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Originally Posted by Keith P.
I don't see this as a good residential opportunity at all, especially given the amount of new residential going up nearby. As it is, those all suffer from a severe lack of services within reasonable walking distance. I could see it doing better as a hotel site.
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There isn't much around those blocks specifically but it's not far from Spring Garden Road, the Barrington Superstore, etc. This is a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem but I think it will be solved in a few years once the Roy, Maple, and others fill up with thousands of new residents.
Generally speaking it is nicer to have a downtown that's mixed use and caters to residents as well as office workers and visitors. The 1950's-style "CBD" plan of office districts and commuters that was implemented by the 70's-90's never worked out that well. It's inefficient to have an area with tons of infrastructure that's dead after 5 pm and there are a lot of amenities that are nice to have for workers and visitors that can't really be supported without residents, at least in a smaller city like Halifax.