[Dartmouth] XX Irishtown Road | ? m | 11 Fl | Proposed

[IanWatson]

AllNS reported last week that Darrell Dixon just sold this site to Joe Ghosn.

[Colin May]

Originally Posted by IanWatson

AllNS reported last week that Darrell Dixon just sold this site to Joe Ghosn.

Four lots in the sale for $3 million. HRM should have bought the lots, turned the largest into park space and sold the other 3 lots.

[FutureofHalifax]

How can Halifax be this complicated? How did this drag out 10 years? Let's hop they get this going again soon!

[Dmajackson]

^Thanks but I think it has changed again. That rendering is for the 18-storey version of the Wentworth which is now 15-storeys though all it is possible all they did was chop off the top three floors.

[someone123]

I am not sure what's going on with Lotus Point but they have a website up: http://www.lotuspointliving.com/

We also have a project thread for it.

Ochterloney isn't perfect but it is an interesting streetscape. I think it could be great with a few Lotus Point type buildings, particularly if the blocks closer to Alderney are developed in the future. Downtown Dartmouth has the potential to really come together with King's Wharf and some of the other projects. If a couple thousand more people were to move into the neighbourhood it would be a lot more vibrant.

[pblaauw]

Here's a new rendering from today's paper:



source: http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/business/560810-development-plans-scaled-back

[Wishblade]

^I think those would tie in very well with the look of kings wharf. Though the lower floors look like they may be a hack job.

[someone123]

The rendering still looks preliminary, so I wouldn't worry too much about details, but I don't like the overall massing of the project. It's really unattractive when lots of buildings are shoehorned in and attached to a single structure, and it tends to be bad in terms of permeability for pedestrians and vehicles. Really this would work better as multiple building lots.

[JET]

interesting that the building that fronts Ochterloney is out of view, except for the west side. Also the existing tress are also not in the drawing, but if they were there would be less of the buildings to see. The street frontage for this development on Ochterloney is very small

in the report it does mention about closing the south end of Irishtown Rd: "Closure of Irishtown Road
Part of the concept for the Canal Greenway is to close at least part of Irishtown Road between
Queen Street and Prince Albert Road. The closure is not required to accommodate this
development and would add additional lands to the Canal Greenway and enhance it as a linear
park corridor. Traffic studies undertaken for HRM indicate the closure will not have a significant
effect on the area road network. The site plan for the development provides for this road closure
as there are no driveway entrances proposed on this portion of Irishtown Road. Regional Council
would have to hold a public hearing on the road closure, which is currently not anticipated to
happen until 2014."

[Dmajackson]

The Heritage Advisory Committee has recommended approval of this development.

The first reading at HEMDCC (Harbour East) will be on Tuesday afternoon.

Proposed Development Agreement

[Aya_Akai]

Originally Posted by Dmajackson

The Heritage Advisory Committee has recommended approval of this development.....

[halifaxboyns]

A multimillion-dollar residential development proposed for downtown Dartmouth is one step closer to approval.

A regional heritage advisory committee report will be tabled at a special meeting of the Harbour East — Marine Drive community council this afternoon.

The committee signed off on a plan by developer Darrell Dixon to build a seven-storey building, a 14-storey one and a 15-storey one as part of a mixed-use residential project on four parcels of land on Irishtown Road, Queen Street and Ochterloney Street.

The rest of the herald article is here.

[FuzzyWuz]

Originally Posted by halifaxboyns

A multimillion-dollar residential development here.

I love how they always say 'multimillion dollar ... development'. As if there are lots of multithousand-dollar developments out there.

[Aya_Akai]

It mentioned in the article about a bunch of money towards parkland

"A $409,500 parkland contribution for improvements to the Shubie Canal Greenway Corridor, which abuts the properties, is also included in the proposed development agreement."

Has anyone heard anything more since WAY back about potentially daylighting that section of the canal......?

[Dmajackson]

Mark your calenders!

The Public Hearing for this project will be held by the HEMDCC on March 21st!

[dharrison]

Hello, please sign our petition and help support a well-planned project for the continued development of Downtown Dartmouth.

https://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/support-the-seagate-residence-in-downtown-dartmouth

Feel free to pass this petition request along.

Many thanks!

David Harrison, MCIP
Ph: 902-404-2844
[email protected]
http://www.davidharrison.ca

[dharrison]

Thank you for supporting development in downtown Dartmouth. We would welcome your endorsement at the public hearing which will be March 21, 6:00 pm, former Dartmouth City Hall.

Dmajackson: There were many issues associated with the Can Euro project. There are no guarantees in life of course, but an agreement is an agreement, and through various means, in particular at the building permit or occupancy permit stage, I am confident this would have been dealt with... admittedly after much grief.

[Dmajackson]

Signed.

Just do everyone in Halifax a favour and find a way to make sure the development stays accurate to the renderings. We don't want to hear a similar story to the CanEuro (Horizon Court) mess that is going on right now especially downtown.

[DigitalNinja]

I signed it as well. It's gotta 5 more supporters since I signed it. Lets hope this one gets built!

[hfxtradesman]

Signed it too. Downtown Dartmouth needs a new face lift. As a trade company in this city alot of the old buildings are beyond bandaid repair and need to go.