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Originally Posted by sdm
my understanding is a local developer has partnered with the firm that owns the project in attempts to get it started as now proposed in the new HRM planning notice.
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Responding to sdm's comment from almost 4 months ago - a story in the allnovascotia.com confirmed this. The allnovascotia.com states that Halifax developer John Ghosn is a partner with an Ontario firm. They are planning a 75 unit, 13 storey tower plus 17 townhouses and 4500 square feet of commercial space. The building has a value of $15 million dollars. A community council of six HRM councillors (Karsten, McCluskey, Nicholl, Smith, Fisher and Barkhouse) voted unanimously to allow this to proceed to a public hearing likely the first week of May (next month).
The old development agreement will have to be discharged (so the old Sheppard's Island renderings are no longer being considered). However, the site is 25 acres and other buildings will be constructed in the future (there is not a complete conceptual plan at this time).
According to the allnovascotia.com story, John Ghosn stated that construction could begin this year.