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That article makes things out to be a little worse than they are because it ignores the interchange lands. Those won't be available anytime soon but then again the current group of projects will take a while to complete.

That being said, I doubt that the HRM by Design process is that in touch with the needs of businesses and developers and it is terrible to have the downtown in perpetual planning limbo.

Barrington's also in limbo right now because of the potential future heritage district. There might be incentives in a year or two so nobody is bothering to invest in buildings along the street now.

Halifax is run a bit like a Third World dictatorship.