B.C.-based Pattison says ICE warehouse sale won’t proceed

People protest outside the Hanover County Administration building where the board of supervisors are to hold a public meeting about the sale of a warehouse which the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says is intended to become a holding facility for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in Hanover County, VA. on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2026 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kelly Geraldine Malone The Canadian Press

By The Canadian Press

Posted January 30, 2026 10:20 am.

Last Updated January 30, 2026 10:44 am.

Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Developments says it will not be selling a Virginia warehouse property to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which had said it wanted the site as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility.

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