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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
Apparently there was a brief Moncton city council session today with only two items on the agenda.
A discussion regarding commissioning a study for new convention space was on the agenda
I am aware that there is a plan floating out there for convention space as part of the Ashford/Downing proposal. Specifically, I think the plan is for "flex space" in the farmers market part of the project which can be used by vendors on a weekend or short term rental basis, but which can also do double duty as a convention space.
This would have no bearing on Ashford's mixed residential/commercial tower, but may be useful in beefing up the replacement city market part of the development.
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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
From what I gathered, the new city market will be multilevel. The ground level will be for permanent vendors and food stalls. The upper levels will be for temporary or weekend vendors. It would be the upper levels that would essentially be flex space.
I could be wrong. Maybe the city is commissioning this CBRE study to look at potential convention space elsewhere. We will soon find out............
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There is a new article in the T&T which appears to confirm that the discussion regarding convention space is indeed associated with the Ashford/Downing project:
https://tj.news/times-and-transcript/102130939 (paywall)
There is nothing much new in the article, but this confirmation is gratifying. Ashford/Downing has two components:
1 - a private mixed use tower (now assumed to be 20(+) storeys
2 - a municipally owned building which will contain the relocated city market, possibly a relocated main library branch, and probably convention space.
Whether the convention space will be co-located with non permanent market space is not really known. This has been previously speculated.