As if on cue...
Kent in works for north side
HEATHER MCLAUGHLIN
hmclaugh@dailygleaner.com
Published Thursday May 17th, 2007
Appeared on page A1
SmartCentres shopping mall developers received planning advisory committee approval Wednesday night to subdivide two lots off their 20-hectare property at Two Nations Crossing to prepare for two new anchor tenants.
The co-applicant on the SmartCentres rezoning and subdivision is Kent Building Supplies.
J.D. Irving purchased the former northside Co-op store site recently. It is going to use part of that land and consolidate it with SmartCentres property in order to have enough room for both a building and outside storage area.
"I can't speak fully on their intentions," SmartCentres spokesman Jeff Lumsden said.
Unofficially, Canadian Tire and Marks Work Wearhouse are the expected second tenants for the shopping mall property anchored by a northside Wal-Mart store.
Marks Work Wearhouse is part of the Canadian Tire business family.
Meantime on the south side of Fredericton, businessman John Kileel is positioning Kileel Developments to be ready for a nine-storey office tower project to match the design of the Toronto Dominion Tower building.
In 1997, city zoning changes meant that Kileel was limited to a seven-storey office building, essentially a twin of the TD Tower at the corner of Westmorland and Queen streets.
His concept plan is for a nine-storey downtown building at King and Westmorland streets with a one-storey retail and corridor linking the two structures.
That proposal was approved by the planning advisory committee, but has to go to city council for a final vote.
"This is really just tidying up the development we had anticipated back in the '90s and just asking for the zoning to be re-established," Kileel said.
"I can't say at this time that we have any firm plans for a start date, but the market in Fredericton is as positive
as it's been for quite some time.
"The future looks good, so we wanted to be ready for that," Kileel said
Other development proposals approved by the planning and advisory committee Wednesday night
include:
- A convenience store and car wash for the corner of Lian Street and Bishop Drive.
- A 21-unit apartment building on Abbott Court from Colpitts Developments.
- A three-unit row housing development for Crerar Court, off Union Street from George Youssef.
- A new location for Craig Electric Co Ltd. on the south side of Two Nations Crossing.
- Rezoning of two city-owned parcels of land at Two Nations Crossing to be sold by the city to developers interested in office building projects.