General Updates and News - Page 187

Northend Guy · #**3721** Posted **Jun 12, 2012, 1:49 PM**

From the Herald:

43-unit apartment building proposed for Primrose Street in Dartmouth
June 11, 2012 - 7:25pm By REMO ZACCAGNA Business Reporter

A new four-storey apartment building is being proposed in Dartmouth.

An application to consolidate 72 and 74 Primrose St., which are currently vacant lots at the Crystal Drive intersection near Albro Lake, and build a 43-unit building has been submitted to the city.

The building would feature primarily one-bedroom apartments, with five appliances, larger balconies and larger windows than currently exist in the area, said K.J. Gandhi, of Innovation Architects, who worked on the project.

“We are trying to put up a much better quality building than what is available in that area, with larger units, better facilities, and better finishes,” Gandhi said in a telephone interview Monday afternoon, hours before a scheduled public information meeting at the Dartmouth North Community Centre.

While designs aren’t available, he said three floors of the building’s exterior would be clad with brick, with the remaining floor featuring cement siding. There will be a sloping roof with shingles and 31 underground parking spots.

The plan is to set it back from Primrose Street, adjacent to an existing apartment building.

“We will try to retain the vegetation as much as possible that is in that area; that’s why we are setting the building behind because there are beautiful trees in the front,” Gandhi said.

Public records show that the vacant lots are owned by a numbered company headed by Alison Gerard, but they are subject to a purchase and sale agreement with a developer. Gandhi declined to name the developer.

Messages left for Gerard were not returned Monday.

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worldlyhaligonian · #**3722** Posted **Jun 12, 2012, 5:11 PM**

Its clearly too tall guys, maybe we should create a law... nothing over 1 story.

kph06 · #**3723** Posted **Jun 12, 2012, 5:15 PM**

Not sure if these have been posted yet, but these are the plans from the HRM site.

Keith P. · #**3724** Posted **Jun 12, 2012, 8:57 PM**

The judicial hearing on the obstruction of the sale of the St Pat's-Alexandra school site occurred today. Not sure how it went. I was interested to hear the good Rev. Rhonda Brittain on a radio talk show this morning. She described the proposed Jono development as a monstrosity and spouted a bunch of anti-development/anti-height BS that would make Phil Pacey proud. She decried the proposed towers as "too TALL!!!" and said that something like the adjacent Brickyard townhouses would be far more appropriate for the site. For all the world, it sounded like she decided to gum up the works more for her hatred of tall buildings rather than any solid use for the site for her own purposes.

I hope the judge throws this out of court and lets Jono proceed.

someone123 · #**3725** Posted **Jun 12, 2012, 9:16 PM**

The Brickyard area (I think it was originally called the Kidston Glass site or something similar) was originally going to be some lowrise loft type buildings but that was shot down about ten years ago. The townhouses that were eventually built are fine but that neighbourhood could have gotten much more out of a larger scale development, including the public and community space that people seem to want so badly.

They're not going to get a developer to pay the city $5M to demolish a large building and then use half of the land for townhouses. I suspect they don't care much if their plan isn't viable for a private developer because they'd probably be happy to turn this into a public project bankrolled by the city.

Aya_Akai · #**3726** Posted **Jun 13, 2012, 10:52 PM**

They've got the crane up for the new apartments going on on portland street (223 Portland, I think?) called "Harbour Vista Apartments"

HalifaxRetales · #**3727** Posted **Jun 13, 2012, 11:12 PM**

New path on Burnside Dr

why on earth did they install lighting in this already heavily light area

Keith P. · #**3728** Posted **Jun 14, 2012, 12:13 AM**

HRM has this insatiable need to waste money.

hoser111 · #**3729** Posted **Jun 14, 2012, 12:18 AM**

Developer plans mixed-use building

June 13, 2012 - 5:03pm BY BRUCE ERSKINE BUSINESS REPORTER

Bylaw amendment sought for 5-storey Halifax structure

A rendering of Banc Developments plans for a five-storey building on the corner of Bayers Road and Oxford Street in Halifax. The first floor is expected to be set aside for commercial space.
Banc Developments Ltd. of Halifax plans to build a five-storey commercial-residential building at the site of a former service station on the corner of Bayers Road and Oxford Street.

“We hope to begin as soon as we get approvals,” Banc principal Besim Halef said Wednesday.

The Halifax developer has contracted W.M. Fares Group to apply to the municipality for an amendment to the Halifax Peninsula land use bylaw that would allow it to enter into a development agreement for the project, which would have 10,230 square feet of ground floor commercial space, 27 dwelling units and 29 parking spaces.

A public information meeting on the proposed development will be held at the Halifax Forum’s Maritime Hall at Windsor and Almon streets on June 27 at 7 p.m.

The rest here: http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/106763-developer-plans-mixed-use-building

someone123 · #**3730** Posted **Jun 14, 2012, 12:37 AM**

I've made a new thread for this development: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=199921

macgregor · #**3731** Posted **Jun 14, 2012, 2:09 AM**

Down by the Halterm Container terminal, the Port Authority bought some land from CN rail (was in the news several weeks ago). They got quickly to work on ripping up rails and they're working on the re-routing of Marginal Road (wider turns for trucks) and maybe expansion of the truck waiting yard. There's a small little building under construction too. New rail tracks are going in to replace the ones that were removed. You can see this all from the Young Avenue rail bridge.

JustinMacD · #**3732** Posted **Jun 16, 2012, 6:00 PM**

Sorry, I haven't been paying much attention. Are they going ahead really soon in building that new building at the corner of Tower and Inglis (SMU Campus)?

Walked by there today and looks like they're starting to rip up that parking lot.

pblaauw · #**3733** Posted **Jun 17, 2012, 12:08 AM**

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Originally Posted by JustinMacD

Sorry, I haven't been paying much attention. Are they going ahead really soon in building that new building at the corner of Tower and Inglis (SMU Campus)?

Walked by there today and looks like they're starting to rip up that parking lot.

The Tower got renamed and is being expanded, probably with a new rink, as well as things mentioned in the link below.

Homburg Centre for Health and Wellness

DigitalNinja · #**3734** Posted **Jun 18, 2012, 2:05 AM**

Yeah they are going to start to build the new TESL center soon.

DigitalNinja · #**3735** Posted **Jun 18, 2012, 2:07 AM**

Saw an ad for this development today. http://www.halifaxdevelopments.com/westhill-on-duke.php

Westhill on Duke. Basically a redevelopment of scotia square on the corner of Duke and Ablemarie. Looks like it addresses the corner better than the current set up, but still not 100%. Addition of another 4 floor building downtown is nice too!

fenwick16 · #**3736** Posted **Jun 18, 2012, 2:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by DigitalNinja

Saw an ad for this development today. http://www.halifaxdevelopments.com/westhill-on-duke.php

Westhill on Duke. Basically a redevelopment of scotia square on the corner of Duke and Ablemarie. Looks like it addresses the corner better than the current set up, but still not 100%. Addition of another 4 floor building downtown is nice too!

Very interesting. It isn't a tall building but it will have 100,000 square feet of leasable space on three floors (equivalent to the Waterside but on just three floors). I am assuming that the entrance level floor is a renovation of existing space based on the floors plans (but I might be wrong). Here are the floor plans - http://www.halifaxdevelopments.com/westhill-on-duke-floor-plans.php. I am somewhat relieved that a tall building isn't being proposed for this site. I would rather see them go ahead with the International Tower if they want to add a significant tower.

The Google Street View - http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=halifax,+ns...E0WxQppZaOjbCUnt8fw&cbp=12,30.94,,0,6.55. This is a rather bland corner, as it is now. So I think this has the potential of being a big improvement (I hope that they will also make plans for the opposite Cogswell corner).

(source: http://www.halifaxdevelopments.com/westhill-on-duke.php )

Aya_Akai · #**3737** Posted **Jun 18, 2012, 5:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by DigitalNinja

Westhill on Duke. Basically a redevelopment of scotia square on the corner of Duke and Ablemarie. Looks like it addresses the corner better than the current set up, but still not 100%. Addition of another 4 floor building downtown is nice too!

I love it, I wish it were taller though lol That will add a really cool aspect to that area, brick and concrete of the metro centre, scotia square and the apartment buildings meshed in with all that shiny glass

someone123 · #**3738** Posted **Jun 18, 2012, 6:29 AM**

I just like that there will be something on that corner instead of a blank one storey concrete wall.

It would be amazing if they moved onto International Place in the next few years but it seems pretty unlikely given the number of recent office projects.

someone123 · #**3739** Posted **Jun 19, 2012, 3:36 AM**

Restoration work is going to start soon on the St. Mary's glebe house on the corner of Barrington and Spring Garden Road.

Hopefully we will get more details soon about the rest of the St. Mary's block redevelopment. They can go up to 9 storeys under HRM by Design and the Grafton/Spring Garden corner is very prominent. It's also just a block away from the Nova Centre site and the planning Grafton Street canopy.

fenwick16 · #**3740** Posted **Jun 19, 2012, 5:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

Restoration work is going to start soon on the St. Mary's glebe house on the corner of Barrington and Spring Garden Road.

When I read that story, I got the impression that the glebe house restoration has already been completed as phase II by Dora Construction (for which Joe Ramia provided advice). Phase I was the bascilica church hall renovation. Phase III is the potential third phase that Joe Ramia will be directly involved in as the developer and could include a building as tall as 92 feet based on HRM_by_Design guidelines.