The Official Saint John, NB Project Thread

[KnoxfordGuy]

Originally Posted by DyAm00394

Proposed...1 Bayard Drive.... Conversion of former office building into a multi-unit residential building.

Hope this works out

[sailor734]

Originally Posted by KnoxfordGuy

Hope this works out

Is this the old provincial lab?

[cdnguys]

Originally Posted by sailor734

Is this the old provincial lab?

No, the Catholic diocese

[DyAm00394]

MP Wayne Long posted on social media that big housing news is coming tomorrow. Announcement will be at 10am.

[sailor734]

Originally Posted by DyAm00394

MP Wayne Long posted on social media that big housing news is coming tomorrow. Announcement will be at 10am.

Saint John's share of the Housing Accelerator fund I would expect. It will be interesting to see the dollar amount......and how it compares to Moncton's recent announcements.

[DyAm00394]

Originally Posted by DyAm00394

MP Wayne Long posted on social media that big housing news is coming tomorrow. Announcement will be at 10am.

The announcement was for the Barrack Green Residences, (Kelidoscope Social Impact‘s project). $4.5 million dollar federal investment.

[cdnguys]

Originally Posted by DyAm00394

The announcement was for the Barrack Green Residences, (Kelidoscope Social Impact‘s project). $4.5 million dollar federal investment.

that’s good, but I find it irritating to have an announcement for something that was already announced twice before. The font and excitement of his post suggested it was going to be the accelerator fund

[sailor734]

Originally Posted by cdnguys

that’s good, but I find it irritating to have an announcement for something that was already announced twice before. The font and excitement of his post suggested it was going to be the accelerator fund

All governments (and especially this one) are famous for that. Repeatedly announcing the same spending.....and sometimes it's spending planned for several years in the future when they may well no longer be in power.

[DyAm00394]

Originally Posted by DyAm00394

The announcement was for the Barrack Green Residences, (Kelidoscope Social Impact‘s project). $4.5 million dollar federal investment.

The Department of Social Development is investing $2,730,000 in the project, the federal government is contributing $4,513,028 through its Rapid Housing Initiative, the City of Saint John is giving $200,000, and Kaleidoscope Social Impact is investing $100,000. More than $7 million in total. https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/...Af2Kh1DC_q6RCGL_EKyO9PWdvvxIzPPzcqnpCLO0

This project is expected to be completed by November.

[adamuptownsj]

Originally Posted by DyAm00394

The Department of Social Development is investing $2,730,000 in the project, the federal government is contributing $4,513,028 through its Rapid Housing Initiative, the City of Saint John is giving $200,000, and Kaleidoscope Social Impact is investing $100,000. More than $7 million in total. https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/news/...Af2Kh1DC_q6RCGL_EKyO9PWdvvxIzPPzcqnpCLO0

This project is expected to be completed by November.

November, that's a quick build. I walk or drive past it every weekday and I don't think there's been much activity in the last three weeks.

[darkharbour]

Originally Posted by adamuptownsj

November, that's a quick build. I walk or drive past it every weekday and I don't think there's been much activity in the last three weeks.

Well they don't call it the Rapid Housing Initiative for nothing.





..... I'll see myself out.

[cdnguys]

PAC items: St Pats school - 37 units and 7 town homes
1440 Loch Lomand Rd - 208 apartments and 18 townhomes

[darkharbour]

Originally Posted by cdnguys

PAC items: St Pats school - 37 units and 7 town homes
1440 Loch Lomand Rd - 208 apartments and 18 townhomes

Nice to see St. Pat's moving along so quickly! I love the idea of adding the townhouses along Lancaster Street, but I was hoping they'd build out to the intersection of St. John St. because I never liked the way the intersection feels huge and misaligned, having a building up to the corner would have helped the area visually IMO.

Either way, here's hoping the construction starts soon!

[adamuptownsj]

$148.1M in building permits issued

632 permits issued (-28 YoY)

479 residential units created

https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=16637

[DyAm00394]

Announcements this morning of the Imperial Theater getting some federal and provincial funding.

Also MP Wayne Long mentions another "very, very, meaningful announcement of more federal support for Saint John" next week.

[DyAm00394]

Federal and Municipal Governments have announced a combined $1.5 million for Harbour Passage extension from reversing falls to Riverview Drive along the water.

[adamuptownsj]

Originally Posted by DyAm00394

Federal and Municipal Governments have announced a combined $1.5 million for Harbour Passage extension from reversing falls to Riverview Drive along the water.

Man, they're never gonna connect the Bentley/Chesley to Reversing Falls stretch, are they?

[sailor734]

Originally Posted by adamuptownsj

Man, they're never gonna connect the Bentley/Chesley to Reversing Falls stretch, are they?

Seems like Ocean Steel and the OSCO office building are firmly in the way.

[cdnguys]

Originally Posted by adamuptownsj

Man, they're never gonna connect the Bentley/Chesley to Reversing Falls stretch, are they?

Ocean Steel would have to give up some property unless maybe it’s a raised boardwalk on the rocks. Thoughts ?

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[DyAm00394]

Another announcement coming tomorrow according to MP Wayne Long. He said:

“We’ve been on quite a roll with announcements eh!
Just wait until tomorrow. This one will help address the serious issues we are facing. It’s significant.”

Update: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in the city to make a housing announcement: https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/itineraries...X-eQffJIdXCv5zGJOcoiBSV0vUUfvTspB3cs8xPM