Saadi Gadhafi, son of Moammar, owns a $1.6 million penthouse in downtown Toronto.
The son of the late Libyan dictator apparently purchased the condominium at 10 Navy Wharf in May of 2008, according to an investigation by the National Post.
Saadi, a one-time professional soccer player and full time playboy, left the job of being his father's right-hand-man to his brother, Saif Al-Islam.
According to the Post, Saadi visited Toronto about once a year to conduct business, revel in the city's nightlife and once hosted a party during the Toronto International Film Festival.
Oddly enough, he preferred to stay and party in hotels, despite owning the million-dollar condo.
Plans were initially made to spirit Saadi to Canada after the Libyan revolution began in February. Unfortunately for him, the RCMP would have arrested him on the spot. A second scheme to get him to Mexico also failed because the Mexican government refused to provide proper documents to travel to a villa near Puerto Vallarta dubbed "Casa Gadhafi".
Though he won't be around to take advantage of it any time soon, the Post reports that the condo "atop the Harbor View Estates building on the Toronto waterfront comes with a view of Lake Ontario and access to a 25-metre swimming pool, squash, basketball and tennis courts and a bowling alley."
"Residents of the condo tower were stunned to hear the high-profile playboy and late dictator's son could have lived among them. Showed a photo of Mr. Gaddafi, they said they had not seen him around the building."
Update: According to the National Post, lawyers for the federal government have filed notice and have frozen the penthouse condominium and four other units in the building (possibly storage units and parking spaces). The notice prevents Mr. Gadhafi from selling the unit(s).
(Reuters Photo)
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