Ask Shawn Cleary about his friendship with Joachim Stroink and he’ll tell you something this town already knows. “In Halifax, it’s one-and-a-half degrees of separation,” he says. “Everybody knows everybody.” The councillor’s platonic relationship with Armco’s latest hired gun doesn’t raise any ethical or legal conflicts, he says, even as the development firm tries one […]
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Rebuilding trust in Beechville
Armco Capital has a lot of work ahead if it wants to earn back the trust of Beechville residents for the company’s new subdivision. Helping ease the tensions built up from 200 years of false promises and racist planning decisions is Joachim Stroink, the former MLA who made national headlines in 2013 after posing for […]
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Armco being difficult again
[Image-1] It’s hard getting things built in this town. Sure, there’s more cranes in the sky than there’s been in decades, but municipal policies still often get in the way of a property owner’s god-given right to vomit out mixed-use residential. Perhaps that’s why APL Properties Ltd., “an Armco Capital company,” has taken an unusually […]
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City doesn’t know best, says Quinpool developer
[Image-1] If the city tells you to change the dimensions of your multi-million dollar development, you would probably go ahead and make those changes. That’s why you’re lame. Not like those rebels with sort-of-a-cause APL Properties, who instead chose to ignore city council’s recommendations on their 22-storey Quinpool Road proposal and re-submit the exact same […]
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Sewage deal flows
Halifax council Tuesday agreed to $2.1 million in financing to install an over-size sewage pipe that will primarily benefit one property owner—Armco, one of the largest development firms in town, and one of the largest contributors to municipal election campaigns. This summer, Halifax Water will be installing sewage pipes to service Bedford West—the area west […]