The land is all owned by UNB and I'm not sure if that complicates things. I'm not sure but developers may have to lease the land rather than purchase it.
The zoning is also a bit nonsensical. They have "Endowment Conservation" and "Endowment Development" areas and they are spread out throughout the UNB woodlot. Most of the area along Knowledge Park is zoned for development though.
See here:
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/OnePane/...dbb525b6e012aa
It is a bit strange that the Knowledge Park area has zero housing considering it is the second largest employment centre in the city with the forestry complex, five office buildings, RCMP HQ, the mall, Corbett Centre, etc. Quite dumb that no housing has been built there.
But the Doak Road area makes sense for development as well, especially if you can figure out a good mixed-use pattern. There's lots of relatively flat land there and there's already some amenities in the area (Co-op, two proposed churches, a few smaller employers), there's easy access to the highway, etc. It's one of the places in the city that's not great to live in right now but down the road certainly could be.