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Originally Posted by adamuptownsj
Any good explanations about why this area sat empty for so long? If it was brownfield that suddenly became appealing/economical to build on, I'd get it, but Moncton basically skipped over Wheeler and continued northwest without missing a beat. IIRC the greenfield across Wheeler was subject to an ownership/inheritance dispute, preventing the subdivision off Lady Russell from spreading into it, but what's the deal here?
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It was previously owned by a family that had a long-running
dispute over expropriation with city hall (land between CN humpyard and Berry Mills). Same family still owns the undeveloped land west of Wheeler.
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