The Official Moncton, NB Project Thread

[MonctonRad]

That lot is big enough for a cluster of apartment buildings, as well as some commercial/retail fronting West Main Street........

[Monctoncore]

Originally Posted by jonny golden

Plans for "another" apartment building on Lorentz Drive. Does Ashford own the two white apartment buildings that are on Lorentz?

No they don’t, that was referring to the other project they plan downtown!

[jonny golden]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

That lot is big enough for a cluster of apartment buildings, as well as some commercial/retail fronting West Main Street........

So Ashford owns the lot that the car dealership now occupies? If so, they'd probably have to relocate when Ashford decides to move forward with development plans. It's a large lot, and just minutes from downtown, Wheeler and the causeway(future bridge). Good location for apartments.

[Good2go]

The City of Moncton's Infrastructure projects for this year...


https://t.co/dcPqtawvt1?amp=1

[jonny golden]

According to Halifax ReTales:

"So it sounds like Amazon is setting up a few small 10k sq warehouses Dartmouth, Moncton, Fredericton so far what I have come across and have contracted someone called Box Rocket (who is hiring drivers) to deliver."

[DyAm00394]

Originally Posted by jonny golden

According to Halifax ReTales:

"So it sounds like Amazon is setting up a few small 10k sq warehouses Dartmouth, Moncton, Fredericton so far what I have come across and have contracted someone called Box Rocket (who is hiring drivers) to deliver."

There are job postings online for Moncton, Fredericton and Saint John (here in NB). https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=...state=tldetail


Apparently it's not Amazon setting this up, it's Intelcom. They've apparently have set up buildings in Moncton, Fredericton, Saint John and Halifax to do these Amazon Deliveries. Box Rocket is the contractor with them.

[MonctonRad]

Moncton policy aims to boost affordable housing construction
City to offer grants to offset municipal development costs
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...able-1.5585226

Staff provided an example of a 36-unit building with 30 per cent deemed affordable housing. Under the formula, the building would have $25,000 in development fees.

That building would be eligible for a grant of $6,667.50.

Coun. Brian Hicks suggested that would be a relatively small cost compared to the total building cost that staff estimated could range from $3 million to $4 million for a 36-unit apartment building.

A pittance indeed, but apparently the city is putting this forward as an expression of goodwill on the issue, hoping for additional funding for affordable housing from the other two levels of government.

[riverviewer]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Moncton policy aims to boost affordable housing construction
City to offer grants to offset municipal development costs
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...able-1.5585226



A pittance indeed, but apparently the city is putting this forward as an expression of goodwill on the issue, hoping for additional funding for affordable housing from the other two levels of government.

Perhaps they can convert the soon to be empty office buildings, as more people work at home, and the soon to be vacated retail spaces, as more people shop online, into affordable housing.

[MonctonRad]

An interesting read...........

Study estimates new Moncton-area contemporary art museum could cost $38M
Consultant estimates proposal would require $1.2M to $1.3M per year in private, government funding
Shane Magee · CBC News · Posted: Jun 18, 2020 8:00 AM AT
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...seum-1.5616139

This study is very preliminary, with very few specifics. If this goes ahead, don't expect any grand openings for the next 12-15 years.

I am supportive of this. Of all the larger cities in the Maritimes, Moncton is really the only one without a major cultural institution of some kind. I think it is time.

I see Councillor Theriault would like to see it in the old MHS, which is certainly worth consideration. Personally, I think a location on Downing Street would be appropriate, between city hall and the Riverfront Park, across the street from the city library and next to a relocated Moncton Market. This would make a fine cultural district in the heart of the downtown.

[MonctonRad]

from Councilor Greg Turner's FB page:

In these most challenging times that we are experiencing, there is still lots to be thankful for in the City of Moncton . We have just received our building figures for June , and the City of Moncton issued 191 Permits , the highest total in the last decade . The (monetary) total of over $36M is the third highest over the last 10 years . It is exciting to see this continued strong growth in our City , both in residential and commercial construction.

new apartment building on Victoria, currently wrapping up construction.

[MonctonRad]

PAC agenda is out for the July meeting.

https://www.moncton.ca/lets-do-busin...sory-committee

Sadly, not too much worth reporting. In particular nothing regarding the Harper Building project.

[tmacdougall]

Would have loved to see a bit more meat in the July PAC agenda including Val's project.

[Philbilly]

HuffPost: The Best Place For Jobs In Canada Is … Moncton?

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/...b63a72c342885d

[L'homard]

Originally Posted by tmacdougall

Would have loved to see a bit more meat in the July PAC agenda including Val's project.

I believe Val already has secured all the zoning, permits, variances, etc... for whatever it is he's planning.
Unless my memory fails me, which it sometimes does, he doesn't need to go before the board in order to get going.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by Philbilly

HuffPost: The Best Place For Jobs In Canada Is … Moncton?

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/...b63a72c342885d

We should enjoy this while it lasts...........

Moncton - the bubble within the bubble.

[habs33]

St. Pat's sold: Hospital group lands property for $2.5M

After about a year of searching for a way to revive the shuttered St. Patrick's Family Centre, its members voted Wednesday to sell the property to a group connected to the neighbouring Dr.-Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre.

Maria Mutch, president of the centre's board, said the 50-odd people who gathered for Wednesday's general meeting elected to accept a $2.5 million offer from Partenaire Dumont Inc. for the Providence Street property, which will also see the group forgive a $100,000 loan and associated interest meant to cover heating and insurance costs incurred while the board planned its next steps.

Partenaire Dumont is a non-profit association that works in collaboration with the Fondation CHU Dumont Foundation on activities like land acquisition that are beyond the scope of the foundation.

[MonctonRad]

The land will unquestionably be donated to the GDH for their future expansion plans:

$400M Dumont hospital expansion plan includes 600-space parking garage
Plan calls for spending $30 million on 'immediate needs' by 2022, including parking
Shane Magee · CBC News · Posted: Dec 17, 2019 12:23 PM AT | Last Updated: December 17, 2019
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...king-1.5398899



Meanwhile, a modest addition to the Moncton Hospital for a new maternal/newborn unit including an NNICU, which was to begin sometime this year is still nowhere to be seen. I suppose it could be possible the expansion was delayed by the pandemic, but there has been no discussion as to what is going on at all. All we hear are <crickets><crickets><crickets>

The new unit at the Moncton Hospital is only about 5% of the value of the ambitious GDH plan. The blatant favouritism of one hospital over the other in Moncton is beginning to get most galling...........

[MonctonRad]

Headline from the T&T online site:

Industrial Parks Track Towards Record Despite Pandemic


Aerial photo of the main MID park

Moncton Industrial Developments which manages and develops the city's four industrial parks, is on pace for a record breaking year in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. It's (previous) best year was in 2019, with $2.6M in land sales and $83M in development permits

[mylesmalley]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

The land will unquestionably be donated to the GDH for their future expansion plans:

$400M Dumont hospital expansion plan includes 600-space parking garage
Plan calls for spending $30 million on 'immediate needs' by 2022, including parking
Shane Magee · CBC News · Posted: Dec 17, 2019 12:23 PM AT | Last Updated: December 17, 2019
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-b...king-1.5398899



Meanwhile, a modest addition to the Moncton Hospital for a new maternal/newborn unit including an NNICU, which was to begin sometime this year is still nowhere to be seen. I suppose it could be possible the expansion was delayed by the pandemic, but there has been no discussion as to what is going on at all. All we hear are <crickets><crickets><crickets>

The new unit at the Moncton Hospital is only about 5% of the value of the ambitious GDH plan. The blatant favouritism of one hospital over the other in Moncton is beginning to get most galling...........

Is part of the issue here that Vitalité has one major hospital but Horizon operates three? I have no idea how their respective budgets work and doubtless there is politics, but when looking at capital infrastructure spending Horizon has to share the love.

[NBNYer]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Meanwhile, a modest addition to the Moncton Hospital for a new maternal/newborn unit including an NNICU, which was to begin sometime this year is still nowhere to be seen. I suppose it could be possible the expansion was delayed by the pandemic, but there has been no discussion as to what is going on at all. All we hear are <crickets><crickets><crickets>

The new unit at the Moncton Hospital is only about 5% of the value of the ambitious GDH plan. The blatant favouritism of one hospital over the other in Moncton is beginning to get most galling...........

Originally Posted by mylesmalley

Is part of the issue here that Vitalité has one major hospital but Horizon operates three? I have no idea how their respective budgets work and doubtless there is politics, but when looking at capital infrastructure spending Horizon has to share the love.

Myles may be correct. Also, I wasn't going to say anything, but just so that people reading this are made aware, all of these major improvements to the CHU Dumont are not much more than a wishlist from hospital administration. The linked article states that government officials had not even received a request for funding at the time of publication. I suspect the information was fed to the press to drum up support for the project but given the current economic and political climate, I sincerely doubt we are going to see anything happen according to the proposed schedule. To be clear, I would love to see such improvements happen, I think it is way overdue... and a both local hospitals. Both hospitals are in dire need of parking structures.