[Moncton] Downtown Developments

[MonctonRad]

Thanks for the information and welcome to the forum!

[MonctonRad]

So, if this recent flurry of sales of surface parking lots in the core is simply related to internal reorganization within the Heritage Group, then it would appear there is likely nothing going on here of any interest.

I guess this is an example that the presence of smoke doesn't always indicate a fire...……..

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

So, if this recent flurry of sales of surface parking lots in the core is simply related to internal reorganization within the Heritage Group, then it would appear there is likely nothing going on here of any interest.

I guess this is an example that the presence of smoke doesn't always indicate a fire...……..

There were a lot of transactions that day in multiple locations downtown. Was every one of them Heritage Group I wonder?

[josh_cat_eyes]

Originally Posted by shanemagee

Property records show these Aug. 28 transactions are transfers from one Heritage entity to another.

For example, the property south of the rail line beside the new RCMP station (PID 70368576) went from Heritages Resources Inc. to Heritage Group Properties Inc.

The property between Foundry and Lutz where the future east-west street is planned was transferred from Heritages Resources Inc. to Albert Management Inc., which lists Ross and Richard Carpenter as its directors.

That is such good info!! Thank you! Do you know about the other purchases. There was one on Fleet Street that I didn’t mention and the 2 behind spin it records. Also the lots on Robinson south of their existing parking lot.

I agree MonctonRad this may not be anything big, however we now know the amount of property heritage owns in downtown as well. They could be a player when it comes to the redevelopment of the area. Especially if they if they are working in collaboration with Ashford and the City of Moncton.

[MonctonRad]

Another new midrise apartment building proposed for the downtown west end:

Amico Construction on behalf of/au nom de 713651 NB INC (Trevor Ritchie) 117-115 rue Cameron Street, 106, 108-110, 116, 124 rue Weldon Street (PIDs/NIDs 00693119, 00699249, 00699231, 00699223, 00699215) variances to not provide a public entrance on the façade and increase the maximum permitted height within 10 metres of a street permit the construction of a 6 storey/82 unit building

Location map:


Site plan:

(for some reason this is reversed from the location map, with the north directional indicator pointing downwards)

Elevation:


Rendering:




All information from the agenda for the September PAC meeting for the City of Moncton.

Another Spitfire design, but I kinda like this one. It has good massing and the absence of a front driveway is interesting. The lighting design at nighttime is a plus. With the existing apartment buildings already located on this block, this area of downtown is going to start feeling very urban.

[theshark]

Few years back the average height of what was built was 3-4 stories, now looks like the average is 6 stories. Keep going Moncton! Would be nice to see something between 12-15 stories in the near future!

[shanemagee]

Originally Posted by josh_cat_eyes

That is such good info!! Thank you! Do you know about the other purchases. There was one on Fleet Street that I didn’t mention and the 2 behind spin it records. Also the lots on Robinson south of their existing parking lot.

I agree MonctonRad this may not be anything big, however we now know the amount of property heritage owns in downtown as well. They could be a player when it comes to the redevelopment of the area. Especially if they if they are working in collaboration with Ashford and the City of Moncton.

All of the Aug. 28 transactions I looked at were Heritage-related - from Fleet to Robinson, over to Steadman and Godfrey/Andrew Lane.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by theshark

Few years back the average height of what was built was 3-4 stories, now looks like the average is 6 stories. Keep going Moncton! Would be nice to see something between 12-15 stories in the near future!

Indeed. I've made the same observation myself regarding the average height of new projects.

I would also like to see some 12-15 storey towers in the downtown, but if it were up to me, I would prefer to see them built closer to the central core, especially south of Main Street, in order to replace the surface parking down there (and to soften the phallic brutalism of the Assumption Place tower).

The downtown west end near the Avenir Centre I sort of envisage as gradually densifying in the manner that currently seems to be happening, with mid rise apartment buildings in the six storey range.

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by shanemagee

All of the Aug. 28 transactions I looked at were Heritage-related - from Fleet to Robinson, over to Steadman and Godfrey/Andrew Lane.

Shane, do you have any idea why Heritage are doing all these land transactions? Could they have development plans, or is it just internal shuffling things around on paper. Thanks.

[shanemagee]

Originally Posted by jonny golden

Shane, do you have any idea why Heritage are doing all these land transactions? Could they have development plans, or is it just internal shuffling things around on paper. Thanks.

I don't. I only looked into the transactions after noticing during a regular check of the SNB site how many key parcels had seemingly changed hands.

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Another new midrise apartment building proposed for the downtown west end:



Location map:


Site plan:

(for some reason this is reversed from the location map, with the north directional indicator pointing downwards)

Elevation:


Rendering:




All information from the agenda for the September PAC meeting for the City of Moncton.

Another Spitfire design, but I kinda like this one. It has good massing and the absence of a front driveway is interesting. The lighting design at nighttime is a plus. With the existing apartment buildings already located on this block, this area of downtown is going to start feeling very urban.

Weldon Street is going to look very different when this building & the one at 66 Weldon are completed. Each are 6 floors, replacing older houses and vacant land. 142 more units, both just a short walk to the downtown center. This one is interesting in that they've purchased the lot on Cameron Street to use as their entrance to the property, with the building nicely filling the lot along Weldon Street.

[josh_cat_eyes]

With the amount of build up happening in the western area of downtown, it would be nice to see Gordon Street have an actual full intersection with Vaughan Harvey Blvd. I’ve even thought having roundabouts at this intersection, St. George & Millennium/John would be a nice way to help traffic flow through the city a bit better.

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by flyer99

170 Victoria Street apartment building update:

It's Thursday and the parking lot for the building is being paved. They put the curbs in a few days ago. The building also has a "For Rent" sign attached to it. The old website is still not working. The supervisor I was talking to a while back was shooting for a completion date of around Labour Day but, personally, I feel there is still a lot of work to be done considering there are about 20 worker vehicles parked around there every day.

I took a drive by the 170 Victoria Street apartment building today and I must say they've done a great job with it. The finished product looks really nice. Just a bit of landscaping left to put the finishing touches on it. Also I noticed some patio furniture, so they've started renting the units. Another very nice infilling project in the city core.

[MonctonRad]

Site prep work for the new Codiac RCMP HQ on Albert St. is complete. Construction starts next spring.



Although "on the other side of the tracks", this building should be quite visible from the Sobeys parking lot downtown, and also from Vaughan Harvey Blvd southbound. I t will add to the "finished" appearances of the downtown west end, especially as the Junction Urban Village continues to build out.

[MonctonRad]

Some colour for the page:



I took this photo last evening as I was on the way to a restaurant with one of my sons. I thought the visual layering was interesting, and it shows the transformation occurring in the downtown east end.

[JHikka]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Another new midrise apartment building proposed for the downtown west end:

Good added density but a boring design and poor land use. Still placing suburban builds in areas that should be purely for urban builds.

[tmacdougall]

To note, Councillor Greg Turner said the design and funding have yet to be approved as per social media.

"...funding has not been finalized, as the designing stage is still in progress." - Greg Turner

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Site prep work for the new Codiac RCMP HQ on Albert St. is complete. Construction starts next spring.



Although "on the other side of the tracks", this building should be quite visible from the Sobeys parking lot downtown, and also from Vaughan Harvey Blvd southbound. I t will add to the "finished" appearances of the downtown west end, especially as the Junction Urban Village continues to build out.

[MonctonRad]

I noticed yesterday that they had made a cutting in the embankment along the east side of Vaughan Harvey Blvd, next to the new site of the Codiac RCMP station. Presumably this cutting is for the planned exit/emergency escape route which will connect to the parking lot at the back of the station.


You can see the escape route here, on this site plan, just above the red dotted line on the left side of the image

[MonctonRad]

New tea room opened on St George St, right across from the Centre Culturel Aberdeen.

Jassy Tea Room

Huddle article - https://huddle.today/this-moncton-tea-ro...xecfEItsUUyGKu9AjTY1IOh5hO8vDsCwRvnKdeM0
Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/jassysantic/



In addition to fine teas and lattes, the store also has a showroom for "luxury vintage antiques".

[MonctonRad]

Construction site of the new maternal/newborn wing at the Moncton Hospital


Photo taken from the window of the doctor's lounge right next door.