Bayers Lake project moves forward
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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.