[Moncton] Northwest/Magnetic Hill Developments - Page 158

MonctonRad · #**3141** Posted **Nov 17, 2025, 7:24 PM**

Amifade's Barbershop is moving into the old Knot's Jiu-Jitsu space in Evergreen Plaza on Mountain Road.

Evergreen Plaza is now back to 100% occupancy.

MonctonRad · #**3142** Posted **Nov 18, 2025, 3:26 PM**

They are ramping up for the next master development plan for the city of Moncton.

They had a couple of people from the city planning department on CBC Radio this morning to discuss certain aspects about this. They had some interesting things to say, including the two points below, which impact the city's northwest end.

1) - The city is looking at developing "transportation corridors" in the city, including streets like Mountain road, Elmwood Drive and Lewisville Road. Part of this will mean densification of these corridors in order to boost public transit usage. This will mean increasing height and density along these routes. These roads will increasingly be treated as proper arterials, with limited access from private driveways. Zoning will reflect this. Existing private driveways will be grandfathered, but in the future, any new developments along these streets will have limited access (think Dieppe Blvd). SFH along these routes will no longer be allowed. These roads will be lined by midrise and highrise apartment clusters.

2) - Development charge areas will become more common in different areas of the city. This will force developers to be partially responsible for the costs of developing the roadways and services servicing their projects. By doing so, this will help stimulate densification in order for these developers to continue to generate profits. Two examples given were the Vision Lands, and the new section of the Pinehurst neighbourhood currently under development behind the Northwest Centre. Regarding the latter, the extension of Worthington, the creation of the new roundabout near the NBCC and the new connector to Mountain Road are nearly complete. Expect the land immediately behind the Northwest Centre to become a mid to high rise apartment neighbourhood. I have already heard rumblings on this happening anyway. The fact that NBCC is right next door anyway would make such a development popular because of the student population.

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MonctonRad · #**3143** Posted **Nov 21, 2025, 3:19 AM**

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They delivered a large amount of structural stell to the construction site for the new McDonald's on Mountain Road this morning.

The foundation is already in. I imagine the plan will be to mount the structural steel this week, and enclose the building by the first of December, so they can carry on with interior construction over the wintertime and plan for a late spring opening.

Structural steel for the new McDonald's is now going up.

MonctonRad · #**3144** Posted **Dec 1, 2025, 12:44 PM**

The big rush is on today to finish work on the new Mountain Rd/Worthington Ave intersection by NBCC.

This work should have been done 4-6 weeks ago, but we are getting a big snow storm tomorrow, signaling the end of the road construction season, so they can't put things off any longer. I think they will be able to do it.

MonctonRad · #**3145** Posted **Dec 3, 2025, 12:41 PM**

Work is not completely done, but, at least they reopened all four lanes on Mountain Road to traffic (after about five months).

reflist · #**3146** Posted **Dec 6, 2025, 6:35 PM**

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Work is not completely done, but, at least they reopened all four lanes on Mountain Road to traffic (after about five months).

Today I when by the Ayr St entrance and the concrete barrier was removed. The roundabout is accessible by Ayr and you could drive in the roundabout, but the other street access is blocked by barrier. Also while I was eating at DQ, I noticed quite a few cars stopping right at the yellow flashing light even though no other cars. I thought that was funny.

new kid in town · #**3147** Posted **Dec 7, 2025, 10:13 AM**

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I noticed quite a few cars stopping right at the yellow flashing light even though no other cars. I thought that was funny.

Probably ON drivers. If a stoplight isn't working properly in ON, it becomes treated like an all-way stop. Admittedly, the first time I saw it, I thought that was going to be the case until I saw that the perpendicular street was getting red flashing lights.

drewber · #**3148** Posted **Dec 7, 2025, 4:59 PM**

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Probably ON drivers. If a stoplight isn't working properly in ON, it becomes treated like an all-way stop. Admittedly, the first time I saw it, I thought that was going to be the case until I saw that the perpendicular street was getting red flashing lights.

Directly from Ontario.ca so it's the exact same as it is here, drivers are just bad drivers.

MonctonRad · #**3149** Posted **Jan 7, 2026, 7:02 PM**

Glad Tidings Church on Mountain Road near the casino is apparently undergoing an expansion.

Rice Contracting rendering

MonctonRad · #**3150** Posted **Jan 9, 2026, 2:03 PM**

The walls are going up for the new Denny's/Fen's/Starbucks at the Mapleton exit from the TCH.

MonctonRad · #**3151** Posted **Jan 23, 2026, 4:09 AM**

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The walls are going up for the new Denny's/Fen's/Starbucks at the Mapleton exit from the TCH.

Fen's has a post on Facebook predicting a Spring 2026 opening date.

This seems awfully heroic to me. Maybe sometime in July or August.

drewber · #**3152** Posted **Jan 23, 2026, 6:12 AM**

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Fen's has a post on Facebook predicting a Spring 2026 opening date.

This seems awfully heroic to me. Maybe sometime in July or August.

Spring technically goes until mid June. Maybe they anticipate a busy April and May building.

MonctonRad · #**3153** Posted **Jan 27, 2026, 12:45 PM**

LOLA Supermarket (another ethnic grocery store) is now open next to NBCC on Mountain Road. It looks quite modern and spacious.

Leroy321 · #**3154** Posted **Jan 30, 2026, 9:10 PM**

It looks like the Moncton live on Monday will have a presentation for the “Vision Lands”.
https://www5.moncton.ca/docs/councilmeetings/2026/Agenda/2026_02_02_Agenda_Ordre_du_jour.pdf

Leroy321 · #**3155** Posted **Feb 2, 2026, 10:35 PM**

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It looks like the Moncton live on Monday will have a presentation for the “Vision Lands”.
https://www5.moncton.ca/docs/councilmeetings/2026/Agenda/2026_02_02_Agenda_Ordre_du_jour.pdf

The meeting is still on but they have already said they intend to have 12000-14000 units and with buildings reaching as high as 14-16 floors. This will definitely need its own thread…

Leroy321 · #**3156** Posted **Feb 10, 2026, 2:33 AM**

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new development for 480 and 528 ryan st:

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"The rezoning will accommodate three, four-storey apartment buildings, each building will provide 63 units for a total of 189 units between all three buildings."

There’s a mini tower crane now on site.

MonctonRad · #**3157** Posted **Feb 12, 2026, 12:52 PM**

The residential development rumoured for Corey Craig Drive, between Casino Drive and Charles Lutes Road is going to be presented to Moncton PAC.

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The City of Moncton has received a request for a variance for properties located at 50-80 Corey Craig Drive (south of Charles Lutes Road) to reduce the front and side yard setbacks, to increase the parking lot coverage to cover more than 35% of a lot, and to allow a driveway within 3m of a property line. The variances will accommodate the construction of five new multiple unit buildings, with a total of 667 dwelling units (PIDs 70417001, 70649322, 70649348. 70423728). The property is zoned HC (Highway Commercial).

Unfortunately, the rumoured residential towers that we were advised about last year have been replaced with a series of five six storey "Spitfire specials." instead.

Quality construction to be sure, but boring........

I will post the site plan and a rendering when I get home from work this evening.

Leroy321 · #**3158** Posted **Feb 12, 2026, 2:08 PM**

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The residential development rumoured for Corey Craig Drive, between Casino Drive and Charles Lutes Road is going to be presented to Moncton PAC.

Unfortunately, the rumoured residential towers that we were advised about last year have been replaced with a series of five six storey "Spitfire specials." instead.

Quality construction to be sure, but boring........

I will post the site plan and a rendering when I get home from work this evening.

I wonder what the difference really is between 5x6 floor or 2x16 floor it seems like it would be the same amount of units. Spitfire also seems to design buildings only up to 6 floors with a bunch of surface parking.

jonny golden · #**3159** Posted **Feb 12, 2026, 2:31 PM**

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I wonder what the difference really is between 5x6 floor or 2x16 floor it seems like it would be the same amount of units. Spitfire also seems to design buildings only up to 6 floors with a bunch of surface parking.

I really wish that we could break out of the 6 floor "norm" that seems to be so prevalent around Moncton.

How long would it take to recoup the cost of an extra 3-4 floors? Long term wouldn't it be a better return on investment? Mr. Lafford seems to think so.

The way Moncton is growing, there's no doubt that the market is there. The two missed opportunities that bother me the most are the West Gate (tomato) building and St. Bernard's. Very important locations in downtown Moncton, and we end up with the mundane 6 floor box. Sad.

MonctonRad · #**3160** Posted **Feb 12, 2026, 2:35 PM**

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I wonder what the difference really is between 5x6 floor or 2x16 floor it seems like it would be the same amount of units. Spitfire also seems to design buildings only up to 6 floors with a bunch of surface parking.

Same number of units probably, but a lot cheaper. Fire code requirement beyond six storeys are a lot more onerous, and, Spitfire just modifies a pre-existing template (more or less) for their design work. This substantially reduces cost over a really imaginative professional architectural design firm.