The Official PEI Project Thread

[braymondg]

Building Permit for the retail/condo development at the corner of Grafton and Prince:

15-Oct-13, 194-198 Grafton Street,
Apartment building with ground floor commercial-Phase 1 Foundation,
Phillip O'Halloran
5-Nov-13

This permit was approved Oct 15th.

I'm not seeing much taking place here as yet. Hopefully they will begin soon.

[braymondg]

Building permit for the 15 unit apartment building under construction on North River Road beside the BIS building.

22-Nov-13, 586 North River Road, 15-unit apartment building, Taylor Built Homes, 13-Dec-13

[arod]

Originally Posted by apollo

Has anyone heard who might have purchased Slick's property across from WR Sobeys???

It hasn't sold, there is no buyer for it yet.

[engpei]

Im hearing Costco is eyeing the property opposite Slick's (behind Sobeys).

[josh_cat_eyes]

Well that would be appropriate. They would probably have to be a big retaining wall behind they store tho, that's seems to be a prerequisite to the maritime Costcos lol.

[braymondg]

Waterfront condo project gets green light from council

Excerpt from The Guardian
Dave Stewart
Published on December 09, 2013

Newfoundland developer Paul Madden finally got the green light Monday night for a second condominium development on Charlottetown's waterfront.

In an 8-2 vote, city council approved the application by Atlantis Health Spa Ltd. although it didn't have any choice in the matter.

That's because the province's highest court dismissed an appeal filed by the City of Charlottetown of an IRAC ruling quashing council's decision to reject the application.

In a 50-page ruling released in August, the P.E.I. Court of Appeal said there was no reviewable error in the commission's decision. Therefore, the court dismissed the appeal.....

......Coun. Rob Lantz, chairman of the planning committee, said it doesn't mean the new building will be a reality.....

.....Council will also allow Madden to proceed, should he choose to build, under the old zoning and development bylaw rather than the current waterfront plan that was arrived at after intensive consultations with the public and the Ekistics planning firm in Dartmouth. Madden will be allowed to proceed under the rules which existed at the time he made his application.

Full article:

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Lo...from-council/1

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[arod]

The last thing our real estate market needs right now is a new condo development. I can't see it happening.

I can't believe the developers even went forward with the Richmond Street building. The absorption rate for high end condo's has proven that there isn't the market right now.

There are currently 103 active listings above $300,000 in the greater Charlottetown area with only 58 sales since January 1st, 2013. I know a lot of those listings are people just testing the waters but with 2 years to absorb what is on the market it just shows that the executive/luxury market is drying up.

[braymondg]

Walmart Intersection Issues



Will someone at City Hall do something with that Walmart/North River Rd entrance. I remember when Walmart was first proposed and one of the contentions was the light on North River Rd would impede traffic. Well, they were right! Last week traffic was backed up all the way down to Queen Charlotte High School. Crawling along, it took 30 minutes to get through that intersection. Once past the Walmart entrance, it took a minute to get to the TCH/North River Rd intersection.
Once suggestion, widen the road by removing the 10' grass shoulder between the roadway and sidewalk. That way it would allow a second lane.

I won't hold my breath.

[swish]

Agreed a 2nd lane there would be a requirement asap but then same thing for adding another lane at the corner of believere and university near Subway there is almost enough room so simply take a few feet and paint the lanes et voila instant improvement!

[josh_cat_eyes]

The problem is the intersection at capital drive.

[Just an Islander]

Summerside Giant Tiger getting ready for April opening
Updated on January 14, 2014 - SUMMERSIDE – After more than a year of preparation Prince Edward Island's first Giant Tiger is on the home stretch to opening day.

[swish]

Cannot wait to browse those Giant Tiger shelves in Summerside now how about coming to Charlottetown as well.

[josh_cat_eyes]

April 19th is the date I heard. They are advertising jobs online now.

[braymondg]

Charlottetown getting Walmart Supercentre

Dave Stewart, Published on January 16, 2014

Walmart in Charlottetown is being converted into a supercentre.

Employees at Walmart have been told that the conversion will be complete in time for January 2015, although a spokesperson with Walmart Canada said late Thursday that they can’t confirm the date.

[MonctonRad]

Just a heads up for you guys.......

Piatto Pizzeria & Enoteca, an upscale authentic pizzeria specializing in the Neapolitan style will be opening a location in Charlottetown later this year.

They are opening a Moncton location in June, and the article in the T&T mentioned that a Charlottetown location will also open later this year.

Their current locations are in Halifax and St. John's NL

http://www.piattopizzeria.com/

[statbass]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Just a heads up for you guys.......

Piatto Pizzeria & Enoteca, an upscale authentic pizzeria specializing in the Neapolitan style will be opening a location in Charlottetown later this year.

They are opening a Moncton location in June, and the article in the T&T mentioned that a Charlottetown location will also open later this year.

Their current locations are in Halifax and St. John's NL

It's a really good restaurant with decent prices as well! I think both Monctonians and PE Islanders will enjoy it.

[josh_cat_eyes]

Originally Posted by braymondg

Charlottetown getting Walmart Supercentre

Dave Stewart, Published on January 16, 2014

Walmart in Charlottetown is being converted into a supercentre.

Employees at Walmart have been told that the conversion will be complete in time for January 2015, although a spokesperson with Walmart Canada said late Thursday that they can’t confirm the date.

You'd think that they would try to open in time for Christmas instead of January haha.

[Marty_Mcfly]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Just a heads up for you guys.......

Piatto Pizzeria & Enoteca, an upscale authentic pizzeria specializing in the Neapolitan style will be opening a location in Charlottetown later this year.

They are opening a Moncton location in June, and the article in the T&T mentioned that a Charlottetown location will also open later this year.

Their current locations are in Halifax and St. John's NL

http://www.piattopizzeria.com/

Woah, they're doing Charlottetown too? That's great news for the area! It's an excellent restaurant, hopefully it can succeed there

[swish]

I am pleased that we are getting a super centre. It surprised me that they did not make that jump some time ago as the charlottetown store is busy quite busy most days and furthermore this store needs work in a bad way the ceiling is leaking water in a significant way as usual retailers underestimate the pei market but we have the busiest Dairy Queen on the planet right on University Avenue Charlottetown and the K-mart store was also one of the most profitable in the chain as told to me by my boss when i worked there.

[KnoxfordGuy]

Originally Posted by braymondg

Construction has already started.

How is this coming along?