Bayer's Lake Developments & Discussion Thread

[dlandry]

Just found this:
http://armcocapital.com/files/BayersLakeTower_Site.pdf

Looks like it could be a Starbucks.

[sdm]

Originally Posted by dlandry

Just found this:
http://armcocapital.com/files/BayersLakeTower_Site.pdf

Looks like it could be a Starbucks.

Yes, its starbucks

[Dmajackson]

Comfort Inn & Suites and the supposed Starbucks (photos by me);

[q12]

(photo by me)

Linens-N-Things old store next to Homesense is finally being renovated for something new presumably. Pure speculation but maybe a Best Buy, Golf Town, Jysk or Bed Bath & Beyond?

Also another addition going on the opposite side of the the plaza where the Gap Factory Outlet is opening. Rumor that it is a kids clothing store possibly Carter's which is suppose to go in Dartmouth Crossing aswell.

[HRM]

It's a Best Buy.

[q12]

Originally Posted by HRM

It's a Best Buy.

Thanks, just googled and found this.

http://www.recruitingsite.com/CSBSit...3&src=JB-10880

Looks like it should be open in spring/summer.

[Dmajackson]

Tidbits from the Burnside News:

• Although Starbucks technically already has a location in Bayers Lake – an outlet inside Chapters – it's first stand-alone location will soon be joining it. Construction is underway out front of Armco’s Bayers Lake Tower 1 and should be ready for customers in time for warmer weather.

• Speaking of Armco’s Tower 1, it will soon be joined by the second phase of the development. Pre-leasing on Tower 2 is now underway and the company says it hopes to have a couple of tenants for the project signed up in the next few weeks. If leasing interest is sufficient, work on the project could get underway in 2012.

[Jstaleness]

Originally Posted by q12

(photo by me)

Linens-N-Things old store next to Homesense is finally being renovated for something new presumably. Pure speculation but maybe a Best Buy, Golf Town, Jysk or Bed Bath & Beyond?

Also another addition going on the opposite side of the the plaza where the Gap Factory Outlet is opening. Rumor that it is a kids clothing store possibly Carter's which is suppose to go in Dartmouth Crossing aswell.

It looks like the same front as the bed bath and beyond rather than a best buy.

[q12]

Originally Posted by Jstaleness

It looks like the same front as the bed bath and beyond rather than a best buy.

Thats the old Linens-N-Things front. It's getting demolished.

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=...121.66,,0,3.13

[Jstaleness]

Haha, for some reason I thought that was a new piece being added. It's Monday. I'll be alright

[Dmajackson]

From the weekend;

[cormiermax]

[worldlyhaligonian]

Its pretty rough. I hope that roof will at least Patina.

[q12]

Bayers Lake project moves forward

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1237093.html

Thu, Apr 7 - 4:54 AM

A land transaction between Halifax Regional Municipality and a local developer planning a Bayers Lake Business Park project is a step closer to being finalized.

Regional council this week voted to move the plan forward after meeting in secret to go over the proposed Banc Developments project.

The company is hoping to develop about 80.9 hectares in the big-box store zone outside Halifax.

Council’s blessing was rubber-stamped at a public council meeting Tuesday, although a recent confidential staff report on the property matter won’t be released until the real estate deal closes.

Terms of the agreement will remain secret until that happens.

Deputy mayor Jim Smith (Albro Lake-Harbourview) and Coun. Dawn Sloane (Halifax Downtown) voted against moving the Banc plan forward.

The motion to advance the land deal was put forward by Coun. Mary Wile (Clayton Park West).

The municipality put the Bayers Lake land up for sale in a public tender last summer.

[q12]

Bayers Lake plan huge, says developer
$250-million project would almost double retail space

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1237365.html

By BRUCE ERSKINE Business Reporter
Fri, Apr 8 - 6:53 AM

A planned commercial development worth upward of $250 million will almost double the retail capacity of Bayers Lake Business Park, says the president of Banc Developments Ltd.

"We hope to blast rock before winter," Besim Halef said in an interview Thursday.

Halifax regional council voted this week to move ahead with the sale of 80.9 hectares of land in the business park to Banc after a secret meeting was held to consider the developer’s plan.

"We expect to close the land transaction in the fall," Halef said.

A staff report on the property sale and terms of the agreement won’t be released until the deal closes.

Halef said the planned development will be built on lands behind the Kent Building Supplies outlet on Chain Lake Drive.

The multi-phase development will include two big-box stores and a number of smaller outlets that will add about one million square feet of retail space to the park, Halef said.

The first phase of the development will take about five years to complete and the whole project will take about 10 years, he said.

"We need to put in roads and services. That will take time."

Banc has developed a conceptual geographic layout plan for the project and will work through the spring and summer to develop a final design plan and get required approvals, Halef said.

"It could change."

The entire project will include as many as 150 tenants.

The company president wouldn’t disclose who those tenants may be, but he said he hoped to bring in some higher-end retailers.

Halef didn’t know why deputy mayor Jim Smith (Albro Lake-Harbourview) and Coun. Dawn Sloane (Halifax Downtown) voted against the motion by Coun. Mary Wile (Clayton Park West) to move the land sale forward.

"I have no clue," Halef said. "I’d like to know myself."

The municipality stands to gain a great deal of tax revenue from the Bayers Lake development, he said.

"To me, economically, the city is better off."

Smith said he voted against the motion to voice his displeasure with the way Banc cleared land for a residential development off Trinity Avenue in Dartmouth.

"It’s just the principle," he said in an interview Thursday.

Smith said he had no doubt council would move the Bayers Lake property matter forward, despite his vote.

The municipality put the Bayers Lake land up for sale in a public tender last summer.

Banc’s only other holding in the business park is a building on Horseshoe Lake Drive that houses the provincial Access Nova Scotia office.

The building formerly housed a furniture store.

Wow, Bayers Lake double in size.

[fenwick16]

I wonder how much retail the HRM can support without creating additional jobs outside of retail. It would be good to see more manufacturing at the Bayer's Lake Business Park. (Is industrial space allowed at the Bayer's Lake Business Park?)

[-Harlington-]

double bayers lake behind kents ?
oh lord,no thank you

[Jstaleness]

I'm trying to think of what other big box stores there are in Canada that Halifax could support. That's a lot of space. Lowes comes to mind. I also heard that Radcliffe Canadian Tire was going to move. Maybe Canadian Tire will be one of them. Maybe a giant Target store if they wanted to supercenter one out there. The current Zellers is pretty small.

[Jonovision]

Quoted from the article:

Halef didn’t know why deputy mayor Jim Smith (Albro Lake-Harbourview) and Coun. Dawn Sloane (Halifax Downtown) voted against the motion by Coun.

Mary Wile (Clayton Park West) to move the land sale forward.

“I have no clue," Halef said.

“I’d like to know myself."


This is funny. I can think of many many good reasons to vote against this.

[MonctonRad]

Traffic is horrible out at Bayers Lake now, I can't imagine what it would be like if the retail area doubled in size!

They had better improve access off the 102 pretty damn quick!