[Moncton] St. Bernard Place | 18 Storeys | Proposed
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Site location https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b556272e_b.jpg Render https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5fcd1dd4_b.jpg Render https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...20ff5e48_b.jpg Birds eye view https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...79742e1a_b.jpg Birds eye view https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...359ee8ed_b.jpg Rear birds eye view https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...955cdae2_b.jpg Ground floor plan This building will be located on the vacant parking lot along the north side of St Bernards Church, on the SE corner of Botsford and Victoria Streets. The plan is for 3 levels of underground parking, a two storey podium (townhomes), a seven storey tower capped by a two level penthouse, and a mechanical floor. This is a huge development for the east end of downtown, and will be a larger project than FiveFive Queen was. These two buildings are close to one another, and will complement each other well. The east end is being transformed, and if successful, I'm sure we will see other similar buildings in the neighbourhood in the future. |
This project was approved last evening by Moncton PAC, including the following variances:
- a parking garage below the minimum geodetic elevation for a 12 story building with approximately 148 units - increase the permitted height of the building to be more than 19 metres - provide non- traditional material on portions of the building - not provide the step-back on the Wesley Street side - not provide jogs and recesses along the façades of the building - increase the maximum setback in one section of the facade facing Victoria (3.5 to 3.9) - reduce the size of the balconies on one floor - reduce the ground floor fenestration ratio on Victoria 25% to 24.5% and Wesley 25% to 0% |
CBC article:
Moncton planning committee OKs 12-storey downtown apartment building Developer hopes to start construction later this year Shane Magee · CBC News · Posted: Feb 25, 2021 7:00 AM AT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...ttee-1.5926692 Quote:
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A few additional tidbits:
- the third floor units will have rooftop garden patio terraces. - the glass fronted penthouse units will be two storey. - pet friendly building, with a pet wash station in the garage - bicycle storage - charging stations for electric vehicles - car share program for tenants. - they very definitely want to have shovels in the ground by September or October. |
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Old clay water & sewer pipes! I wonder how old those are? And one would think that they'd take the opportunity to bury the electrical lines at the same time.
This is a great project for downtown Moncton. Slowly but surely the amount of surface parking is being reduced. |
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If there is a single lot downtown absolutely begging for high rise development, this is it - especially with all the substantial buildings in the immediate neighbourhood. This lot is big enough for a substantial residential or mixed use tower, and, when combined with St. Bernard Square, The city hall complex, FiveFive Queen, the Blue Cross Centre, the Marriott Suites Hotel, Assumption Place and the Delta Hotel would actually 100% give this small area of the east end of the downtown core the critical mass necessary to actually give Moncton a skyline. :yes: Oh, if only we could simply snap our fingers and conjure it into existence.......... |
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In addition to being an urban dead space, it is poorly maintained, unpaved and potholed. It is a stain in the downtown core. :yuck: Just imagine if it were replaced with a 12-15 storey mixed use building with underground parking and street level commercial/retail. :) |
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And yes that lot currently is quite ugly. |
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Was this the NBtel lot on weekdays or a private lot. |
I think they may have over estimated the height of St. Bernard’s church, I was just looking at it on google maps street view and it is no where near the height of a 12 floor building. Though in their drawings the church roof seems to peak at 10 stories high. Just a funny observation
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I just noticed something interesting on the "bird's-eye" views above.
The townhome units facing Botsford Street are described as "work/live townhouses." I presume that they are designed to accommodate small "in home" businesses, perhaps professional offices or something along those lines, where you live in one portion of the unit, but see clients in another portion. If so, this is an interesting concept. The other townhome units seem to be standard townhouses. |
Bleh. This would be far better with street-fronted retail on either Wesley or Botsford or both. There's enough sq. footage for a couple decent store footprints.
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Having said this though, if we get another couple of residential towers in the downtown east end, there will be a need for new neighbourhood retail in the area, especially a pharmacy, perhaps a small urban format grocery store and convenience retailers. I'm sure other new mixed use developments in the area will have street level retail components. |
I imagine the owners of Gahan House are OK with having all those potential customers living right next door!
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So at least for the next decade, we should have more than enough growth potential to support all these projects, if not more. |
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