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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
Indeed. I was aware of this. This is why I used the Emmerson Business Park as an example. Blue Cross could completely decamp from downtown and call it's move simply a "consolidation" of space. This could be spun many ways. 
In any event, the parking issue for Slate at the Blue Cross Centre is a huge problem. If the city doesn't want to lose nearly 1000 high paying jobs from the core, they had better start paying attention to this rather than constantly pandering to the cycling zealots.......
The one thing that makes me comfortable that a move by Blue Cross out of the core likely won't happen is that the President and CEO of Blue Cross is Bernard Lord. He is a loyal son of Moncton and a former politician. As such, I'm sure he wouldn't want to do anything that would hollow out downtown Moncton. |
I don't think Blue Cross will be moving any time soon. They just completed a new lease agreement.
https://news.slateofficereit.com/press-r...ant-leasing-update-moncton-new-brunswick
Still, it will be interesting to see what Slate's next move will be. Will they come back to the city with a new proposal in order to get the rezoning the were looking for at 20 Record Street? Or will they go ahead on their own with a plan B?
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