haha, right?!
again, if you really want Laidlaw to fail, why would you keep your plans secret? a backwards, nonsensical strategy if you ask me. "I have heard that developers (non-industrial) have previously expressed interest in the site but they are waiting for LLEG to fail before making any offers or presenting their plans."
i think you're hearing things...
"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid."
-Friedrich Nietzsche