The Official Saint John, NB Project Thread

[Ire Narissis]

Colonel Nase has actually been seeing some development (at last) over the past few years! Quite a few little rowhouses going in there.

[bingun]

Originally Posted by Helladog

Today

Five levels are complete now, when I drove past last night. The materials for the last level are out back, so it should be topped out in the next week or two.

[bingun]

Originally Posted by adamuptownsj

Gonna assume this is never going to happen. These aren't even real renders, just AI slop that magics away the highway and the gradient. What properties is it, anyway? These?

https://paol-efel.snb.ca/paol.html?v=1.0.94&lang=en&pan=06093970
https://paol-efel.snb.ca/paol.html?v=1.0.94&lang=en&pan=01711769

EDIT: This is like the third insane moonshot someone's cooked up for the west side/GBW, after the golf course neighbourhood by Martinon and the apartment plan on Colonel Nase. I don't know what prompts this, besides cheap(ish) land. North and East seem to get plans that look ambitious but vaguely plausible.

It's just the first one you linked, 1857 Manawagonish.

https://sjcommercialre.com/1857-manawagonish/

[cdnguys]

I have it on good source what is going down on Vulcan and Sydney Streets. Please don’t post on social media, rather let’s keep to ourselves until it gets out there in the public sphere. Solve this riddle: “I come from a family of five in the south end. There are three sisters and …..… “. Someone from Moncton might solve it ������

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Originally Posted by cdnguys

I have it on good source what is going down on Vulcan and Sydney Streets. Please don’t post on social media, rather let’s keep to ourselves until it gets out there in the public sphere. Solve this riddle: “I come from a family of five in the south end. There are three sisters and …..… “. Someone from Moncton might solve it 🩻

I wonder who that might be. Great location to build some high rises.

Ive always felt SJ needs more developers from elsewhere to invest in our skyline, but I didn’t really expect them to be from Moncton.

Based on the pace of Fundy Quay so far, and lukewarm reception to 99 King’s design, there’s a certain developer from the Moncton region that could swoop into the South End and show SJ’s local developers how it’s done.

If it’s who we all know it is… I think they’ll have two 15+ storey buildings up before the Fundy Harbour Group even starts on their 10-20+ storey high rises, that is, as long as the city council and heritage conservationists don’t give them a hard time on zoning variances regarding building height.

[NewIreland]

Originally Posted by cdnguys

I have it on good source what is going down on Vulcan and Sydney Streets. Please don’t post on social media, rather let’s keep to ourselves until it gets out there in the public sphere. Solve this riddle: “I come from a family of five in the south end. There are three sisters and …..… “. Someone from Moncton might solve it ������

Lafford obviously. How long until it gets out there?

[cdnguys]

Originally Posted by NewIreland

Lafford obviously. How long until it gets out there?

It must be soon if word is getting out - I’ll be watching PAC dockets

[adamuptownsj]

Total guesswork here: Lafford SJ site is about 100,000sf (Three Sisters ~130,000, Gateway ~150,000). So I'd guess this is either a single tower on a fairly large podium, two towers at most. It's a deep enough site to have one NW and one SE.

[Leroy321]

^^

They are just topping off on the York in Sackville which is 7 floors, that crew along with that tower crane will probably be building on this property. I presume it will be something in the 8-10 floor range. while there other crew in Moncton have 2x17 still to put up and another building in the pipeline there.

[cdnguys]

Originally Posted by adamuptownsj

Total guesswork here: Lafford SJ site is about 100,000sf (Three Sisters ~130,000, Gateway ~150,000). So I'd guess this is either a single tower on a fairly large podium, two towers at most. It's a deep enough site to have one NW and one SE.

The answer to riddle is two brothers. 2x17 like two brothers that just started in Moncton

[cdnguys]

[NewIreland]

Originally Posted by cdnguys

This is one of the most exciting projects in the city right now. It reflects real growth in Saint John and challenges outdated thinking. A waterfront view is a waterfront view... period.

The idea that Courtney Bay is “ugly” or that people won’t want a balcony facing an active port is overplayed. There’s something compelling about a working harbour. It has energy, movement, and identity.

This will fill up quickly. And honestly, I’d take an industrial waterfront over a sterile one any day. Hopefully we even see shipbuilding return there.

[bingun]

It will also have the future extension of Harbour Passage just across the street, for easy access to Rockwood Park or around to Fundy Quay, etc.

There is another large lot on Duke/Crown that you could develop if you were motivated and demolished the existing apartment building.

[DyAm00394]

Barry Ogden just posted on Facebook that permits have just been issued for both the former St. Vincent’s and Saint Patrick’s schools projects. He said both can start construction on converting into apartments.

[KnoxfordGuy]

Fantastic news!!

[bingun]

Some tourism statistics from an Envision Saint John presentation.

[bingun]

Latest Growth at a Glance

[NewIreland]

[bridgeoftea]

Originally Posted by bingun

Latest Growth at a Glance

I hope they start to update their graphic with some of the taller buildings being added. Also the general store should probably be removed from the graphic too.

[michael_d40]

Originally Posted by bridgeoftea

I hope they start to update their graphic with some of the taller buildings being added. Also the general store should probably be removed from the graphic too.

But then we can’t be that little tiny city with a BIG heart. 🤦♂️. I’ll always hate that slogan lol. Nothing like aiming low. I’ll never understand why we do this.