[Moncton] Northwest/Magnetic Hill Developments

[jonny golden]

I remember Groupe Frederic selling off their St. Bernard lot after they announced big plans for the property. Everybody was excited for this project.

Here we are 5 years later, still with a vacant lot in the heart of downtown.

[reflist]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

I had become concerned by the absence of any sign of activity regarding the anticipated (phase 2) expansion of the MID West Industrial Park.

I had thought we would see something last year, but here it is late April of this year with no signs of activity.

But this was just posted on CCD Canada:



Not much information in this thumbnail, but, things are still in the works apparently. Given a valuation of less than $2M, I would imagine this is for imitial site prep.

Looks like activity has finally begun on this massive site, photos taken June 1st

[MonctonRad]

Nice drone shots!

I had been keeping an eye on the Horsman Street stub in the MID West Industrial Park looking for any signs of activity. It didn't occur to me that they would start at the other end (Delong Drive down by the CNR hump yard).

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

I am a little hesitant to post this, but there has been some activity over the last couple of weeks on the lot adjacent to the Hampton Inn where the Home 2 Suites by Hilton had their "coming soon" sign.

There have been dump trucks and a backhoe, and they have been moving some dirt around. It does not appear to be actual construction activity. It appears more as if ballast and topsoil is being delivered. I don't know what this actually means in terms of future construction (if any) on this site.

We will have to keep an eye on this.

This was a false alarm.

They are resurfacing the street network and curbs in the subdivision at the end of Queensway, just beyond the new Fens/Starbucks/Denny's, and they are dumping some construction waste here. I presume this will be used as ballast. There is no actual construction occurring.

[MonctonRad]

The signage on the facade for the new McDonald’s next to Wheaton’s on Mountain Road was installed today.

[Mapleton_Roadie]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Nice drone shots!

I had been keeping an eye on the Horsman Street stub in the MID West Industrial Park looking for any signs of activity. It didn't occur to me that they would start at the other end (Delong Drive down by the CNR hump yard).

A few years ago, with the serious talk of diverting a lot of truck traffic from Downtown Halifax due to the Halterm Container terminal and grain elevators, there was talk about expanding the intermodal portion of CN in Moncton.

The thought was, the majority of the containers offloaded in Halifax would be put on the train to offloaded to road transport here. There was similar thought to creating a facility in the Debert area as an alternative.

I am not sure if that proposal ever gained traction but would definitely be a boost to the area.

[MonctonRad]

AFAIK, they are still talking about the Debert terminal.

Not a surprise, I beleive this is more a Port of Halifax project than a CNR project, so they would naturally want to keep the jobs in Nova Scotia.