[Halifax] The Olympic (1140 Barrington) | 26 m | 8 fl | U/C

[Dmajackson]

HalifaxDevelopments.ca (Photo by David Jackson)

[Dmajackson]

This is on my regular downtown walking route so I post updates of it way more often then is cross-posted onto this forum.


HalifaxDevelopments.ca (Photo by David Jackson)

[worldlyhaligonian]

This photo might not be the most recent, but it shows the potential of this area.



A tower on the Tim Horton's site would add great density to this area with transit and grocery stores.

This area has always felt like south downtown, even though there isn't anything of height immediately until you go up the hill to the Vuze (which I consider to be South end proper).

[someone123]

It's a funny area. It has some gems, like the rowhouses on Smith St. I used to like the Victorians next to that CBBC building that were unfortunately torn down. I wonder if that was for land assembly purposes and those lots will be redeveloped together. The gas station is unfortunate.

The little commercial blob around Queen Street is strange with a bunch of prominent parking lots in the middle of what is a pretty dense area with a fair amount of new construction. Halifax hasn't seen a lot of the kind of development that would be good there, a mixed-use complex with a full-sized grocery store with underground parking. It's hard to believe that wouldn't be a more economical use of the Queen St Sobeys site, although maybe it would need some height allowance.

[Liam MacDonald]

I got some images of this on March 1st, 2026