Is There Something Afoot for York Street in Sackville???
There was an item on CTV News Atlantic this evening about four commercial tenants in two adjacent buildings on York Street, across from Convocation Hall getting lease terminations in the last week.
I decided to look into it further, and came across this item on the CHMA Radio website:
Redevelopment in the works for York Street in Sackville
May 24, 2024
Erica Butler
https://www.chmafm.com/welcome/redev...-in-sackville/
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A portion of York Street in Sackville has been slated for redevelopment as early as next summer.
Businesses at 26 and 28 York Street have received notice that their leases will terminate at the end of April 2025. The two properties–which house Blind Forest Books, Sweet Yummyland, The Little Pantry and Steel Clippers–are all owned by Right Coast Realty, whose director is Mike Wilson, the CEO of the AIL Group.
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AIL vice president of finance Wendy Alder confirmed that termination notices have been sent for April 30 of next year, but said the company had no further information to share at this point, including how many properties might be involved in a future redevelopment.
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Farther down York Street there is a large empty lot where a fire destroyed the former Joey’s Pizza and Pasta and heavily damaged a neighbouring building, in April 2023. Those two properties, 10-14 York Street and 16-20 York Street, are owned by Moncton based companies, 707326 NB Inc. and Saigon Leaf Inc., respectively. Efforts to contact the owners have been unsuccessful to date.
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Blooms Flowershop is located next door at 24 York Street, in the former Thomas Bowser House, which may date back to circa 1850, according to the Tantramar Heritage Trust. The house is owned by Blooms co-owners Haidee Lynn Robertson and Trudy Lynn Wood. The pair announced that Blooms was for sale on social media on April 9, 2024. CHMA has reached out to find out if the property may be included in a redevelopment plan.
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All three of these parcels together make a large block of land available for potential redevelopment. Is there something afoot? Hmmmm.......
Is this something Lafford could have his hand in? Sackville is his home town.
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All properties along the stretch of York between Main Street and Lansdowne are zoned for ‘mixed use‘ development, which includes commercial and multi-unit residential uses, and buildings up to 50 feet in height.
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Are we looking at a series of mixed use apartment buildings up to five storeys in height? The location is ideal, immediately adjacent to Mount Allison University.
Again, hmmmmmm.........
BTW, this CHMA article has better investigative reporting than anything I've seen from the T&T in the last several years. CHMA is a student run university radio station.