[OldDartmouthMark]

I think this is to be expected, as this area is becoming the new 'suburbs' of the city.

Suburban SFH development has cooled off in traditional Halifax, but is stepping up in areas like Lantz, where people are willing to trade off some inconvenience of having to commute to the city for work (or perhaps benefit from the increased ability to WFH) for a break in expense of ownership and the ability to choose housing type vs living in the city where most new development is apartment/condo buildings.

It seems to be following the pattern of most cities as they grow and thus new expanding areas will open up a business case for new retail centres, such as this one.