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Originally Posted by Drybrain
I agree, though unfortunately I don't think there's any consideration of this in the Centre Plan. Though the Robie/Cunard block was in pretty rough shape for a long time, and were clearly awaiting demolition. Whereas many of the more historic buildings on Robie appear to be in better shape and I presume homeowner-owned.
IIRC, the FAR on many sites on the west side of Robie is pretty low, and that alone may prevent the street from being torn up too much.
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I think a lot of it depends on land assembly. A block with 8 different owners who don't want to move is going to be hard to develop. One with a single landlord is easier.
The Centre Plan already seems outdated, which isn't surprising since it took so long to bring into effect. The city is growing faster now, with a shift toward urban infill, and some other planning decisions happened later or don't seem to have fully been baked into the Centre Plan (BRT plan, hospital development).
To me the Centre Plan peninsula map looks almost like a description of what the current development level is rather than a plan for the future that sets the direction for how the urban core will grow as Halifax evolves from the city of 400,000 that it was when the plan was created to the city of 600,000 that it may be around 2035. One factor that doesn't come up much is that the older parts of the downtown core are getting built out. 5 years from now there won't be a lot of surface lots left to develop downtown, and development pressure will tend to shift to adjacent areas. Cogswell may relieve some of that (if the demolition of the interchange ever actually happens...).