2, 1950.
June 1953 - The National Capital Commission wanted to move the Farm out of its urban area, according to a Citizen newspaper article, Google:"Ottawa Citizen 2007-12-31/150 years of memories-PressReader."
1954 - The Government of Canada declared that the Farm "should remain an open area in perpetuity."Cabinet Conclusions, March 19,1954.
1974 -  National Capital Commission Chairman Douglas Fullerton approached Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan to see if 700 acres of the Farm could be annexed, so that thousands of housing units could be constructed. Mr. Whelan refused to consider the recommendation
1988 - 91 acres of land were sold to the Municipality of Ottawa, the Clyde/Merivale lands.
1998 - The National Capital Commission bought the Greenbelt Farm for $1."Behind closed doors, with no one allowed to watch and listen, members of the NCC ponder making deals with Nortel, battling El Nino and buying the Experimental Farm for $1 dollar." Tom Spears, the Citizen, August 24, 1998.
2008 - Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz refused to give the Civic 50 acres of Experimental Farm land that is located across Carling Avenue from the current hospital, Field Number 1.
2016 - The NCC rejected the Sir John Carling site as a location for a new health care facility.
2016 - A few days later the NCC reversed that decision.

Ottawa Journal, July 23,1965.