[Halifax] Scotia Square Redevelopment | Completed

TheGreenBastard · #1 Posted **Feb 17, 2016, 3:43 PM**

Jringe01 · #2 Posted **Feb 21, 2016, 3:12 PM**

Details? Pics? Renderings?

q12 · #3 Posted **Feb 21, 2016, 3:38 PM**

http://www.dsra.ca/projects/scotia-s...ion-renovation

Scotia Square Expansion Portfolio

counterfactual · #4 Posted **Feb 21, 2016, 3:54 PM**

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http://www.dsra.ca/projects/scotia-s...ion-renovation

Scotia Square Expansion Portfolio

So long as there is *something* there for the public to kick around in from the cold, rather than standing outside waiting for buses.

Colin May · #5 Posted **Feb 21, 2016, 9:24 PM**

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So long as there is *something* there for the public to kick around in from the cold, rather than standing outside waiting for buses.

No benches ? No planters ?

counterfactual · #6 Posted **Feb 22, 2016, 2:31 AM**

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No benches ? No planters ?

I'll take benches and planters too.

But right now, waiting for the bus there in winter is the worst thing ever.

TheGreenBastard · #7 Posted **Feb 22, 2016, 1:31 AM**

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http://www.dsra.ca/projects/scotia-s...ion-renovation

Scotia Square Expansion Portfolio

In that second rendering...is that supposed to be Duke Tower?

fenwick16 · #8 Posted **Feb 22, 2016, 11:03 AM**

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In that second rendering...is that supposed to be Duke Tower?

It should be Barrington Tower since it would be approximately from this Google Street View perspective - https://www.google.ca/maps/@44.65075...7i13312!8i6656

There are drawings and more renderings in this document - http://www.halifax.ca/boardscom/drc/...1130411drc.pdf

Jonovision · #9 Posted **Feb 22, 2016, 4:04 PM**

We should also include Westhill on Duke in this thread.

http://www.halifaxdevelopments.com/westhill-on-duke.php

Not sure if they have found any potential tenants yet, but the space below this has been cleared out and gutted. I wonder if they are doing prep work for this addition.

kph06 · #10 Posted **Feb 25, 2016, 11:44 AM**

I saw crews doing bore holes by the trade mart Tuesday. Not a definite sign something is on the horizon, but at least is shows preliminary data is being assembled.

Jonovision · #11 Posted **Feb 25, 2016, 10:10 PM**

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I saw crews doing bore holes by the trade mart Tuesday. Not a definite sign something is on the horizon, but at least is shows preliminary data is being assembled.

How did I miss that?! My apartment looks over that site?!

kph06 · #12 Posted **Feb 25, 2016, 10:56 PM**

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How did I miss that?! My apartment looks over that site?!

Now that I look at google maps I am slightly wrong, it was between the apartment building and the auto shop on Barrington.

Jonovision · #13 Posted **Feb 27, 2016, 8:11 PM**

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Now that I look at google maps I am slightly wrong, it was between the apartment building and the auto shop on Barrington.

It could have to do with tearing down Cogswell.

curnhalio · #14 Posted **Feb 28, 2016, 6:44 AM**

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It could have to do with tearing down Cogswell.

Heard a rumour about the first phase of the knockdown starting later this year. This article from December doesn't give that much hope for a 2016 construction start.

http://www.metronews.ca/news/halifax...g-forward.html

'It's exciting:' Halifax's Cogswell Interchange redevelopment project inching forward

By: Zane Woodford Metro Published on Thu Dec 17 2015

The long awaited Cogswell Interchange redevelopment project is getting closer to becoming a reality.
At the city’s Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee meeting on Thursday, city staff gave a presentation outlining the plan for the redevelopment of the unpopular downtown Halifax interchange.

portapetey · #15 Posted **Jun 28, 2016, 11:51 AM**

Ugh again. All these crappy chains downtown.

Drybrain · #16 Posted **Jun 28, 2016, 1:06 PM**

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Ugh again. All these crappy chains downtown.

Yeah, it sucks, but every city has them. At least they're here and not clogging up Barrington and Argyle.

connect2source · #17 Posted **Jun 28, 2016, 1:18 PM**

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Yeah, it sucks, but every city has them. At least they're here and not clogging up Barrington and Argyle.

We're saturated with the chains here in Downtown Vancouver, mostly Earl's and Cactus Club but it doesn't stop the independent restaurants, in fact it can attract them IMO by creating a buzz and attracting restaurant-goers to a particular area.

Keith P. · #18 Posted **Jun 28, 2016, 6:17 PM**

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Yeah, it sucks, but every city has them. At least they're here and not clogging up Barrington and Argyle.

Nothing wrong with them. They are a known quantity and offer a dependable option.

Haliguy · #19 Posted **Jun 29, 2016, 12:44 PM**

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Nothing wrong with them. They are a known quantity and offer a dependable option.

Glorified fast food but dependable you know what you are going to get.

eastcoastal · #20 Posted **Jun 28, 2016, 7:58 PM**

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Ugh again. All these crappy chains downtown.

I don't love them either, and won't make a point of going myself, but I think they do serve a purpose.

It would be awful if they were the only options, but Halifax actually has what I'd consider to be a good food scene for a city its size. There are lots of independents already that balance Moxies and Red Lobsters and Jack Astor's.

I wouldn't mind seeing more independents, but I bet its easier to get a chain into a currently unfinished space of this size. I suspect this has more to do with the ability of the landlord to secure tenants than with the restaurant scene in downtown Halifax.