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Old Posted Feb 23, 2025, 4:55 PM
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We might have land-banking going on along Bilby Street between Agricola and Robie.

5822 & 5842 BILBY STREET have had demolition permits submitted in the last few months. They're not adjacent properties but I have a hunch that the two small lots in between are also developer owned and will be demolished.

Can someone please check the ownership of #5816 (00161042), #5822 (00161034), #5830 (40048357), #5832 (00161026), and #5842 (00161018) Bilby Street?

If this is a development site it has potential to be a large project. It has CEN-2 zoning with 6 FAR on a 17'800sq ft lot so the total developable is over 100'000sq ft.
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Old Posted Feb 23, 2025, 7:58 PM
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We might have land-banking going on along Bilby Street between Agricola and Robie.

5822 & 5842 BILBY STREET have had demolition permits submitted in the last few months. They're not adjacent properties but I have a hunch that the two small lots in between are also developer owned and will be demolished.

Can someone please check the ownership of #5816 (00161042), #5822 (00161034), #5830 (40048357), #5832 (00161026), and #5842 (00161018) Bilby Street?

If this is a development site it has potential to be a large project. It has CEN-2 zoning with 6 FAR on a 17'800sq ft lot so the total developable is over 100'000sq ft.
5822 is owned by FS Industries Limited and all the others are owned by K-Wright Communications Limited which I am sure is a division of Eastlink/ Bragg Communications. Eastlink has been using these buildings for technical operations for years.
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Old Posted Feb 24, 2025, 12:46 AM
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5822 is owned by FS Industries Limited and all the others are owned by K-Wright Communications Limited which I am sure is a division of Eastlink/ Bragg Communications. Eastlink has been using these buildings for technical operations for years.
Thanks for looking.

I guess these are not bundled together. It is unusual to see two demolition permits on the same small block submitted at roughly the same time and not have them be related.

Bilby has seen so many developments over the last ten years I just assume any demolitions on the street means another apartment building.
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Old Posted Feb 24, 2025, 1:30 PM
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FS Industries Limited has John Bragg as a Director so it would seem that they are indeed related.
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Old Posted Feb 24, 2025, 6:24 PM
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Thanks for looking.

I guess these are not bundled together. It is unusual to see two demolition permits on the same small block submitted at roughly the same time and not have them be related.

Bilby has seen so many developments over the last ten years I just assume any demolitions on the street means another apartment building.
It would be good to see this block redeveloped. The whole neighbourhood west of Agricola is ripe for rebuilding, including Macara and Russell Streets above this. Similar redevelopment potential as the Almon/Isleville mid-rise cluster had before that started getting built-up.

Unrelated, some demolition will be going on down on Queen Street in a week. I assume this is the vintage row buildings. A lot of people are going to be mourning this stretch; I honestly am not too bothered by this (compared to other potential losses, like the Alehouse--though apparently there may be some negotiations underway with Ramia on that). What bothers me more is that, to my knowledge, the development here isn't imminent, which means the land will be cleared and empty for who knows how long before it gets replaced.
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Old Posted Feb 25, 2025, 5:37 PM
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FS Industries Limited has John Bragg as a Director so it would seem that they are indeed related.
Seems likely that it isn't a coincidence aftr all. I thought I read recently that Bragg wanted to get more active in real estate development, but I can't trust my memory any more.
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Old Posted Feb 25, 2025, 7:15 PM
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Eastlink has been on Bilby St since its inception and that is now valuable real estate for development. I can see them relocating their facilities elsewhere and doing another large residential tower on the site.
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Old Posted Mar 4, 2025, 12:25 PM
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First off I'd like to say hello to the AllNovaScotia reporter that reads this forum.

They looked into the demolition permit and John Bragg owns six parcels in a row along Bilby Street. The company won't say what they're planning but last year they did hire a specialist in real estate development to help move along their redevelopment plans for their various lot holdings in North End Halifax.
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First off I'd like to say hello to the AllNovaScotia reporter that reads this forum.

They looked into the demolition permit and John Bragg owns six parcels in a row along Bilby Street. The company won't say what they're planning but last year they did hire a specialist in real estate development to help move along their redevelopment plans for their various lot holdings in North End Halifax.
Is it all of these vinyl clad chopped up houses? Does it include the Silver Dragon?

https://maps.app.goo.gl/fm3zQjTsREQsuBAi8

A tower would add great density here and improve the aesthetic...
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Old Posted Mar 4, 2025, 9:18 PM
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Is it all of these vinyl clad chopped up houses? Does it include the Silver Dragon?

https://maps.app.goo.gl/fm3zQjTsREQsuBAi8

A tower would add great density here and improve the aesthetic...
Yah, while well taken care of they gotta go. They look like orphans in the middle of the City.
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Old Posted May 1, 2025, 2:49 PM
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I heard a rumour this week of a 26 storey tower planned in Dartmouth at 1 Crichton Ave. The site of the old auto body shop that sold last year.

Anyone know anything about development on this lot?
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Old Posted May 5, 2025, 5:58 PM
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Chebucto Neighborhood FB group is talking about Fries and Co building plus 4 or 5 next door are coming down for another development.

Any insight on this?
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There is crane parts (boom and a few tower sections, but no cab) behind Izzy,s bagels on the Bedford highway. Any projects going forward in that area that anybody knows about?
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Old Posted May 15, 2025, 3:18 PM
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Go back one page and you'll see that Dmajackson posted this on May 1:

"PID 00128454 is currently approved for 7-storey, 65-units."
Marco Group shared a rendering on their instagram stories yesterday that showed a generic 7 storey building for this site.
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Old Posted May 16, 2025, 1:03 AM
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There is crane parts (boom and a few tower sections, but no cab) behind Izzy,s bagels on the Bedford highway. Any projects going forward in that area that anybody knows about?
I noticed that too a month or so ago but my kids wouldn’t let me turn the car around to investigate. I think that lot has been slowly cleared out over the years. Izzy’s just did a big reno, maybe something will go out back. I think there were proposals off Fourth Street a few years back too.
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What’s up with cross like structure at the left side of the picture?
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Old Posted May 22, 2025, 3:46 PM
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There's a church next to that property, but the cross doesn't look like that.
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Old Posted May 22, 2025, 6:37 PM
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St. Peters Church is directly behind this building in the shot. I believe that's just a power pole at the corner of Maple and Ochterloney. It's sad another 90m area is wasted, a taller building would have been nice bordering on Sullivan's Pond.

This current version has got to one of the ugliest proposed buildings yet. At one of the entrances to downtown Dartmouth no less. It looks similar to the horrendous building at the base of Montebello. https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=243564
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