[Halifax] Nova Centre | 65-58-58 m | 16-15-14 fl | Completed

[Jonovision]

20170401_130306 by Jonovision23, on Flickr

[RoshanMcG]

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[OldDartmouthMark]

Great photo! It's neat to see The Dillon off to the left as well. Thanks for posting.

[PeterAKer]

Great photos!

I'm looking forward to be attending the 2018 Conservative Convention at the Halifax Convention Centre Next Summer.

[beyeas]

Not sure if was reported on here already but I see Grant Thornton is taking 36,000 sqft in Nova Centre on the tenth and eleventh floors.

[Aya_Akai]

Photo by Me/ Google Huawei Nexus 6P, Edited and corrected in Photoshop

[NDPer4life]

Originally Posted by HaliStreaks

Photo by Me/ Google Huawei Nexus 6P, Edited and corrected in Photoshop

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[fenwick16]

Originally Posted by HaliStreaks

Photo by Me/ Google Huawei Nexus 6P, Edited and corrected in Photoshop

It is interesting to see what Grafton Street looks like now that it is partly covered.

[Colin May]

Originally Posted by beyeas

Not sure if was reported on here already but I see Grant Thornton is taking 36,000 sqft in Nova Centre on the tenth and eleventh floors.

GT wants to continue their business relationship. (Just my guess)
As an aside, can you help drain brains out of Toronto on the promise of a better lifestle and sensible home prices - our greatest advantage for attracting talent.
We need the premier to up the game and steal brains from wherever we can.
And what is it with an animator organising the pro-science protest ?
I expected Dal scientists to be to the fore on the issue.

[Aya_Akai]

Originally Posted by Colin May

And what is it with an animator organising the pro-science protest ?
I expected Dal scientists to be to the fore on the issue.

I hardly see this as relevant to this thread, at all. But seeing as this person happens to be a very good friend of mine, your comment struck me a little sideways and I just wanted to make things clear. You seem to be able to do lots of research on financials and the real estate market and get information I'd have no idea how to easily do. Yet you seem to lack the basic ability to go online and check out any of his information about what he's been doing to actually work on pulling things together.

A quote from his most recent journal on his main source of information on DeviantArt

From Tim, himself:

I started an initial Facebook group to try and gauge interest back in February, and - seeing as how I started the group - everyone just kind of assumed I was in charge. The heavy lifting’s being done by city councillor Richard Zurawski, but me and the core group of 4ish people I’ve been talking to have been e-mailing scientists, researchers, professors, teachers, and anyone else who has a relevant interest in the goals of the march, as well as commissioning posters and managing the social media accounts and promotion.

I don't think it's anyone's business to criticize who organized what, be they animator, retail workers, physicists, doctors, astronomers.. who cares. The point is he assisted in coordinating things because it matters to him. There were lots of other people involved in organizing in all manners of the sciences. He just wanted to get the ball rolling because it mattered to him. I work retail but do you think that stops me from caring about things like this? Absolutely not. We all share this world and want to try and help make a difference so as I'm growing older, things don't totally go completely down the crapper for everyone on the hands of a few individuals who probably shouldn't be making decisions for the masses.

Anyway, I don't want to sully up this thread with political nonsense. I'd be happy to continue this discussion via PM if you'd like.

[RangerNS]

Originally Posted by Colin May

GT wants to continue their business relationship. (Just my guess)
As an aside, can you help drain brains out of Toronto on the promise of a better lifestle and sensible home prices - our greatest advantage for attracting talent.
We need the premier to up the game and steal brains from wherever we can.
And what is it with an animator organising the pro-science protest ?
I expected Dal scientists to be to the fore on the issue.

Only housing and public transit are more expensive in Toronto (but the transit works and is worth while). Meanwhile, at least in my field, people in IT can make 60-100% more in Toronto than here.

Pitch the cheap housing and salt air all you want, if actual employers are in Nova Scotia are only willing to pay half what someone can make in Toronto, then the brains will go to Toronto.

[Drybrain]

Originally Posted by RangerNS

Only housing and public transit are more expensive in Toronto (but the transit works and is worth while). Meanwhile, at least in my field, people in IT can make 60-100% more in Toronto than here.

Pitch the cheap housing and salt air all you want, if actual employers are in Nova Scotia are only willing to pay half what someone can make in Toronto, then the brains will go to Toronto.

First of all, this idea that employers pay less in Halifax is a myth. Household incomes are already significantly higher in the Halifax CMA than in Toronto, on average.

I fail to see why IT would be such a huge outlier, especially in the range of 60-100%. This sounds like the kind of imaginary "statistic" people cite based on one or two (probably apocryphal, or at least inflated) anecdotes. I'm absolutely positive that if you were actually able to find city-to-city salary comparisons by employment sector, this would be proven to be false.

The closest I can find is Statistics Canada data showing that in 2015, people employed in "professional, scientific and technical services" (the grouping under which "computer systems design and services" is sub-grouped) made an average of $27.18 per hour in Nova Scotia, and $28.27 per hour in Ontario. Maybe the other workers sub-grouped under that heading (including communications, advertising, and some others) are so under-paid in Ontario that they bring down the average and disguise how insanely well-paid tech workers are there, but I really doubt it.

Toronto is definitely an emerging tech hub, and with that comes a lot of opportunity, including a top end in terms of earning potential that's much higher than what you'll find in most smaller cities, including here. I have no doubt that the ceiling for earning is much higher in Toronto. But the average tech worker is not making 60%-100% more. I doubt if the difference is really very pronounced at all. if I'm wrong, please prove it with data, not personal anecdote.

Also, I'm not going to defend public transit in Halifax, but transit in Toronto is abysmal. For a city of Toronto's size, it's a breakdown-plagued embarrassment of budgetary mismanagement ($3 billion Scarborough subway, etc) and inadequate coverage.

[worldlyhaligonian]

Originally Posted by NDPer4life

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Totally, Just need to replace that waste of valuable downtown space known as the bunker and that woodframe house and this section will be truly vibrant.

[someone123]

Originally Posted by Drybrain

First of all, this idea that employers pay less in Halifax is a myth. Household incomes are already significantly higher in the Halifax CMA than in Toronto, on average.

I fail to see why IT would be such a huge outlier, especially in the range of 60-100%.

This is just more anecdata but a while back I worked at a large software company that hired around the world. Workers in NS made about the same as BC or Ontario.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by worldlyhaligonian

Totally, Just need to replace that waste of valuable downtown space known as the bunker and that woodframe house and this section will be truly vibrant.

Hey - I used to live in that house when I went to medical school!!!!

I expect it to be on the register of national historic sites one day.

Fun fact - Spaustin (Sam Austin, a forumer who is now an HRM city councilor) once modeled this building in Sim City 4. He put a Canadian flag in one of the windows in the model for me, because I told him I used to have a Canadian flag in the window to serve as my curtain - true story.

[fenwick16]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Hey - I used to live in that house when I went to medical school!!!!

I expect it to be on the register of national historic sites one day.

Fun fact - Spaustin (Sam Austin, a forumer who is now an HRM city councilor) once modeled this building in Sim City 4. He put a Canadian flag in one of the windows in the model for me, because I told him I used to have a Canadian flag in the window to serve as my curtain - true story.

There is such a great diversity of people posting on this forum. Who would ever think that a doctor would be interested in skyscrapers, arenas and stadiums?

[Duff]

Yesterday I got access to the Nova Centre for a tour. It was hosted by the Halifax Convention Centre people so we only got access to the convention floors.

Looking to Argyle St.


Standing near Argyle St. entrance.


One level below Argyle St.

Area outside of Basement Ballroom.


Basement Ballroom Underneath Grafton St.

Large door in Ballroom for vehicles


Example of a smaller meeting room.


Upper level ballroom that Sackville St.


Looking down at Argyle.


Grafton and Prince.

[fenwick16]

It is great to see the Nova Centre progress on the inside. Thanks big league (or bigly) , Duff.

[alps]

Cool! Thanks for posting pics.

What's the estimated opening date now?

[Keith P.]

The views are rather underwhelming given the condition of buildings nearby. Seems ridiculous now in retrospect to have surrendered to the screaming voices at the consultation meetings demanding that the ballrooms not be built where they originally were but rather must have a view. Noel Fowler must be spinning in his grave.