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[Dmajackson]

Originally Posted by Jonovision

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?

PID 00128454 is currently approved for 7-storey, 65-units.

The zoning in theory allows for a 90 metre building provided that you meet the F.A.R. of 5. At 13'000 sq ft that gives you ~66'000 sq ft or roughly a hundred units if you made them all tiny one bedrooms.

Chances are whoever you were talking to was talking about 10 EDWARD STREET which is better known as 40 OCHTERLONELY STREET. It's just down the street and has a few different permits one of which I think was 26-storeys. It currently has 32 floors in its approved building permit.

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by Jonovision

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?

FWIW, that was an Irving service station for literally decades, and I think more recently a private repair shop.

I think it would be a nice place to live, next to Sullivan’s Pond and the daylighted river. It was a great neighborhood to grow up in.

[Saul Goode]

Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark

FWIW, that was an Irving service station for literally decades, and I think more recently a private repair shop.

I think it would be a nice place to live, next to Sullivan’s Pond and the daylighted river. It was a great neighborhood to grow up in.

Undoubtedly you remember its twin, Don & Ev's Irving on Thistle, at the top of Maple, across from the foundry. If I remember correctly (which, lamentably, seems to happen less frequently these days), they eventually operated both stations for a short time. Neighborhood landmarks for sure.

Agreed, Dartmouth was a terrific place to be a kid in those days (not that it isn't now).

[terrynorthend]

Is that the lot that became that weird little OReagans, or was it across the street where the townhouses are? I have a vague memory of it, but I'm a titch younger than you I think.

Originally Posted by Saul Goode

Undoubtedly you remember its twin, Don & Ev's Irving on Thistle, at the top of Maple, across from the foundry. If I remember correctly (which, lamentably, seems to happen less frequently these days), they eventually operated both stations for a short time. Neighborhood landmarks for sure.

Agreed, Dartmouth was a terrific place to be a kid in those days (not that it isn't now).

[Saul Goode]

Originally Posted by terrynorthend

Is that the lot that became that weird little OReagans, or was it across the street where the townhouses are? I have a vague memory of it, but I'm a titch younger than you I think.

The Irving station was where the townhouses are. The O'Regan's lot is where the old iron foundry was.

[terrynorthend]

Right, Thanks! I remember the station but not the foundry. I guess maybe as a kid I didn't know what it was so it didn't make much of an impression.

Originally Posted by Saul Goode

The Irving station was where the townhouses are. The O'Regan's lot is where the old iron foundry was.

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by Saul Goode

Undoubtedly you remember its twin, Don & Ev's Irving on Thistle, at the top of Maple, across from the foundry. If I remember correctly (which, lamentably, seems to happen less frequently these days), they eventually operated both stations for a short time. Neighborhood landmarks for sure.

Agreed, Dartmouth was a terrific place to be a kid in those days (not that it isn't now).

Yes, I remember it, and all of the other 7 service stations that were in the neighbourhood in the 1970s, that eventually went as time passed, except for one.

There was:
1) The station that still exists on the corner of PA Road and Ocht.
2) The 2 that we are discussing.
3) 2 on Ocht, between Pine and Victoria.
4) A Texaco at the bottom of Pine, across from Greenvale School.
5) The one located on the lot where the Edward St project is happening.

Times change, fuel economy improved, the local service bays fell to the muffler chain shops and proprietary dealer service information. Now HRM won’t even let anyone open a new service station (errr… gas bar and convenience store), and eventually they will be replaced by charging stations.

[Saul Goode]

Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark

Yes, I remember it, and all of the other 7 service stations that were in the neighbourhood in the 1970s, that eventually went as time passed, except for one.

There was:
1) The station that still exists on the corner of PA Road and Ocht.
2) The 2 that we are discussing.
3) 2 on Ocht, between Pine and Victoria.
4) A Texaco at the bottom of Pine, across from Greenvale School.
5) The one located on the lot where the Edward St project is happening

And Bedford Highway was even more congested with gas stations. Seemed like there was one every thousand feet or so.

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by Saul Goode

And Bedford Highway was even more congested with gas stations. Seemed like there was one every thousand feet or so.

Yes! And every one of them had some high school kid pumping gas, often to help pay for his own car. I suppose this concept must seem quite odd to anyone not old enough to remember it. Life is so different in so many ways now.

Oops… straying away from “development rumours “ a little…

[JET]

Originally Posted by Jonovision

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?

Jersey barriers are going in on the property, looks like readiness to clear it all out. interesting to see what is planned. Don’t know why anyone doubted you Jono.

[Saul Goode]

Originally Posted by JET

Don’t know why anyone doubted you Jono.

I don't think anyone doubted that the property was about to be developed; that's been the works for quite a while now. The question was about the scale. The only info out in public so far is that a 7-storey building has been approved.

[JET]

Originally Posted by Saul Goode

I don't think anyone doubted that the property was about to be developed; that's been the works for quite a while now. The question was about the scale. The only info out in public so far is that a 7-storey building has been approved.

Saul, 7 stories for the Maple/Ochterloney corner? That seems short. Can you share the public info? Thanks, John

[Saul Goode]

Originally Posted by JET

Saul, 7 stories for the Maple/Ochterloney corner? That seems short. Can you share the public info? Thanks, John

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."

[Dmajackson]

The Construction Management Plan for 173 Ochterlonely Street (1 Crichton Avenue) confirms it is a 7-storey building. A numbered company owns the lot, Marco Group is the contracted builder, and they indicate this will be called THE CANAL.

[JET]

Originally Posted by HalifaxRetales

Crane is up today at The Canal

[kzt79]

Originally Posted by JET

Crane is up today at The Canal

The rendering vaguely reminds me of the building at Falkland and Gottingen.

[JET]

Originally Posted by JET

Crane is up today at The Canal

Is there a thread for this, or does it just exist in development rumours?

[JET]

Originally Posted by JET

Crane is up today at The Canal

I don't see a thread on this, but it is moving right along, supports are going in for the third floor.

[Arrdeeharharharbour]

One2 by A.J. Forsythe, on Flickr


One1 by A.J. Forsythe, on Flickr


Is this really ugly or what?

[OldDartmouthMark]

I like the rounded corners.

[armchair architect] Other than that, nothing else. Bland colour scheme, cheap looking siding, balconies protruding from the lower curved section, as if they were an afterthought. Etc. [/armchair architect]