[Moncton] Riverview Developments

[Leroy321]

Steel frame going up today for the dollarama development

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by Leroy321

Steel frame going up today for the dollarama development

They've been doing a lot of new curb work in the parking lot, but away from the Sobeys/Dollar Store area. Doesn't seem like it's connected to the new construction project.

[josh_cat_eyes]

Originally Posted by jonny golden

They've been doing a lot of new curb work in the parking lot, but away from the Sobeys/Dollar Store area. Doesn't seem like it's connected to the new construction project.

The I had initially thought this was as where the rumoured A&W restaurant was going, I not think they were just changing the entrance to the parking lot to make it easier for the dollarama delivery trucks to enter the parking lot (or exit depending where the loading dock is).

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by josh_cat_eyes

The I had initially thought this was as where the rumoured A&W restaurant was going, I not think they were just changing the entrance to the parking lot to make it easier for the dollarama delivery trucks to enter the parking lot (or exit depending where the loading dock is).

Sounds likely. I haven't seen anything concrete regarding A&W coming to Riverview beyond rumours. The new Dollarama is showing up on the Crombie website, but no trace of an A&W. If they ever decide to put one in the Sobeys complex, they'd make a killing. Especially with the high school near by.

[jonny golden]

Another theft at the Christmas lights display. Seems to be a regular occurrence unfortunately.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by jonny golden

Another theft at the Christmas lights display. Seems to be a regular occurrence unfortunately.

Happily it was only an extension cord (but still).

I see they have switched to aluminum wiring this year to prevent copper theft. It cost them $50,000 to repair the damage from last year.

The city has repaired all the wiring on their side of the Gunningsville Bridge, but I see the lights on the bridge itself are still out (? provincial responsibility?). If so, I imagine this is a low priority item for Parsimonious Higgs ........

Copper theft has gotten out of hand around the city. I seriously think that any perpetrators should get federal time for these crimes (at least two years in Dorchester). Maybe they can dry out and get help with their addiction issues while in the pen.

[MonctonRad]

Agenda for the December PACS meeting for the town of Riverview:

https://www.townofriverview.ca/sites/default/files/12-14-2022_agenda.pdf

Only item of note is a planned eight unit building for 342 Pine Glen Road.

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Agenda for the December PACS meeting for the town of Riverview:

https://www.townofriverview.ca/sites/default/files/12-14-2022_agenda.pdf

Only item of note is a planned eight unit building for 342 Pine Glen Road.

Looks like there's a building on this lot already. 8 units is relatively small, so I guess they could put it behind the current building.

[Leroy321]

Does anyone know if the 2 10 floor building will be built next year?

[MonctonRad]

Riverview’s Proposed Twin Towers Project On Hold
Moncton, NB, Canada / 91.9 The Bend
News
Jan 13, 2022 | 1:59 PM
https://www.919thebend.ca/2022/01/13/apa...tion-site-scheduled-for-fall-completion/

Essentially Thrive has too many irons in the fire right now, and with labour shortages and supply chain issues, the start of this project is delayed until other projects currently under construction are finished. I suspect a 2024 start date.

[jonny golden]

Unfortunately teenager Will Campbell will have to close his business on Pinewood Rd. due to vandalism. He owns the Ice Cream Barn that goes by the name Christmas Barn in the winter months. The windows were smashed out in the break & enter, and it will take too long to order new ones & re-install them. He intends to reopen in the summertime. Sad.

[Conorth]

Originally Posted by jonny golden

Looks like there's a building on this lot already. 8 units is relatively small, so I guess they could put it behind the current building.

You're right.

https://www.townofriverview.ca/sites/default/files/22-1625_pac_report.pdf

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by Conorth

You're right.

https://www.townofriverview.ca/sites/default/files/22-1625_pac_report.pdf

A lot of these smaller in-filling projects being built in Riverview.

[MonctonRad]

Current status of The Tides by Thrive Properties:

• Video Link
Infinity Aerials video

[jonny golden]

Something that strikes me about The Tides video is the number of cars/trucks around the site. It looks like they have a healthy crew working on the project. It'll be nice when it's totally finished and no longer a construction site. Those units on the river side of the building will have a nice view, especially the ones on the upper floors. The city at night, the Christmas lights display, the July 1st fireworks etc..

[MonctonRad]

This was posted on ConstructConnect Canada:



This obviously refers to the new recreational complex that Riverview intends to build on Bridgedale Blvd next to the Mill Creek Nature Park.

https://rrc.townofriverview.ca/#what



The listing gives us an intended start date of October 2023, which probably means site prep next fall, followed by construction in the spring of 2024.

[jonny golden]

There's an automotive building on the SW corner of Pine Glen & Coverdale that's had a for sale sign on it. I noticed that it's now been sold. Would someone buy it for the auto business, or would they demolish it so they could build on the land? It' s a good sized lot.

[WillGo]

Originally Posted by jonny golden

There's an automotive building on the SW corner of Pine Glen & Coverdale that's had a for sale sign on it. I noticed that it's now been sold. Would someone buy it for the auto business, or would they demolish it so they could build on the land? It' s a good sized lot.

We've been a customer there for as long as they have been there. They will be missed! Heard that it is going to remain in the auto business but possibly as a windshield shop. Third hand info so we shall see.

[josh_cat_eyes]

Originally Posted by jonny golden

There's an automotive building on the SW corner of Pine Glen & Coverdale that's had a for sale sign on it. I noticed that it's now been sold. Would someone buy it for the auto business, or would they demolish it so they could build on the land? It' s a good sized lot.

I believe that Bumper to Bumper is going to be moving there from Hillsbourgh Road in point park area. Bumper to Bumper has taken their signs down and moved all their inventory from their lot, and after this, the old Riverview auto painted the outside of their building red.

[DyAm00394]

Riverview gets updated look at recreation centre with pool, field house

"Estimated cost ranges from $37M to $45M with town hoping for provincial, federal funding.

Riverview has new designs and a revised cost estimate for its proposed recreation centre, but there's still no clear answer on whether it will get funded by the federal and provincial governments.

The southeast New Brunswick town began planning for a new centre almost a decade ago. New designs were presented to Riverview councillors at a committee meeting late last month.

The town envisions a pool, walking track, field house and fitness centre in the building off Bridgedale Boulevard near an entrance to the Mill Creek Nature Park.

"This really is now bringing it into perspective of what it look like, feel like, the interior exterior spaces, the site plan, it's all encompassed in that," David Shea, the town's director of parks, recreation and community relations, said in an interview last week.

Representatives from MJMA Architecture & Design and Acre Architects outlined the plans for the 5,588-square-metre building.

The field house would have two side-by-side basketball courts, where an artificial turf field could be rolled out for other sports.

The aquatic centre would feature a 25-metre, eight-lane pool with adjacent leisure pool. It will replace the town's Pat Crossman Memorial Aquatic Centre.

Town councillors this fall also voted to add small fitness centre with weights and some equipment.

The cost is now estimated to range from $37.3 million to $45.7 million, with a more precise figure expected once design work is finished.

The town hopes the province and federal governments will cover about 60 per cent of the cost through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Fund.

Earlier this year, town officials said work on the centre had been paused while waiting on a funding decision. Councillors then voted to go ahead with further design work.

A spokesperson for Infrastructure Canada told CBC News at the time that the federal department had yet to receive an application, which would come from the province under a joint funding agreement for the program signed in 2018.

Last Tuesday, CBC asked the province two questions: Whether it has made a decision on funding the recreation centre, and if not, when that decision will be made. The province did not answer the questions by the end of the week.

Shea said the designers sought to emphasize the park in the building's design.

"A couple of key pillars they built in was to keep the nature park as intact as possible, to select the least disturbed forest, but also to bring people into the forest," Shea said.

"So some of those areas include a overlooking porch, where at that elevation, you could really look out over the nature park tree-canopy sight glass through the facility. So you'd enter that warm welcoming lobby, but you can still see the forest in the backdrop."

The plans also indicate that a future expansion could be added to the west.

A snow-dump site near the roundabout on Bridgedale Boulevard could also be used in the future as an outdoor turf field.

Shea said site clearing work will take place next year. He said the town hopes to know about funding early in the new year.

Councillors would still need to cast several more votes before construction would begin.

Ideally, he said the doors to the building would open in late 2025.

"We're certainly looking forward to the next steps, slash super paranoid about the finances, but that's alright, we'll get there," Mayor Andrew LeBlanc said after the designs were presented last month.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns...fdKpDfwIJHIMcDb2gV-Y3XWWL5EEgDTPkTNsk7EY