Sneaky Patrick Brown

Did Brampton overpay for a building owned by someone connected to Mayor Patrick Brown?

Due to new provincial legislation banning speed cameras, an unneeded building that the City of Brampton overpaid for is now completely obsolete.

Under Mayor Patrick Brown’s watch, scandal seems to be a permanent feature of Brampton’s political landscape. The latest controversy involves the city’s 2023 purchase of a former Alectra Utilities building at 175 Sandalwood Parkway West — a deeply suspicious deal.

The numbers alone are staggering: the property sold for $32.5 million in 2020, yet the City of Brampton paid $77.9 million just three years later — an increase of $45.4 million despite a cooling real estate market. Even more puzzling, the city’s own appraiser valued the property $10 million lower than what council ultimately approved in a series of closed-door meetings.

The seller was revealed to be Bikram Dhillon, CEO of the BVD Group, a company with interests in trucking, petroleum, and real estate. Dhillon is no stranger to Mayor Brown; the two have appeared at multiple public events together, and Dhillon was named Brampton Citizen of the Year in 2023 — just weeks before the sale was finalized. That timing has raised eyebrows about whether this was mere coincidence or another example of the cozy insider culture that has come to define City Hall under Brown’s leadership.

The official rationale for purchasing the building was to convert it into a speed camera ticket processing centre, but that justification has now collapsed. On November 14th, Ontario passed legislation banning municipal speed cameras altogether, instantly rendering the building’s purpose obsolete.

When Rebel News returned to the property with our digital billboard truck, David Menzies found the facility largely deserted, with only 11 employees reportedly working inside.

Despite multiple requests for comment, Brampton’s communications office offered no explanation — a familiar pattern of evasion and opacity.

City of Brampton pays $77.9 million for a building that sold for $32.5 million in 2020. Seller is Bikram Dhillon, a friend of Patrick Brown. The facility is supposed to process speed camera tickets. Speed cameras were just made illegal today by the prov.! https://t.co/REDWgENodE
— David Menzies (@TheMenzoid) October 31, 2025

Rebel News also visited Dhillon’s BVD Group headquarters for answers, but staff claimed he was unavailable and offered no timeline for his return.

The questions abound:

Why did the city pay far above market value?
Why were discussions held in secret?
Why the lack of transparency after the deal was completed?
Did Mayor Brown get a kickback via this sale?
What is the purpose of this building now that speed cameras are banned?

Brampton residents deserve transparency — and accountability — from their mayor. Until then, the saga of 175 Sandalwood Parkway remains yet another stain on the reputation of “Sneaky Patrick Brown.”

Rebel News reporters have been covering Patrick Brown for years.

We've reported on the senior Brampton city staffers that allegedly worked on Mayor Patrick Brown's now-defunct Conservative leadership campaign instead of working for the people of Brampton.

We've caught Brown with his hockey bag at a municipal arena where his buddies were playing shinny on a private ice surface maintained by public funds.

As Ontario municipal elections season creeps closer, the question remains if residents will come to their senses and vote Brown out as mayor of Brampton.

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