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Old Posted Sep 18, 2009, 2:03 PM
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Here's the site plan. Looks pretty nice.
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Old Posted Sep 18, 2009, 2:37 PM
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Here's the site plan. Looks pretty nice.
It does, but pretty lofty idea.
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Old Posted Sep 18, 2009, 2:59 PM
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They've actually begun all the land clearing and site prep for this project.

It actually looks like an interesting development... the thing that just depresses me though is that every time I see a project like this going forward in the suburbs, I know that it decreases the chances of a large scale office tower development downtown. Not all of the businesses that will go here would want to be downtown anyway, but regardless, it will increase the amount of Class A office space, leading to less upward pressure on rents, and make it harder to build a class A office tower in the CBD. /sigh/
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Here are the site plans and renderings from the website.









It does looks quite nice, but I have to agree with you beyas. It is sad to see more office park development instead of downtown office towers.
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Old Posted Sep 18, 2009, 7:21 PM
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Looks good. I actually heard of this project a while ago but its the first I've seen plans for it.

A positive way of looking at this is it's really just infill since its completely surrounded by developed land. And at least it's not asphalt like the rest of Burnside.

Hopefully the RCMP HQ go ahead soon too just up the street.
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Unfortunately the deck is stacked against downtown office development. Burnside is subsidized and the approval process there is much easier.

It is true that there seems to be a lot of "suburban infill" in the city, with old gaps being filled in. That is certainly better than what was happening 20 years ago, although each individual development is still totally auto-centric. In practice almost nobody will be walking or biking to work at this business campus. Some might take the bus, but it will be slow and inconvenient.
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Old Posted Sep 24, 2009, 7:36 PM
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3 potential sites picked for Bedford’s new high school
By PAT LEE Staff Reporter
Thu. Sep 24 - 4:46 AM

The Halifax regional school board has chosen three possible sites for a new high school in Bedford, and the province will now make the final selection.

The three sites are near each other in Bedford West.

The site selection committee’s first choice is one off Innovation Drive near the offices of Research in Motion. Its second pick is closer to nearby Gary Martin Drive, close to the municipality’s future fourplex ice facility off Hammonds Plains Road. The third option is city-owned land at Jack Lake, bounded by Hammonds Plains Road and Highway 102.

The school board approved the selections at its monthly meeting Wednesday night. The new high school is to open in 2013.

Some of the advantages the selection committee identified for its first choice — named the Bedford West Knowledge Campus — were the site’s accessibility to transit, with two signalled intersections, and its proximity to the new rink, the new Bedford West subdivision and Research in Motion.

Board member David Finlayson, who attended one of the site selection meetings, said the three proposed sites are large and would accommodate just about anything the new school would need.

"You can pretty much build whatever you want to," he said.

One noted deficiency for all the sites was a lack of sidewalks for students coming from the Bedford side of Highway 102.

"The biggest concern that everybody around the table had was the transportation of students to and from the school," Mr. Finlayson said. "That is going to need to be addressed with HRM."

Charles Clattenburg, the school board’s director of operations services, said all three options are centrally located in the high school’s catchment area.

In the board’s Imagine Our Schools process, which looked at the long-term needs of schools, Bedford was identified as being among the fastest-growing areas of Halifax Regional Municipality and in need of more schools for the future, while enrolment in many other districts is shrinking.


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Long delayed pedway finally under construction print this article
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The Burnside News

Members of the Great Burnside Business Association were gratified to see all their lobbying efforts finally bear fruit in August as construction got underway on the pedway between Burnside and Highfield Park.
The pedway, which will be located beside the existing bridge over Highway 111, has long been sought as a safe alternative for the many pedestrians that currently risk life and limb by running across the busy highway.
“This is a very important project that will help prevent serious safety situations for many of our pedestrian workers,” says Nancy Sweeney, chair of the GBBA.
Pedestrian traffic surveys show that for every one person who runs across the highway, 10 others were trying to cross at the overpass, even without the benefit of sidewalks. The new pedway will now make that crossing much safer and easier.
However, it’s unlikely to totally eliminate pedestrians running across the highway. Many of those that engage in this risky activity are looking for a quick visit to the Tim Hortons location in Highfield Park and are unlikely to walk the few extra yards out of the way to cross via the pedway.
Although the GBBA is happy to see the pedway finally underway, it continues to focus on other access issues that plague the Park. Number one on this list is bus services. Many businesses in the Park point to insufficient bus service as their number one recruiting challenge when trying to attract new employees.
Even land developers and property managers are concerned about the lack of bus service, identifying it as one of their biggest challenges in competing with other areas of HRM to attract tenants.
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So, why exactly are they building the pedway in the wrong location?
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Where else should it go?
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Where else should it go?
For the years and years this has been discussed, the talk was that it would go west of the existing overpass, closer to the Tim Hortons in Highfield. Apparently the Tim's is one of the main attractions for people willing to risk their lives crossing the highway. It would also make for a seemingly shorter walk for people heading from Highfield to Burnside.
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For the years and years this has been discussed, the talk was that it would go west of the existing overpass, closer to the Tim Hortons in Highfield. Apparently the Tim's is one of the main attractions for people willing to risk their lives crossing the highway. It would also make for a seemingly shorter walk for people heading from Highfield to Burnside.
I believe the selected location to be more ideal, as the other location dump persons into the burnside section of the park that is mostly metro transit garage and heavy industrial. For safety i believe that location to be less then attractive.
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Bedford Waterfront Update

I took some photos today on the waterfront;













And my personal favourite. Bedford's two cranes. (more than Dartmouth)

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Any idea how far they plan on going with the infilling of the basin? It seems like they've picked up the pace in the last month or so. Its creating a site with great potential, but it seems like its been years in the process.
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Any idea how far they plan on going with the infilling of the basin? It seems like they've picked up the pace in the last month or so. Its creating a site with great potential, but it seems like its been years in the process.
I believe back in the spring they said there was about ten more acres to fill in so it must be almost done by now.

Its possible the pace has been picking up either because the official plan is supposed to be approved this Fall or because of all the recent construction projects providing more slate for the area.
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A new proposed wilderness area was announced for the Chebucto Peninsula just metres away from Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes;

Five Bridge Lakes Candidate Wilderness Area

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And apparently United Gulf is still trying to get their lands up by Exit 3 on the Bi-Hi (Hammonds Plains) developed;

11.1.4 Case 01311 - Papermill Lake Commercial

Comprehensive Development District (CCDD) Municipal

Planning Strategy Amendment, Bedford (590 Kb)


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Wow the Bedford waterfront is looking good!
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Eastport fully leases first multi-tenant LEED warehouse
BURNSIDE
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The Burnside News

Eastport Properties has fully leased what it believes to be the first multiple tenant LEED level warehouse in Canada.

The building, located at 122 Dorey Ave., incorporates a number of different features to help it achieve LEED (Leadership in Environmental Engineering and Design) qualification.

The roof is insulated to R-40 levels, while the walls are R-27; central skylights are paired with Solara windows along the top of the front and back walls to provide enough ambient light inside to work, even without lights; and the lighting system includes motion sensor that will turn them off in unoccupied areas. Other LEED features include bike racks, shower facilities, the use of local construction materials, nearby transit service, minimal use of asphalt and recycling of construction waste.

The floor of the new warehouse also contains several unique features. In addition to an in-floor radiant heating system, the concrete slab is also insulated so the heat only goes up into the floor and not down into the ground. The heating system is further broken down into 500 square foot zones, allowing tenants to selective heat all or only part of their space as required.

There will be three tenants in the new building, starting with Parts for Trucks, which has taken space to act as its new central regional depot. Inventory will be shipped to the Dorey Avenue location for eventual distribution to the company’s various locations around Atlantic Canada.

Joining Parts for Trucks at the site will be GlassCell, a Quebec-based insulation company, and ATS.

ATS is actually transferring from across the street, where it is currently located in 109 Dorey Ave. – phase one of Eastport’s three-phase project. Now that phase two, 122 Dorey, is fully leased, the company is ready to start work on phase three, which will be 130 John Savage Dr. Each stage is slightly larger, with 109 Dorey coming in at 50,000 square feet, 122 Dorey at 63,000 and 130 John Savage planned for 90,000.
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The new apartment buildung going up behind Cobequid Terminal;

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See my photos above for the progress

Infilled eyesore getting facelift
Halifax News Net
BEDFORD
By Yvette d’Entremont – The Weekly News

Anyone passing by the Bedford Highway near the Moirs Pond/Sobeys Plaza area recently will notice the infill area is looking a bit greener and more “finished.”
The bleak landscape had been described in the past as a “moonscape” by some residents, but the Waterfront Development Corporation is working hard to change that.
Eric Burchell, the corporation’s director of planning and development, said this is the next phase of the expansion of the Bedford Harbourwalk. The boardwalk is being built from the terminus at Waterfront Drive to the South Jetty.
Easy access
“It will have look-offs, benches, standard trail amenities, and it will be paved,” Burchell said, noting the walkway will allow the public to more easily access the popular recreational walking area during the winter months.
The activity taking place for the next two or three weeks involves visually improving the surrounding environment.
Burchell said the project is running on schedule.
“We can’t have lawns that need to be mowed, so we decided to go with hydro seeding with a wildflower component,” Burchell said. “It will grow up as a natural grassland with wildflowers in it. It’s a low maintenance option, but one that’s nice for people to look at rather than the rock.”
The wildflowers are expected to be in bloom by the spring.
“It’s like when you’re renovating a home, things look worse before they get better, and most people are telling me it’s nice to see something happening,” said Bedford Coun. Tim Outhit. “It’s been a bit of an eyesore, but people are excited about what’s happening and where it’s going. It’s a big improvement, no question.”
Three options
Bedford’s Waterfront Visioning Implementation Committee unveiled a consultant’s design study of the Bedford waterfront on June 10. Cost-shared by HRM and the Waterfront Development Corporation, it included a design brief with three alternative design options that were presented to the public at that June meeting.
Outhit said the next step in Bedford’s waterfront implementation involves a public hearing to be held some time next month. At that meeting, residents will be presented with a “hybrid” of those three plans, based in part on public feedback.
The ultimate goal is the establishment of a master plan for Bedford’s waterfront.


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