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Originally Posted by sdm
Not sure if it was the city or not, but there were two registered Heritage buildings in the area where the extended porition would be (only one remains now). I am sure that had something to do with it, and possibly will going forward as HRM by Design's heritage controls are different.
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I actually watched the Council session back in 2004 when they debated whether or not to approve the demolition of the one that's gone (an undergrad poli-sci assignment was to attend council). It was the Kelly Building and had been vacant since 1982. A development agreement was done in 1983 to allow a 8 storey building on site that would have saved the facade, but it expired in 1987. Standard Life applied to have it torn down in 1994, but after lobbying by the Heritage Trust, the city refused. A demolition permit was eventually secured, but it wasn't acted upon and it expired. TDB Halifax Holdings bought the property in 2002 and sought a demolition permit. It all came to council in March 2004 and again in 2005. It was a very contentious with virtual deadlock on both sides, but demolition was eventually granted. From the looks of the old staff reports, it sounds like the back of the TD Building was left blank for a Phase III, but given the limited protection for heritage buildings, I doubt the city is the reason the back was never built. More likely market conditions did that since they could have built in the 80s and they could have demolished in the late 90s, but let the demolition permit lapse. If you've forgotten what the Kelly Building looked like, check out the photos in the old staff report.
http://www.halifax.ca/council/agenda...0323ca1032.pdf