[Moncton] Riverview Developments

[MonctonRad]

Pinewood Road in front of Lafford's Pine Ridge apartment complex has been completely rebuilt, including curbs and sidewalks, and is now completely reopened. It's a nice ride.

[Leroy321]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Pinewood Road in front of Lafford's Pine Ridge apartment complex has been completely rebuilt, including curbs and sidewalks, and is now completely reopened. It's a nice ride.

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I see they are now putting traffic lights on the Coverdale/Trites intersection most likely to make way for the new traffic volumes from the mall redevelopment.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by Leroy321

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Dammit - I hate it when I do that..........

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Pinewood Road in front of Lafford's Pine Ridge apartment complex has been completely rebuilt, including curbs and sidewalks, and is now completely reopened. It's a nice ride.

Whitepine Road. It was in bad shape for years.

That corner not only has the 2 x 6 floor ICON buildings under construction, but also 3 smaller buildings going up across the street. And another lot just north on Pine Glen has recently been cleared for yet another building.

That's a lot of activity in a small area.

[jnaygull]

Originally Posted by Leroy321

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I see they are now putting traffic lights on the Coverdale/Trites intersection most likely to make way for the new traffic volumes from the mall redevelopment.

A welcomed new upgraded intersection for the current volume of traffic. If turning left onto Coverdale from Trites during peak times, you can sit there for quite some time.

[jonny golden]

I just drove by earlier, and there's no exterior demo happening at the Riverview mall yet. I'm not very impressed with this developer so far, and I'm not sure how this bodes for 1222 Main Street which they acquired a few months ago.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by jonny golden

I just drove by earlier, and there's no exterior demo happening at the Riverview mall yet. I'm not very impressed with this developer so far, and I'm not sure how this bodes for 1222 Main Street which they acquired a few months ago.

Indeed. It's one thing to come up with a fancy looking rendering. It's quite another to get shovels in the ground.

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Indeed. It's one thing to come up with a fancy looking rendering. It's quite another to get shovels in the ground.

Agreed. In the back of my mind I'm hoping that they'll look at 1222 Main St. as an investment that they can flip for a profit.

A company like Killam Properties who are not only a landlord but a great development company would be ideal for this building. And they already have a considerable presence in the greater Moncton area.

Looking at their site, it's not hard to see that they're more than capable of incorporating the surrounding properties to create a signature Main Street development. Which is what we need in such a prominent location!

https://killamreit.com/developments

[MonctonRad]

A number of images of the Riverview Recreational Complex (under construction) can be found on Mayor Andrew LeBlanc's Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/MayorLeBlanc

[jonny golden]

ICON building has at least one tenant moving their stuff in today!

[Leroy321]

Progress on Pine Ridge phase two.

[MonctonRad]

ICON is doing such a good job at Pine Ridge, it gives me great confidence in the Infinity Tower.

[Leroy321]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

ICON is doing such a good job at Pine Ridge, it gives me great confidence in the Infinity Tower.

They left the tower crane up for way longer then they needed it for I imagine it will go straight to infinity once that starts.

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

ICON is doing such a good job at Pine Ridge, it gives me great confidence in the Infinity Tower.

They really are. I've driven by the site several times over the last few months to see them working evenings (7:00 PM or later) and Saturdays. Tonight I drove by and saw several cars in the surface parking lot, and at least 15 units with the lights on. The 2nd building is also progressing rapidly.

Infinity should be spectacular. It would be great if ICON could purchase the large lot next door and create a nice cluster of mixed use buildings in this zone. The riverfront plan shows the vacant land across Main Street as being developed. This area of downtown Moncton could be a thriving neighbourhood some day.

[MonctonRad]

Land clearing and initial site prep are well underway for this new apartment complex on Cleveland Avenue, behind the Sobeys and Kent in Findlay Park.





Two large six storey apartment buildings (Spitfire Design) with a ridiculous amount of surface parking. An uninspiring project, but stuck in the suburbs near a bunch of commercial properties, I don't imagine too many people will very much care.

[Leroy321]

I imagine there’s no underground parking at all…

[MonctonPerson]

Originally Posted by Leroy321

I imagine there’s no underground parking at all…

The site plan seems to show ramps into each building, and the renders don't show ground-level windows so it does appear there's some indoor parking.

[jnaygull]

I'm surprised there isn't a secondary entrance/exit. Seems like there should be one with such a "large" development.

[lirette]

Originally Posted by jonny golden

They really are. I've driven by the site several times over the last few months to see them working evenings (7:00 PM or later) and Saturdays. Tonight I drove by and saw several cars in the surface parking lot, and at least 15 units with the lights on. The 2nd building is also progressing rapidly.

Infinity should be spectacular. It would be great if ICON could purchase the large lot next door and create a nice cluster of mixed use buildings in this zone. The riverfront plan shows the vacant land across Main Street as being developed. This area of downtown Moncton could be a thriving neighbourhood some day.

I have a friend that works at this site, it sounds like they have a very interesting mechanism for paying the contractors that work there. Its not a world I entirely understand so I am not sure how common this is.

its basically task driven, the more tasks you get done, the higher your hourly wages are. So if you are drywalling a certain number of areas and you hit your targets you can make $30 an hour instead of $25. (these are just made up numbers, but you get the idea). At the same time if you are a younger worker who is inexperienced you still get paid but you may not be in reach of those higher numbers but you will still get work. Everything is well documented on who is assigned what task, so there is a lot of accountability that happens without that much needing to be said. Based on this mechanism to motivate the staff I can see why they are a well oiled machine. I expect much of these same contractors will get offers to go to the infinity tower.

[Leroy321]

Speaking of the ICON site, I saw they brought in some extra tower crane components probably to store there till they start Infinity.