Posted Jan 27, 2009, 11:27 AM
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The following is in Tuesday's Herald:
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Condos to rise on Bayview site
19-storey ‘substantial development’ planned
By BRUCE ERSKINE Business Reporter
Tue. Jan 27 - 4:46 AM
If all goes as planned, a 19-storey condominium tower could soon rise on the site of the Bayview Motor Inn on the Bedford Highway.
"It’s a substantial development," Cesar Saleh, an engineer with WH Fares Group of Halifax, said in an interview on Monday. "The architecture is quite unique."
The Fares Group is designing the multimillion-dollar project for the property’s owner, Basin Vista Development Ltd., whose president, according to the provincial Registry of Joint Stock Companies, is Youssef Ghosn.
Mr. Saleh said the proposed development will include 150 condo units in a slender tower rising from a base that will house either a 100-room hotel or office complex.
"It depends on the market when we’re ready to go," he said, adding that the developer hopes to have the project pass through the municipal development approval process within eight to 10 months.
"We would like to begin (construction) in the fall of 2009," he said, adding that the project would take 18 to 24 months to complete.
The proposal requires amendments to Halifax’s Municipal Planning Strategy and the Halifax Mainland Land Use Bylaw to permit a mixed-use building. It will be brought before regional council of Feb. 3.
Mr. Saleh said the motor inn, which is located at 50 Bedford Highway, next to Atlantic Acura, will be demolished to make way for the new development.
"It’s not functional now," he said, adding that architectural renderings of the proposed development will be available after the project has gone to regional council.
Coun. Debbie Hum (Rockingham Wentworth) said she has met with the project’s proponents a couple of times and looks forward to seeing details of the plan when it comes to council.
"It would be substantial for the area," she said in an interview.
Ms. Hum said the proponents are addressing the issue of increased traffic volumes on the busy Bedford Highway that would result from the "significant" development.
"They’ve engaged a consultant," she said.
( berskine@herald.ca)
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http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1103074.html
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