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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
In about 10 years time, the Moncton skyline will look a lot more like the Kelowna skyline with at least 8-10 new 15+ storey buildings, two of which will be 30 storeys or more.
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And to think, in even less time, Saint John could build the first 36+ storey building in Atlantic Canada. If the right investors and partners got together and built Brunswick Square up to it's full 36 storey potential as it was designed for.
Why should Moncton want Saint John to build a 36+ storey first?
Because, it will give Moncton even more motivation to build something taller. I don't think Saint John would last very long at the top of the list with the way Moncton has been building and planning high rises.
40 storeys is close to the minimum needed for any sort of ocean view from the centre of Moncton. However, if the Moncton CMA keeps growing, and starts building high rise buildings towards Shediac, or even towards Lutes Mountain, the height minimums for coastal views get lower and lower. Nearer Shediac itself, the height minimums to get coastal views aren't much more than 6-10 storeys. Shediac is no further than Quispamsis is from Saint John. With the way Moncton is growing, Shediac could be the White Rock, BC of the East Coast... something a lot more unique than Riverview, Dieppe, or Quispamsis.
Along with some residential towers with coastal views on the outskirts of Moncton towards Shediac, it could help make the case for Shediac being part of the Moncton Moncton CMA and for Moncton to thus be considered a"coastal CMA". Which would make Moncton the 5th largest coastal CMA in Canada after Vancouver, Victoria, Halifax, and St. John's, putting Saint John in 6th place.