The Official Moncton, NB Project Thread

[Riberview]

'Zactly.

[MonctonRad]

Another modest Moncton PAC agenda. The only item is for a modest revision to the Jonathon Park subdivision in the NW end.

https://www5.moncton.ca/docs/pac/PAC/September_28_2022/4_b_Jonathan_Park_Avis_Public_Notice.pdf

This has been the quietest year for PAC in about five years.

[Monctoncore]

Either the city needs to hire more staff as they are far behind on paperwork (like we have heard) or developers in the city have gone on strike. I truly believe its the first one, the vacancy rate is still way too low and demand high.

[habs33]

Interesting tweet from CBC's Robert Jones
https://twitter.com/cbcjones/status/1570153550667476993

Building construction in greater Moncton (residential and non residential) hit a record $522.0 million during the first 7 months of 2022. It's more than greater Fredericton ($278.3 million) and greater Saint John ($213.8 million) combined.

[MonctonRad]

There's no question that construction in the city is carrying on at a historic pace, but all they are doing is catching up on previously approved projects.

Precious few new projects have been approved by the city so far this year. This is not a problem now, but could be a problem in a couple of years once the contractors have caught up.

[Ifyoubuildit]

Originally Posted by Monctoncore

Either the city needs to hire more staff as they are far behind on paperwork (like we have heard) or developers in the city have gone on strike. I truly believe its the first one, the vacancy rate is still way too low and demand high.

What I have heard is that supply costs have not come down and in many cases are still increasing, interest rates doubled, and labor is sparse causing significant delays and expense, government increased apartment property assessments by 20-30% and followed that up with a rent cap. These projects apparently are no longer making financial sense under these conditions. If we think the housing crisis is bad now, it will be a disaster in two years. It is not like developers can instantly turn the faucet back on, it seems past projects we have seen were planned 1-2 years prior. Government should stop penalizing developers and rather find ways to support projects. With the mass retirement of baby boomers, immigration is more important than ever to solidify our economy. But where are these newcomers going to live!

[ColSJ]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

There's no question that construction in the city is carrying on at a historic pace, but all they are doing is catching up on previously approved projects.

Precious few new projects have been approved by the city so far this year. This is not a problem now, but could be a problem in a couple of years once the contractors have caught up.

I think it’s worth noting Metro Moncton has approved a lot of projects that have multiple phases. So yes the absence of new projects may be disappointing but there are still plenty of projects lined up for years to come.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Another modest Moncton PAC agenda. The only item is for a modest revision to the Jonathon Park subdivision in the NW end.

https://www5.moncton.ca/docs/pac/PAC/September_28_2022/4_b_Jonathan_Park_Avis_Public_Notice.pdf

This has been the quietest year for PAC in about five years.

The PAC agenda has been fleshed out a bit more. They are going to discuss Eastgate & the Vineyard subdivisions amongst a few other things, but, still no huge surprises:

https://www.moncton.ca/planning-advisory-committee

[MonctonRad]

This interesting factoid was posted on Mayor Dawn Arnold's Facebook page:



Why is this? I don't know. I don't get the impression there is a new actual "baby boom" occurring in the city. Perhaps most of our immigrants are bringing young families with them, but if so, why Moncton in particular?

[josh_cat_eyes]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

This interesting factoid was posted on Mayor Dawn Arnold's Facebook page:



Why is this? I don't know. I don't get the impression there is a new actual "baby boom" occurring in the city. Perhaps most of our immigrants are bringing young families with them, but if so, why Moncton in particular?

This could be why the schools have seen so much pressure in the last 15 years.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by josh_cat_eyes

This could be why the schools have seen so much pressure in the last 15 years.

It certainly seems that despite continual new school construction in the metro area, that the portable classrooms have not gone away.........

Maybe Moncton will need a new fifth anglophone high school after all..........

[Monctoncore]

What’s good about this is the fact this means there are more young families in the city, which is extremely important!

[CreamOfpumpkin]

Maybe, and this is positive thinking here, but just maybe the developers know of a couple of big projects that are imminent. So they are less inclined to make a splash, at least not in Moncton core.
If I was planning a big build-out and investment I would think I would be knowledgeable about not just current market conditions but also the near future development schedule.

[MonctonRad]

Oh, I'm sure that the Moncton development community is well aware of the major plans for the downtown (Downing Street, Ashford Lands, remainder of the Junction Urban Village, 1299 Main, towers 2&3 of the Three Sisters, St. Bernard Square, the ASEC, etc, etc, etc.), and this no doubt has some bearing on their own development plans.

There will be no shortage of construction projects in the downtown area for the foreseeable future (unless economic conditions force plans to be cancelled).

[Lobster chucker]

So the under 15 stats is used by relocating companies and manufacturers as a barometer of future workforce. they use this as a on marker in making decisions when relocations or setting up shop or manufacturing

[MonctonRad]

Moncton's Hindu community opens first temple in city
Organizers say having a temple in the city is a ‘dream come true’
Alexandre Silberman · CBC News · Posted: Oct 10, 2022 5:45 PM AT | Last Updated: October 10
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns...ity-opens-first-temple-in-city-1.6612113

[habs33]

Mayor Arnold posted on her fb page:
A huge and important meeting of Moncton City Council tomorrow

Here is the agenda:
https://www5.moncton.ca/docs/councilmeet...biXclrxPMjk3BE1WBk0t8wlS0JyY8aMdbv_wl0jQ

[MonctonRad]

Here's Mayor Arnold's Facebook update regarding the conclusions of this meeting:

Had a LARGE Public Session of Moncton City Council tonight (almost 7 hours)! We began with public presentations on a tourism centre idea, and updates from Harvest House and on Elmwood Drive widening.

From there we had the first reading of our “Fees & Charges” by-law and three tentative subdivision plans:
• Mountain Equities Ltd., between 2181 and 2251 Mountain Road (3 apartment buildings)
• Jonathan Park — Unit 4, between Amiens Drive and Salengro Crescent (37 residential lots -- this was postponed)
• Sterling Meadows Unit 3, northern side of Shediac Road (16 residential lots and 5 future development lots)

We then had the Public Hearing for the development charge area (to accommodate the Shannex development at Mountain Road and Worthington).

Next up was the Public Hearing for the extension of the serviceable boundary for Eastgate on Elmwood Drive and this was followed by the Public Hearing for Vineyard development, also on Elmwood and also requesting an extension to the serviceable boundary – both of these developments will move ahead (pending 2nd and 3rd by-law readings).

We had the 2nd and 3rd readings of our Animal Control By-law, with the necessary changes to include cats. (Thank you to the many community volunteers who provided feedback.) Also, had the 1st reading for our new “Taxis, Limousines and Vehicles for Hire” By-law.

Nominations to the Youth Advisory Committee:
• Shrija Parey — Moncton High
• Nelly Yeung — Moncton Christian Academy
And, that’s it! Let me know if you have questions.

Colour me very surprised, but it sounds like both the Vineyard and EastGate Village have lived to survive another day despite the opposition of town planning, the PAC and the Mayor's office! I thought both proposals were dead in the water!!!

[MonctonRad]

This freshly published article on the T&T website confirms that both EastGate and the Vineyard have been approved by Moncton city council, by a vote of 6-5.

https://tj.news/times-and-transcript/101988997 (paywall)

[MonctonRad]

Here is the agenda for the October PACS meeting for the City of Moncton:

https://www5.moncton.ca/docs/pac/PAC/Oct_26_2022/Agenda_Ordre_du_jour_Oct_26_oct.pdf

As has been typical recently, this is a very light agenda.