The Official Saint John, NB Project Thread

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by NB_ExistsToo

Oh it's not, which is fun to hear from this site before anywhere else

In my experience SSP beats main stream media to the punch almost every time. It's only on the rare occasion that something is reported in the paper or on TV first.

[UptownJeff]

SO I see that there is now a construction fence surrounding the site of the old Jellybean houses......with the 2 back hoes sitting there, hoping it's an indicator of something happening.....been far too long

[darkharbour]

Originally Posted by UptownJeff

SO I see that there is now a construction fence surrounding the site of the old Jellybean houses......with the 2 back hoes sitting there, hoping it's an indicator of something happening.....been far too long

The Wellington development is breaking/has broken ground at long last, there have been some updates in the Uptown thread on the forum that you can check out.

[cdnguys]

Via Calabria update

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[cdnguys]

project list - please add if anything missing

83 - The Wentworth - Uptown (under construction)
88 - Seabird Developments - Millidgeville (under construction)
78 - La Calabria - Forest Hills (under construction)
89 - Arlington Place - Millidgeville (proposed)
32 - Telegraph Square - Uptown (under construction)
47 - The Wellington - Uptown (under construction)
29 - The Atlantic - Uptown (under construction)
24 - Central Park Condos 2nd building - Rothesay (nearing completion)
42 - 309 Hampton Rd - Quispamsis (under construction)
24 - Heatherway - Saint John East (under construction)
100 - Elmtree Hill - Quispamsis (proposed)
28 - Main St North (under construction)
12 - 134 Taylor Ave (under construction)
115 - Ethos Ridge (proposed)
30 - St. Vincent’s phase 1 (proposed)

[cdnguys]

A while back someone (Adam I think) posted a map of uptown streets to be rebuilt. If I remember correctly - there was a street down in TCB area - maybe Vulcan St - that may give us a clue because such an odd choice given lack of development in area

[adamuptownsj]

Originally Posted by cdnguys

A while back someone (Adam I think) posted a map of uptown streets to be rebuilt. If I remember correctly - there was a street down in TCB area - maybe Vulcan St - that may give us a clue because such an odd choice given lack of development in area

Not Vulcan, but the west half of Broadview. Sydney from Broad to TCB will need upgrades if this project moves ahead for sure- Harbour Passage spur to TCN on the south side and perhaps actual curbs and sidewalks on the north. Maybe this is waiting on the project like the extremely overdue Wentworth reconstruction waited on the major work at the Wentworth to be completed.

Road improvement map, not counting Rodney St in the Lower West: https://imgur.com/a/BHlH4H7

Dark red- Harbour Passage extension
Red- full water/sewer/street replacement/landscaping (I believe the western portion of Princess is just water/sewer as it's in good shape to the eye)
Orange- red plus burying power lines (Charlotte from King to Princess)

[NewIreland]

With all of the developments happening in Saint John now, I wonder of the plans for Fort Dufferin will be revived . From what I remember it was 3xTowers 12 floors each.

[adamuptownsj]

Originally Posted by cdnguys

project list - please add if anything missing

83 - The Wentworth - Uptown (under construction)
88 - Seabird Developments - Millidgeville (under construction)
78 - La Calabria - Forest Hills (under construction)
89 - Arlington Place - Millidgeville (proposed)
32 - Telegraph Square - Uptown (under construction)
47 - The Wellington - Uptown (under construction)
29 - The Atlantic - Uptown (under construction)
24 - Central Park Condos 2nd building - Rothesay (nearing completion)
42 - 309 Hampton Rd - Quispamsis (under construction)
24 - Heatherway - Saint John East (under construction)
100 - Elmtree Hill - Quispamsis (proposed)
28 - Main St North (under construction)
12 - 134 Taylor Ave (under construction)
115 - Ethos Ridge (proposed)
30 - St. Vincent’s phase 1 (proposed)

City Hall- not sure how many units.

EDIT- totally forgot more.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION
~30- townhouses on Bridgeview Ct over west are up and running under new ownership.

PAC APPROVED
11- Riverview Dr townhouses

PROPOSALS
~130- Main across from the Beaverbrook
~40- An additional building on Noel Avenue in Millidgeville (I may be mistaken)
A non-apartment project in the Douglas Ave area

STALLED
20- Completion of Clipper Passage homes.

[halifaxboyns]

Apparently PAC gave unanimous endorsement of Ethos ridge last night.

[JHikka]

Originally Posted by adamuptownsj

~130- Main across from the Beaverbrook

Would love to see development plans for this one.

[cdnguys]

Some big announcement at 10 tomorrow Wayne Long - “way way bigger than an office hotel residential project”. Transformational he says

[ColSJ]

Originally Posted by cdnguys

Some big announcement at 10 tomorrow Wayne Long - “way way bigger than an office hotel residential project”. Transformational he says

I believe it’s for SMR

[905er]

what's SMR?

[ColSJ]

Originally Posted by 905er

what's SMR?

Small modular reactors

[cdnguys]

Wonder what makes that bigger than a hotel/condo/office building by “way way way more”. Hundreds of good paying jobs ?

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by cdnguys

Wonder what makes that bigger than a hotel/condo/office building by “way way way more”. Hundreds of good paying jobs ?

My bet is on an SMR research and production facility.

This could be huge since SMRs are safe, and an efficient way to produce electricity, which will be huge for the post carbon world. Yes, this would have the potential for hundreds of high quality well paying jobs.

It is a risky investment though. There are other countries around the world investing in SMRs. I watched a video the other night about Rolls Royce in the UK potentially getting together with Elon Musk to produce nuclear thermal engines for his Mars Starship program. Very exciting stuff.

[cdnguys]

Many people don’t realize there are 2 nuclear energy companies in the uptown - Moltex and ARC. Don’t really hear much about them. We are lucky Point Lepreau project attracted the talent required to bring these companies to SJ.

As for the other rumour of a tech company moving their HQ to Saint John - sources I can’t name confirm it, although it’s not a HQ rather another office. The company is well established, well respected and would not be a fly by night operation. Apparently COVID / Immigration are factors that are delaying it

[JHikka]

Originally Posted by cdnguys

Many people don’t realize there are 2 nuclear energy companies in the uptown - Moltex and ARC. Don’t really hear much about them.

I wonder why that is.

Originally Posted by cdnguys

As for the other rumour of a tech company moving their HQ to Saint John - sources I can’t name confirm it, although it’s not a HQ rather another office. The company is well established, well respected and would not be a fly by night operation. Apparently COVID / Immigration are factors that are delaying it

Wonder what Uptown's office vacancy-by-type sits at right now.

[cdnguys]

Originally Posted by JHikka

I wonder why that is.



Wonder what Uptown's office vacancy-by-type sits at right now.

Class A is at around 15%
I don’t see these figures as an indicator of economic well being. The Irving HQ added over 350,000 sq ft of class A office space to the city. It will come down when 15 Market Sq transitions to hybrid office/residential and as new companies eat up space