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Originally Posted by Colin May
Looks like HRM has bought 3 properties in preparation for re-alignment of Alderney Drive in conjunction with the 2010 expansion of Sawmill River :
134 & 136 Portland and 2 Dundas for $1.35 million. Assessed values were $826,400
Belmont House on Alderney Drive sold for $8.55 million May 23
Apartment & Commercial property on Rainmaker & Seapoint in Burnside sold April 4 for $21.75 million - 50% over assessed value.
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The first purchase is the large, presumably affordable housing building on the corner and also apparently the May Garden building:
https://goo.gl/maps/fV3RjoC4aHwv1YAM9
This is the Dundas St property:
https://goo.gl/maps/3nRBaHd9V6KSN6eR7
The Portland st purchases are somewhat baffling to me. Austin wants Alderney to become mostly a cycling path and a single-lane low-speed street so who knows how badly this will get messed up.
The last property is apparently this one:
https://goo.gl/maps/WYwgrMGZtUEyZ5RV6