 The majority of the land in the area is owned by private developers, and the area fronting Royal Avenue and Donegall Street, which has been earmarked for a development due to open in 2010, was recently center of a controversy between the planners Dunloe-Ewart and coalition of the residents fronted by the Community Arts Forum.Eventually, the argument had to be mediated by the Northern Ireland Office, though the N.I.O.have no more of a say in the future of the area as any other party.