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[someone123]

According to the rumour mill Crombie is actively working on this and it's expected to be their next project. They have many development sites around Scotia Square, with a total potential in the 2,000 unit range.

[Good Baklava]

Originally Posted by someone123

According to the rumour mill Crombie is actively working on this and it's expected to be their next project. They have many development sites around Scotia Square, with a total potential in the 2,000 unit range.

From an old promotional video I know they had plans for another apt. building on Brunswick st. across from the trinity site. Given how many units are planned, I’d say it’s thankfully still in the tunnel.

[someone123]

There were massing models for the Brunswick Place site posted a while ago. The little bend at the Brunswick and Cogswell intersection could make more highrises around here visually interesting, assuming they conform to the street well. The Brunswick Place site is at the visual terminus of the Brunswick canyon looking north, and a new canyon or streetwall north of Cogswell would terminate with the old apartment buildings and Scotia Square.

I think the 2,000 unit estimate includes only a portion of the Cogswell lands and adjacent underused sites. It could be that maybe 5,000-10,000 more people will end up living around there 10 years from now. A game changer for Gottingen, Barrington, Granville Mall and Historic Properties.

[Jonovision]

Brunswick Place and their little parkade next door could easily fit 3 or 4 towers that stretched to the top of the rampart maximum. I don't think any viewplane cuts across it. That site alone could hold 1000 units.

[worldlyhaligonian]

Has this video ever been posted? Very impressive... it will tie everything together with the trinity site across the street.

Is it all still planned?

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[Saul Goode]

Originally Posted by worldlyhaligonian

Has this video ever been posted? Very impressive... it will tie everything together with the trinity site across the street.

Is it all still planned?

Is anyone else unable to play this video or is it my computer?

All I get is an error message (An error occurred. Please try again later. Playback ID: 8uKLfPgc4l7lZ-gO) when I press the "play" button.

[Mr.Zero33]

Ya, me too.

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by Saul Goode

Is anyone else unable to play this video or is it my computer?

All I get is an error message (An error occurred. Please try again later. Playback ID: 8uKLfPgc4l7lZ-gO) when I press the "play" button.

Same...

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"AI": "invalidVideodata.1;a6s.1"

[worldlyhaligonian]

Originally Posted by worldlyhaligonian

Has this video ever been posted? Very impressive... it will tie everything together with the trinity site across the street.

Is it all still planned?

Try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO5E...l=ScotiaSquare

[OldDartmouthMark]

That works!

Pretty sure I've seen it before - it's from 2017.

I'm guessing that at least one of those developments will be on hold until Cogswell is reconfigured. Now that I think of it, wasn't there something going on with that little triangle of land at the end of the Granville Mall? Like a land swap deal with the city or something like that?

As an aside, I can't help but think that the proposals already look dated, even though the video is only 4 years old...

[kph06]

Crombie has updated their Website (link to "Developments") and a new rendering is available. Aslo noted, withough renderings:

• Brunswick Place (Pre-Development) - assumed to be integrated with Cogswell
• Park West (Pre-developement) - assumed to be Sobey's and former Canadian Tire site

Source

[someone123]

Looks like 20 floors to me, not 18. The design is okay but the ground floor seems weak. It seems like it would be better to have a strong corner presence on Duke in particular. Either way, some more residential density for the area.

With the current developments happening and the interchange lands there might eventually be a considerable population around here. And both Gottingen and Barrington will be their "local" commercial streets.

[teddifax]

Would love to see any proposal for CP West, the former Canadian Tire lands.... Maybe they will be building a high rise, with a Sobeys/Lawtons under to maximize the land and also build more housing in the former Sobeys area.... that is a lot of wasted space.

[Wannabe Economist]

This development, originally scheduled to start this fall, has now been pushed out to at least 2023.

[someone123]

Originally Posted by Wannabe Economist

This development, originally scheduled to start this fall, has now been pushed out to at least 2023.

I wonder what will happen with construction in the coming years. There has been a lot of economic turmoil lately but then again there's a lot of demand for housing. There has been a sea change in demand for urban living.

While there has been a lot of construction in the city I think there is still a long way to go and projects like Westhill are needed to get a good density of buildings around that area. The worst stretch is around Skye/Ralston/Salter where, sadly, little progress has happened so far.

Imagine how much more interesting Westhill on Duke would be if 120 m were allowed on that site.

[mleblanc]

Originally Posted by someone123

Imagine how much more interesting Westhill on Duke would be if 120 m were allowed on that site.

Seeing the main tower rise at Richmond Yards has spoiled all this stubby development in Halifax for me. Imagine how different the city would look if the recent developments (Roy, Alexander, Maple, Curve, etc) were 30+ storeys, and this goes for Westhill too. They could fit two slim towers on that site, you could even fit another on top of the parkade next door.

It's obviously commercially viable. Apartments are being rented for $3000+ now.

[Colin May]

Originally Posted by mleblanc

Seeing the main tower rise at Richmond Yards has spoiled all this stubby development in Halifax for me. Imagine how different the city would look if the recent developments (Roy, Alexander, Maple, Curve, etc) were 30+ storeys, and this goes for Westhill too. They could fit two slim towers on that site, you could even fit another on top of the parkade next door.

It's obviously commercially viable. Apartments are being rented for $3000+ now.

Three,or four, or more foreign students would find the money for such an apartment. I see a lot of young Indian men doing food deliveries and I saw one training with the school bus provider. I also noticed the increase in them in our neighbourhood. In my experience they are hard workers.

[Saul Goode]

It appears they've reversed the layout. In the original renderings the highrise section was on the corner of Duke, next to Duke Tower. Now it's on the northern end of the site, next to the parkade on Albemarle. Not sure why they'd do that - maybe to give more units harbor views?

[Jonovision]

Originally Posted by Saul Goode

It appears they've reversed the layout. In the original renderings the highrise section was on the corner of Duke, next to Duke Tower. Now it's on the northern end of the site, next to the parkade on Albemarle. Not sure why they'd do that - maybe to give more units harbor views?

I'm guessing it is in response to comments from staff and potential the DRC (can't remember if it ever got that far or not). There was concern about the proximity of the new tower to Duke tower. I don't know if this would be a ton better but the building itself looks nice.
Agreed about the ground floor though. That needs quite a bit of work.

[Saul Goode]

Originally Posted by Jonovision

There was concern about the proximity of the new tower to Duke tower.

Huh. Why would that even be a concern to them (other than that it would obscure the Scotiabank logo on the western end of the Duke Tower, he asked snarkily)?