[Halifax] Moxy Hotel & The Trinity (5415 Cogswell) | 64 m | 21 fl | U/C
News out about a new $50 million development for the ex trinity chruch site. Claims to be an as of right development and will be going 18 stories and future rental appartments. However the article discusses possibilities of some hotel or office.
Proposed by Jono developments, which has little development history to put off such a large project, so not sure if it will actually get built
There could be more than two since there is also the Centennial development and maybe some other office development will happen.
Either way, this development sounds very promising. The developers seem aware of good urban design, etc. and as-of-right developments can proceed very quickly.
As far as I know there's no legal way for the Heritage Trust to prevent this development. Heritage registration only happens with the property owner's permission and only new development agreements can be appealed.
It is important to have organizations like the Heritage Trust but they should be working on the actual preservation of historic buildings.
As far as I know there's no legal way for the Heritage Trust to prevent this development. Heritage registration only happens with the property owner's permission and only new development agreements can be appealed.
Fair enough then. Hopefully this proposal will have few hurtles, if any.
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It is important to have organizations like the Heritage Trust but they should be working on the actual preservation of historic buildings.
Of course. Its just that the United Gulf fiasco has left a bad taste in many mouths for the HT. I'm glad to hear HRMbydesign has converted some people.
Anywho, is this project definitely going to include rental apartments and not condos? That is also a nice change for once. It would certainly be the tallest apartment building built in the area in some time.
I can't disagree with her. As... convoluted , as she seems sometimes, I have a feeling she's a reader of Jane Jacobs, I would hope so with a comment like that, and (I can't believe I'm defending her) having a counsellor in there that reads the Urban Saint, is a step in the right direction. Just not her. Uteck though... I might mail her one of my books.
You beat me to it...lol
So it seems this is gonna be 19 storeys instead of 18 and he wants to start construction this fall! I really look forward to seeing the design.
Even if mixed low income housing were the way to go, randomly asking this developer to include it is unfair. They have to compete with other developments, none of which provide artificially low cost housing without government subsidy.
The whole "what are you going to do for me?" attitude that surrounds private property development is ridiculous. Private developers are out to make money like everybody else. It's not their job to provide low income housing, parkland, etc. They (and everybody else) pay taxes to the province and to the HRM for that.
"Instead of pointing at the Fenwick Towers and saying, 'Look how ugly tall buildings are,' now people will be able to say, 'Look at this project, and look how beautiful we can make projects in Halifax,'" he said.
Let's just hope hes not talking about building somthing like those big brick housing projects you see in chicago lol
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, as she seems sometimes, I have a feeling she's a reader of Jane Jacobs, I would hope so with a comment like that, and (I can't believe I'm defending her) having a counsellor in there that reads the Urban Saint, is a step in the right direction. Just not her. Uteck though... I might mail her one of my books.
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