[Moncton] Northwest/Magnetic Hill Developments

[MonctonRad]

Further to the above regarding the MID West Industrial Park expansion:

Council voted Monday to begin the process of rezoning land off Horsman Road and south of Berry Mills Road for an expansion of the Moncton Industrial Park West. Planning director Bill Budd said a public presentation on the expansion will be held May 6, followed by a public hearing on June 17. The proposed park will provide approximately 40-50 new industrial lots and require three new public streets and a bridge over the CN Rail line.

https://tj.news/moncton-miramichi/al...-county-museum (paywall)

The T&T article also included a conceptual rendering of what the expansion might look like at full build-out:

[MonctonRad]

Planning documents for the proposed expansion of the MID West Industrial Park:

https://www5.moncton.ca/docs/pac/Pub...ic_Hearing.pdf

This is a HUGE development, and, in particular, the two main lots (20.6 & 16.4 Ha) are massive. These lots have been presold, and whatever is going to be built there is going to be VERY large. The renderings show a couple of interesting looking buildings (although these could be placeholders with no semblance to reality).

I am at work, so I will give more thought to this document tonight when I get home, but, this will be a transformational industrial project. Everyone should have a look.

[jonny golden]

Here comes the Amazon - Ikea speculation!!

[MonctonRad]

MID West Industrial Park - Phase 2 Proposal:


Street grid and lot sizes


Site plan and theoretical building layout

I have taken the liberty of outlining the two largest building lots, which have already been pre-purchased by major (unknown) tenants. Again, the building configurations on these two lots may be purely theoretical, but, a lot of thought has gone into building orientation and landscaping, including pond placement. This makes you wonder if there is not some real world basis to the layout of these lots. The largest lot in particular has a real "campus" feel to it. It doesn't appear to be a simple warehouse or trucking facility. Ditto for the second largest lot too.


Aerial of the site plan again, only obliquely oriented, giving a better idea of the elevations


Recommendations for street access to the industrial park expansion.

1) - Horsman Road to be extended to Delong Drive.
2) - Horsman Road will cross the CNR mainline via an overpass.
3) - Intersection upgrade at Horsman/Berry Mills.
4) - Horsman to be upgraded to a collector road.
5) - Delong to be upgraded to a collector road.
6) - Delong/Edinburgh intersection to be signalized.
7) - Intersection improvements to Edinburgh/Berry Mills
8) - Intersection improvements to Edinburgh/St. George Blvd.

Moncton Industrial Development Ltd. is proposing a new industrial park off Horsman Road, south of Berry Mills Road (PIDs 01023217, 01023209, 01023076, 70518634).

This will be an expansion of the existing Moncton Industrial Park West.
The purpose of the proposed Municipal Plan By-law amendment, being By-law
Z-122.8, is to modify Schedule 2 “urban boundary” to expand the urban boundary to include the subject lands.

The application also includes an amendment to the Zoning By-law, being By-law Z-222.31, to rezone wetlands from IP (Industrial Park) to P2 (Open
Space and Conservation).

Traffic Impact Study

• Final study June 2023
• Full development generates:
• 1,136 AM Peak Hour trips
• 1,093 PM Peak Hour trips
• Existing / Background traffic operations
issues at Berry Mills/Horsman and Berry
Mills/Edinburgh
• Additional improvements required by
development on Delong, Edinburgh and
St. George
• Considerations for Active Transportation
and Transit

[Clamdigger]

I just saw that Atlantic Commercial Properties has announced that the old Cabela's location off Mapleton is now fully leased. They indicate that details to come soon on a "national business" that will be located there.

[MonctonRad]

Exciting news. I wonder what the "national business" is???

[MonctonRad]

Kimganae Korean BBQ in the Lounsbury Centre has had their lease terminated and will be relocating to 777 Mountain Road (old Rice Bowl location).

The reason for the termination is that Lounsbury has secured a new tenant for this space. This must be a desirable, possibly national tenant in order for Lounsbury to kick out a stable long term business. I wonder who it is???

[lirette]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Kimganae Korean BBQ in the Lounsbury Centre has had their lease terminated and will be relocating to 777 Mountain Road (old Rice Bowl location).

The reason for the termination is that Lounsbury has secured a new tenant for this space. This must be a desirable, possibly national tenant in order for Lounsbury to kick out a stable long term business. I wonder who it is???

Would this space fit a five guys? Would be quite an injection to this plaza.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by lirette

Would this space fit a five guys? Would be quite an injection to this plaza.

Potentially.

Is this a high enough profile location for them?

Also, by locating here, they would be in direct competition with their clone (Big League), just down the road, but, perhaps this could be their strategy - to defeat Big League in a head-to-head competition and remove them from the marketplace.......

[drewber]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Kimganae Korean BBQ in the Lounsbury Centre has had their lease terminated and will be relocating to 777 Mountain Road (old Rice Bowl location).

The reason for the termination is that Lounsbury has secured a new tenant for this space. This must be a desirable, possibly national tenant in order for Lounsbury to kick out a stable long term business. I wonder who it is???

I've seen the inside of rice bowls property and all I can say is I hope major renovations are at hand or Kimganae may be in trouble at that location

[stephan.richard]

Big League is good but I much prefer Five Guys!

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Potentially.

Is this a high enough profile location for them?

Also, by locating here, they would be in direct competition with their clone (Big League), just down the road, but, perhaps this could be their strategy - to defeat Big League in a head-to-head competition and remove them from the marketplace.......

[MonctonRad]

NAPA Auto Parts expansion - MID Industrial Park (St. George Blvd & Edinburgh Drive).


Infinity Aerials photo.

[MaritimerJAB]

Originally Posted by lirette

Would this space fit a five guys? Would be quite an injection to this plaza.

I wonder if Taco Bell is eyeing this? It's a much cheaper , turn key option VS a new build?

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by MaritimerJAB

I wonder if Taco Bell is eyeing this? It's a much cheaper , turn key option VS a new build?

Taco Bell would like to have a drive-thru I suspect. That would be impossible with this unit.