The Official PEI Project Thread - Page 132

Siriusb · #**2621** Posted **Jul 18, 2020, 4:45 PM**

7-9 Pownal Street.

7-9 Pownal Street footings have started for this apartment building.

Siriusb · #**2622** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 9:02 PM**

178 Lwr Malpeque Rd Demo

Not sure but there was a application to acquire the land in this area for development.
The demo'd house is circled in yellow. The land in question is circled in red.
Anyone know more?

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178 Lower Malpeque Road
Demolish single-family dwelling
Cliff McQuaid

TGK · #**2623** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 11:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Siriusb

178 Lwr Malpeque Rd Demo

Not sure but there was a application to acquire the land in this area for development.
The demo'd house is circled in yellow. The land in question is circled in red.
Anyone know more?

APPROVED
178 Lower Malpeque Road
Demolish single-family dwelling
Cliff McQuaid

It’s such a useless piece of land. He’s been pretty desperate to find a way to make a few bucks off of it. Access is crap, their an energy corridor running through it, and it’s swampy. He offered a free piece to the city for a fire hall hoping that would improve access to what he had remaining.

josh_cat_eyes · #**2624** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 11:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Siriusb

178 Lwr Malpeque Rd Demo

Not sure but there was a application to acquire the land in this area for development.
The demo'd house is circled in yellow. The land in question is circled in red.
Anyone know more?

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178 Lower Malpeque Road
Demolish single-family dwelling
Cliff McQuaid

Wasn’t there an application to rezone it for commercial use and connect it do the royalty power centre?

billy1 · #**2625** Posted **Jul 20, 2020, 11:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by josh_cat_eyes

Wasn’t there an application to rezone it for commercial use and connect it do the royalty power centre?

Yes there was. Probably about 5-6 months ago........looks like this might be going ahead.

josh_cat_eyes · #**2626** Posted **Jul 21, 2020, 12:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by billy1

Yes there was. Probably about 5-6 months ago........looks like this might be going ahead.

I feel like with covid, it would be better utilized as residential. Especially since the rest of the area isn’t even fully built up yet.

Siriusb · #**2627** Posted **Jul 21, 2020, 4:27 AM**

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Originally Posted by josh_cat_eyes

Wasn’t there an application to rezone it for commercial use and connect it do the royalty power centre?

Just throwing this out there,

The Royalty Centre would be a good location for a Costco.
Costco opened the doors to a 149,000-sq.-ft. warehouse–and the discount chain’s 100th in Canada– in Nisku, Alta (a hamlet and industrial park 15 miles south of Edmonton, population: 30) last Oct. It hopes to have about 110 Canadian stores as its final build-out.
It is getting close to 110, and no mention of a store on PEI. With 160,000 people on an island 150 miles long and 5-50 miles wide, who like to spend their money, I think it would do well. Obviously, they don't know the island shopper. I guess they have bigger fish to fry!
One note, the busiest Costco in the U.S. is located on an island, Oahu in Hawaii. With three large box stores here and gone, you would think there would be another chain to compete with Wal-Mart.

Ifyoubuildit · #**2628** Posted **Jul 21, 2020, 3:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Siriusb

Just throwing this out there,

The Royalty Centre would be a good location for a Costco.
Costco opened the doors to a 149,000-sq.-ft. warehouse–and the discount chain’s 100th in Canada– in Nisku, Alta (a hamlet and industrial park 15 miles south of Edmonton, population: 30) last Oct. It hopes to have about 110 Canadian stores as its final build-out.
It is getting close to 110, and no mention of a store on PEI. With 160,000 people on an island 150 miles long and 5-50 miles wide, who like to spend their money, I think it would do well. Obviously, they don't know the island shopper. I guess they have bigger fish to fry!
One note, the busiest Costco in the U.S. is located on an island, Oahu in Hawaii. With three large box stores here and gone, you would think there would be another chain to compete with Wal-Mart.

It would be fantastic location for a Costco with easy access for all of PEI and a great start to retail and multi-residential development already happening. I think I even saw an old APM plan one time showing the Costco behind Cordova's new apartment building that is going up.

josh_cat_eyes · #**2629** Posted **Jul 21, 2020, 4:05 PM**

It was originally planned to have Costco AND Walmart, but then Walmart built the store in their current location because royalty power centre hadn’t been built yet.

Siriusb · #**2630** Posted **Jul 21, 2020, 11:08 PM**

197 Minna Jane

The footings don't really match the rendering but there is a large underground parking area. It should have been higher.

RJl · #**2631** Posted **Jul 22, 2020, 10:39 PM**

https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/l...box=1595422445

Good read from the Guardian, I really hope they get to build this building

billy1 · #**2632** Posted **Jul 23, 2020, 1:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by RJl

https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/l...box=1595422445

Good read from the Guardian, I really hope they get to build this building

I don't know why they keep referring to this as 8 story..... I count 11???

RJl · #**2633** Posted **Jul 23, 2020, 11:02 AM**

The picture that was posted shows 8 but am not sure

Siriusb · #**2634** Posted **Jul 23, 2020, 3:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by RJl

https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/l...box=1595422445

Good read from the Guardian, I really hope they get to build this building

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Originally Posted by billy1

I don't know why they keep referring to this as 8 story..... I count 11???

It tops out at the 106ft mark. Same as the Delta.

Siriusb · #**2635** Posted **Jul 23, 2020, 3:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by RJl

https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/l...box=1595422445

Good read from the Guardian, I really hope they get to build this building

A whole lot of people using every excuse in the book trying to stop people from living downtown. Charlottetown, the unkind city!
They have the as-of-right. The only way to stop the excuses is to issue the permit and get on with it!

RJl · #**2636** Posted **Jul 23, 2020, 9:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Siriusb

A whole lot of people using every excuse in the book trying to stop people from living downtown. Charlottetown, the unkind city!
They have the as-of-right. The only way to stop the excuses is to issue the permit and get on with it!

Your so right ! I would love to see the inner core of Charlottetown develop but the people got to be a lot be open minded .

billy1 · #**2637** Posted **Jul 24, 2020, 4:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Siriusb

178 Lwr Malpeque Rd Demo

Not sure but there was a application to acquire the land in this area for development.
The demo'd house is circled in yellow. The land in question is circled in red.
Anyone know more?

APPROVED
178 Lower Malpeque Road
Demolish single-family dwelling
Cliff McQuaid

This was their redevelopment plan from a few months ago.

Trickle · #**2638** Posted **Jul 25, 2020, 2:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by billy1

This was their redevelopment plan from a few months ago.

So do we know how it’s going?

Siriusb · #**2639** Posted **Jul 26, 2020, 10:31 PM**

West Royalty Suites

Here is a pana view of the Minna Jane project. The foundation is "L" shaped with a large square in the middle which I believe is part of the underground
parking. It should move into the next stage of the project seamlessly.

Siriusb · #**2640** Posted **Jul 26, 2020, 10:57 PM**

UPEI Residence

The go-ahead to continue with the foundation work on the South wing was

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550 University Avenue,
New Residence - Phase 1:
South wing foundation