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Old Posted Apr 26, 2019, 2:28 PM
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[Dartmouth] Boa Vista (153 Wyse Road) | ? m | 16 fl | U/C

The recently demolished Tim Horton's lot on Wyse Road at Dawson Street has a HRM Planning case for a new Tim Horton's with a drive-thru and a 12 storey apartment building on top.

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Interesting. Great use of the land, but I hope they have an equally great ventilation system for all of those idling pickups in the drivethrough.

This is the first time I've seen a drivethrough configured like this - is this common in other places?

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New Drive-thrus will be banned when the Centre Plan becomes law.
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Interesting. Great use of the land, but I hope they have an equally great ventilation system for all of those idling pickups in the drivethrough.

This is the first time I've seen a drivethrough configured like this - is this common in other places?

What is that other larger building in the background of the rendering?
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What is that other larger building in the background of the rendering?
Wasn't there a 10 storey proposal for the old "little Nashville" site that was demolished a few years ago. Maybe that's the height position holder?
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Wasn't there a 10 storey proposal for the old "little Nashville" site that was demolished a few years ago. Maybe that's the height position holder?
Yep, it was approved. Developer has a current proposal in with HRM to lower it to 6 storeys though. Apparently they've run the numbers and the new building code changes that allow 6 storeys of wood mean it'll be more profitable at 6 storeys than taller.
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New Drive-thrus will be banned when the Centre Plan becomes law.
New drive-thrus would be banned in places that are zoned with package A (which includes this lot) but might not be in package B
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Why do urban planners hate drive-thrus?

Speaking of this area, I noted the two empty buildings up the street from the old Little Nashville on Wyse heading north (the former Harvey's and the buy & sell place next door) are both for sale. Combined, that would make a good lot for another new development with a bit of height.
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Construction permit has been issued for this site. 153 WYSE ROAD - 16 FLOORS - 114 UNITS - MIXED USE - $20.6 MILLION.
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Construction permit has been issued for this site. 153 WYSE ROAD - 16 FLOORS - 114 UNITS - MIXED USE - $20.6 MILLION.
Maybe it'll have a ground-floor plaque noting that it was the site of the first Tim Hortons in NS. Not that I'm much of a Hortons fan at all, but millions of us seem to be.
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LOL... Tim Hortons history inter-woven with the history of Dartmouth! Sure, why not?

Great news that this project is moving forward. This neighbourhood stands to see the largest transformation of anywhere in the city over the next few years, if all of the proposals move forward.
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There is now two excavators on site and dirt is starting to move.


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This was my Tim's for many years as a younger man. I don't miss it. It was tired when it was open then, and never got the updates all the other full-size stores got.

Will be excited to see this area in 10 Years. Will look a lot different from what I was used to that's for sure.
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This appears to be an updated rendering for this one from RoMa Developments. Looks like it not longer matches the original proposal and won't be home to an indoor Tim Horton's drive-thru.

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This appears to be an updated rendering for this one from RoMa Developments. Looks like it not longer matches the original proposal and won't be home to an indoor Tim Horton's drive-thru.

I think this is a nice improvement. Sure, they’d be cheaper, but can you imagine living in one of those units backing onto the drive through in the original proposal?
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I think it'll be fine, as there are still 2 Tim Hortons, and McDonalds in that exact area. We don't need more Tim's anyway. We need more local coffee.
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I think it'll be fine, as there are still 2 Tim Hortons, and McDonalds in that exact area.
...plus Wendy's right across the street.

It'll be left to us dinosaurs to remember it as the site of Nova Scotia's first Tim Hortons. As an idle nostalgic thought, anyway, not that it has any real significance.
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I keep forgetting it was the first one. That would give that site some more historical value. Perhaps we can get a Tim Horton cup "public art" placed there.
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I think it'll be fine, as there are still 2 Tim Hortons, and McDonalds in that exact area. We don't need more Tim's anyway. We need more local coffee.
Still two Tim’s in that exact area?
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Still two Tim’s in that exact area?
Yes. The drive-thru on Wyse near Boland Road and one in the Esso on the corner of Nantucket at the bridge plaza.

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