The Official Saint John, NB Project Thread

[ColSJ]

On the museum subject Premier Higgs says we should have more details about the future of the museum by this October. I personally would hate to have the museum down there by Tin Can.

[bridgeoftea]

Originally Posted by ColSJ

On the museum subject Premier Higgs says we should have more details about the future of the museum by this October. I personally would hate to have the museum down there by Tin Can.

I sort of agree that the Museum being on Tin Can doesn't seem great now. But if in the future if we do see prince william and canterbury extended past lower cove, it might fit.
My ideal wish is to keep it where it is in Market Square or put it next to the Diamond Jubilee cruise ship terminal.
Really strike fear in the hearts of NIMBYS and make it modern looking.
https://image.architonic.com/imgArc/project-1/4/5202742/3xn-national-museum-uk-ph-09.jpg

[adamuptownsj]

Originally Posted by bridgeoftea

I sort of agree that the Museum being on Tin Can doesn't seem great now. But if in the future if we do see prince william and canterbury extended past lower cove, it might fit.
My ideal wish is to keep it where it is in Market Square or put it next to the Diamond Jubilee cruise ship terminal.
Really strike fear in the hearts of NIMBYS and make it modern looking.
https://image.architonic.com/imgArc/project-1/4/5202742/3xn-national-museum-uk-ph-09.jpg

Won't fit the collection on those sites unless they build up- which I understand museums don't like doing. It needs a serious facility, not just a display. That's the main reason they didn't just dump a few million in Market Square.

I'm really not sure where to put it. Brunswick Square? Only half kidding.

I really don't care for the universal asymmetrical panel-clad box thing. You see those everywhere from Shanghai to Chicago to Berlin, and the ones cities our size get never turn out nearly as grand as the renders. There's a local, monumental vernacular tradition to lean on and develop, the modernist box museum is played out.

[cdnguys]

4 weeks ago the new building on Boars Head Rd was just a foundation - now it’s built with windows and surpassed the Sea Bird construction! Also, looks like the Arlington has officially started.

[ColSJ]

Originally Posted by cdnguys

4 weeks ago the new building on Boars Head Rd was just a foundation - now it’s built with windows and surpassed the Sea Bird construction! Also, looks like the Arlington has officially started.

Glad to hear about the Arlington. I don’t know the status of the project behind Tipsy Tomato but if it hasn’t started I hope work gets going soon. There’s two projects Uptown that seem to be at a standstill Steepleview and 166 Leinster. Hopefully they get off of the ground soon.

[adamuptownsj]

Originally Posted by adamuptownsj

Some small uptown updates.

99 King is getting cleaned up. An excavator and 5-6 guys are onsite now.

A huge retaining wall behind the courthouse at Charlotte and Horsfield is being replaced with concrete lego blocks currently.

Most interestingly, there is an excavator rooting around at the bottom of Charlotte to the west of Tin Can Beach. Presumably this is related to whatever land consolidation the city is up to down there, which I would guess is museum related. This is a 5-hectare site. No way a museum will occupy all of it. I presume green space and an extension of Harbour Passage along the perimeter will take up quite a bit of it. I don't know if this area is suitable for tall structures or residential, given the contaminants.

More activity at TCB today. 2-3 pieces of equipment on-site. I am gonna wander over and ask what they're up to. A lot of chainlink fencing has been removed as well.

EDIT: crew gone, but there's a 15' pile of dirt on site. No hole, though.

[ColSJ]

NB’s Largest Indoor Tennis Facility Planned for UNB Saint John



The facility will costs between $15-20 million, have 8 courts, construction is to begin in 2023 and open in 2024. This puts 3 projects in the pipeline for UNBSJ with another residence building on the way, the health centre and now this.

[cdnguys]

Is this really Saint John lol? Long term debt cut in half, construction announcements every few weeks, 200 people moving here every month (StatCan Labour Report), job shortages, new vibrancy uptown, tax rate decrease ….
With the Tennis Centre we may have the best indoor facilities.

[homebody]

Originally Posted by adamuptownsj

More activity at TCB today. 2-3 pieces of equipment on-site. I am gonna wander over and ask what they're up to. A lot of chainlink fencing has been removed as well.

EDIT: crew gone, but there's a 15' pile of dirt on site. No hole, though.

Would it be the apartment building that was proposed? The Landmark.

[ColSJ]

Originally Posted by cdnguys

Is this really Saint John lol? Long term debt cut in half, construction announcements every few weeks, 200 people moving here every month (StatCan Labour Report), job shortages, new vibrancy uptown, tax rate decrease ….
With the Tennis Centre we may have the best indoor facilities.

I wasn’t aware how much progress the city has been making on finances. Hats off to the finance committee and staff for the progress thus far.

[adamuptownsj]

Originally Posted by homebody

Would it be the apartment building that was proposed? The Landmark.

Nope. I am pretty convinced that project is dead.

Here's a map of what's going on down here.

https://imgur.com/a/uPe83Kf

[darkharbour]

Originally Posted by ColSJ

NB’s Largest Indoor Tennis Facility Planned for UNB Saint John



The facility will costs between $15-20 million, have 8 courts, construction is to begin in 2023 and open in 2024. This puts 3 projects in the pipeline for UNBSJ with another residence building on the way, the health centre and now this.

Really great news all around for a campus that could really drive some tremendous growth for the city in both Millidgeville and the corridor between it and Uptown.

[ColSJ]

I don’t think a timeline was ever mentioned on here for The Aquirias project on Fairville Boulevard but the TJ is reporting it will begin construction this summer.

[Southpaw78]

Originally Posted by ColSJ

On the museum subject Premier Higgs says we should have more details about the future of the museum by this October. I personally would hate to have the museum down there by Tin Can.

Was there a reference I missed somewhere to the Museum being proposed for Tin Can Beach?

[ColSJ]

Originally Posted by Southpaw78

Was there a reference I missed somewhere to the Museum being proposed for Tin Can Beach?

No just a possible location that has been discussed over the years on this thread. As of now there has been no official mention of an exact location.

[Southpaw78]

Originally Posted by ColSJ

No just a possible location that has been discussed over the years on this thread. As of now there has been no official mention of an exact location.

OK! I must have missed that discussion somewhere. In agreement that seems like it wouldn't be an ideal place unless it was to be some catalyst for some long-term vision for the old Lantic Sugar site.

Personally I would love to see it incorporated into Funday Quay...

Sadly it seems we aren't going to hear any word on a possible location until October and I'm not holding my breath for even then we'll know.

[ColSJ]

This 3 storey apartment building on Board Head really went up under the radar.

[ColSJ]

A couple of updates around Millidgeville.

The Arlington has started, right now it’s mainly just infrastructure work.

Looks like a pair of apartment building will be built in the back of Royal Parkway off of University Avenue.

Seabird Suites is “progressing” I guess you could say. A very slow construction project.

Apartment complex behind Tipsy Tomato has not started.

More excavation has seem to be have taken place on the hill up and behind Boars Head Road. I’m wondering if someone is planning a new sub division up there.

[cdnguys]

Originally Posted by ColSJ

A couple of updates around Millidgeville.

The Arlington has started, right now it’s mainly just infrastructure work.

Looks like a pair of apartment building will be built in the back of Royal Parkway off of University Avenue.

Seabird Suites is “progressing” I guess you could say. A very slow construction project.

Apartment complex behind Tipsy Tomato has not started.

More excavation has seem to be have taken place on the hill up and behind Boars Head Road. I’m wondering if someone is planning a new sub division up there.

Millidgeville is booming. What are the indications of new apts off of Royal? Any escavation? I’m sure there will also be announcements in the future for fire station site and city works site.

[bridgeoftea]

Originally Posted by ColSJ

A couple of updates around Millidgeville.

The Arlington has started, right now it’s mainly just infrastructure work.

Looks like a pair of apartment building will be built in the back of Royal Parkway off of University Avenue.

Seabird Suites is “progressing” I guess you could say. A very slow construction project.

Apartment complex behind Tipsy Tomato has not started.

More excavation has seem to be have taken place on the hill up and behind Boars Head Road. I’m wondering if someone is planning a new sub division up there.

Not quite Milledgeville but the apartment complex on the hill for technology drive has a few excavators moving dirt around.