The Official PEI Project Thread

[TGK]

Originally Posted by vladdy

I think in his post he says the new HRM Costco is going in Sackville.

Ive also heard the land was purchased in PEI and its going in Cornwall.

The land in Cornwall that everyone is talking about was recently purchased by Jevon MacDonald.

The mayor let it slip that Costco is looking at land in Charlottetown behind Princess Auto: https://www.youtube.com/live/Tw04_jQqCzY?t=3607&si=zRJgcRM-VOL15ebQ

[TGK]

Originally Posted by vladdy

Well, its PEI, so reliability on sources can be questioned. They mentioned the recently sold parcel of land off of the new Cornwall by-pass. I think it is about 50 acres.

But there has also been a lot of land clearing near the old Sears building. Could be a location too.

That 50 acres everyone is talking about was purchased by Jevon MacDonald, nothing to do with Costco. See Orders in Council from Sept 3, 2024:

EC2024-825
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
LANDS PROTECTION ACT
PETITION TO ACQUIRE A LAND HOLDING
JEVON MACDONALD (APPROVAL)
Pursuant to section 4 of the Prince Edward Island Lands Protection Act
R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. L-5 Council granted permission to Jevon MacDonald of Halifax, Nova Scotia to acquire a land holding of approximately forty-nine decimal nine (49.9) acres of land at Cornwall, Lot 32, Queens County, Province of Prince Edward Island, being acquired from Cornwall Sunnyside Farms Ltd. of Cornwall, Prince Edward Island.

[Siriusb]

Costco Rumour Mill.........

If Halifax ReTales has found out a third Costco for Halifax, how did they find out about Charlottetown getting one. They mentioned it this morning on their Move100 radio station. And why would the Charlottetown Mayor spill the beans about their interest in Charlottetown. Someone knows something!!

[Just an Islander]

Red Shores Charlottetown undergoing a major expansion
Red Shores in Charlottetown has begun its largest expansion since it opened in 2005. Work has finished on renovations to the restaurant, which has been renamed O’Brien’s Social Bar and Kitchen after legendary horseman Joe O’Brien. Now work begins on. (Will have to log on to the Guardian Newspaper to get the rest of the story)

https://saltwire.imgix.net/2024/10/14/re...7&dpr=1&auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress

[lessafan]

Costco did look at the land behind Princess Auto. It is owned by UPEI. At the time, UPEI inquired with the city about road access. That's probably why the Mayor had them in mind when they were talking about redoing the bypass interesction in that meeting. (They are probably going to do a displaced left turn).


That property itself doesn't really scream Costco to me to be honest. It's an awkward rectangular shape and it slopes a fair bit. I am sure it is perfectly doable, but not exactly the standard Costco site.

Originally Posted by Siriusb

Costco Rumour Mill.........

If Halifax ReTales has found out a third Costco for Halifax, how did they find out about Charlottetown getting one. They mentioned it this morning on their Move100 radio station. And why would the Charlottetown Mayor spill the beans about their interest in Charlottetown. Someone knows something!!

[TGK]

Originally Posted by lessafan

Costco did look at the land behind Princess Auto. It is owned by UPEI. At the time, UPEI inquired with the city about road access. That's probably why the Mayor had them in mind when they were talking about redoing the bypass interesction in that meeting. (They are probably going to do a displaced left turn).


That property itself doesn't really scream Costco to me to be honest. It's an awkward rectangular shape and it slopes a fair bit. I am sure it is perfectly doable, but not exactly the standard Costco site.

The land behind Princess Auto is owned by the Saint Dunstan's Board of Governors. They have several potential buyers, so they hired a firm to design a few options for street layout. The city now needs to update its traffic plan for the area to see how the potential developments will impact the overall network. For SDU to go out to hire engineers to design a road network, then for the city to spend $30k updating a plan that’s only 2 years old, I would have to guess that the development being proposed is both substantial and potential buyers are very serious.

Costco is always visible from a highway, usually on a corner. Cornwall would fit that well, but the land was sold to someone else. The corner behind Princess Auto checks a lot of boxes.

The intersection they’re talking about at the meeting would be at Irwin Drive and Malpeque Road. The intersection at the bypass is a provincial project, not related to any of this, but I’m sure a Costco announcement will have the province reexamining their plan for a displaced left.

[lessafan]

If we want to be so precise, there are two parcels and one is owned by Saint Dunstant's Board of Governors and the other is owned by "Saint Dunstan's University". It is all, effectively, UPEI.

With a ~7 acre development right across the road (Slick's) that is looking to be quite high density, this whole area is going to see a lot of pressure in the next few years. Again, all mangeable but just not the kind of place Costco typically goes these days (when not doing multi-level downtown, etc).

Originally Posted by TGK

The land behind Princess Auto is owned by the Saint Dunstan's Board of Governors. They have several potential buyers, so they hired a firm to design a few options for street layout. The city now needs to update its traffic plan for the area to see how the potential developments will impact the overall network. For SDU to go out to hire engineers to design a road network, then for the city to spend $30k updating a plan that’s only 2 years old, I would have to guess that the development being proposed is both substantial and potential buyers are very serious.

Costco is always visible from a highway, usually on a corner. Cornwall would fit that well, but the land was sold to someone else. The corner behind Princess Auto checks a lot of boxes.

The intersection they’re talking about at the meeting would be at Irwin Drive and Malpeque Road. The intersection at the bypass is a provincial project, not related to any of this, but I’m sure a Costco announcement will have the province reexamining their plan for a displaced left.

[ThePurpleHouse]

Saint Dunstans is not the same as UPEI.

https://saintdunstansuniversity.ca/about/mission/

Originally Posted by lessafan

If we want to be so precise, there are two parcels and one is owned by Saint Dunstant's Board of Governors and the other is owned by "Saint Dunstan's University". It is all, effectively, UPEI.

With a ~7 acre development right across the road (Slick's) that is looking to be quite high density, this whole area is going to see a lot of pressure in the next few years. Again, all mangeable but just not the kind of place Costco typically goes these days (when not doing multi-level downtown, etc).

[ThePurpleHouse]

Land behind sears is not for Costco. Same group that has queen's arms motel/apartments behind it. Plan is for apartments.

Originally Posted by vladdy

Well, its PEI, so reliability on sources can be questioned. They mentioned the recently sold parcel of land off of the new Cornwall by-pass. I think it is about 50 acres.

But there has also been a lot of land clearing near the old Sears building. Could be a location too.

[arodmd]

I always liked the fact that APM always had a building in their "for development" section of the royalty power center that has the footprint of a Costco.

[Just an Islander]

P.E.I.’s Handpie Company expands sales into Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
Nearly a year after moving into Borden-Carleton, The Handpie Company has begun an expansion that has been years in the works. As of July, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick residents can stop at one of 37 retail locations – 20 Sobeys, 17 Independent –

https://saltwire.imgix.net/2024/10/9/cen...7&dpr=1&auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress

[Siriusb]

Originally Posted by arodmd

I always liked the fact that APM always had a building in their "for development" section of the royalty power center that has the footprint of a Costco.

If APM has their hands into it, it'll be decades before we see
any shovels in the ground for a Costco.

[Siriusb]

Originally Posted by Siriusb

YYG Charlottetown Airport - ATB Expansion Project

All info and images are provided by YYG Airport website,

MORE HERE > https://flyyyg.com/corporate/expansion/

Phase 1b - STARTING SUMMER 2024:

- Expansion to check-in hall to allow for more counters and space for passenger check-in.
- Additional office, storage, and operational space for airlines and ground handlers.
- Relocation and expansion of CAA administration offices and some tenants to 2nd floor.

This project is well underway with the steel going up.

[josh_cat_eyes]

Originally Posted by arodmd

I always liked the fact that APM always had a building in their "for development" section of the royalty power center that has the footprint of a Costco.

The original site plan for this site when it was being built in the early 2000’s had a Costco AND Walmart footprint. The Walmart was obviously not built here, but would have been on the corner of Sherwood road had in been built out there. After Sears opened, the great recession happened and that pretty much killed the rest of that entire original development. I have a picture of it somewhere, I’ll see if I can find it up.

[josh_cat_eyes]

Originally Posted by josh_cat_eyes

I have proof that Costco wants to build a store on PEI.

So a long time ago after the Confederation Bridge was built but before Walmart was built in Charlottetown, Trinity Development Group (Wheeler Park, Bayers Lake etc.) planned on building a power centre in Charlottetown. It was to have Walmart, Costco, Sears, Kent and a whole bunch of other stores. This was the site plan, I found it about 5 years ago on the Trinity Development Group's website, however, the link was external and could not be accessed through the main site.

Some time later when the project actually got off the ground in 2005, APM now owned the land. After that was built, and APM built the Linen'N'Things building in 2007, the recession happened. The whole thing was put on hold. Linen'N'Things actually goes under, and Bed Bath & Beyond took over that location. At some point APM sold that building to Whiterock REIT, then Whiterock merged with Plaza REIT, so that's who owns that building now.

During this time (2009) APM scaled everything back and thats where this site plan comes from:

Then today I came across this site plan:

Here is a link to the PDF file so you can see it better.
http://royallepageapm.ca/wp-content/uplo...hure-Royalty-Power-Centre-For-Sale-2.pdf

This clearly shows a Costco store in basically the same location as was originally planned by the Trinity Group.

I post I made about the original Royalty Power Centre back in 2016.
You can see that there would have been a Walmart at the south of the site, a Costco in the middle, Sears is there, and Kent is on the west side.
Obviously Walmart opened a store elsewhere before this development could get off the ground, but it would have been interesting to see how differently the landscape of Charlottetown would look if this development would have built out 100% but Trinity Development Group when they had initially planned.

[Siriusb]

Pine Dr Apartments

Finally after years of delay, this is finally coming together.

[arodmd]

Not terribly exciting news...but at least its a small step forward!

[Just an Islander]

Wondering if Novus Glass is moving across the street on North River Road to where Midas was.

[Just an Islander]

I think the Cottages across from where Sears was have moved down Sleepy Hollow Road to a piece of land there for the time being or may just be there for storage.

[Just an Islander]

Does anyone know what is going to go on in the Honda Store in Summerside now that the new Honda Car Store is Almost Open.