An eight-storey residential unit building got approval from Halifax West and Community Council this week. The proposed property will nest behind the historic rectory building which sits at the front of the lot at 2267 Brunswick Street beside St. Patrick’s Church. The application was first put forward by Studio Works International Inc. on behalf of […]
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Halifax and West Community Council moving quickly on new builds
A s the Centre Plan looms in the somewhat near future, the city is moving quickly to get development applications caught in its crossfire settled before the big changes come about. Halifax and West Community Council voted one of those developments, a 19-storey building at 2859 Robie Street, between Bilby and Macara Streets, through to […]
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Inside my digs: north end Halifax
It was practicality and convenience that sold Kaylin MacKenzie on becoming a condo owner. After years of renting, she’d realized that finding a place she loved wasn’t easy. “When I started crunching the numbers I realized that renting a place I would really like was not going to cost that much less than owning a […]
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Lofty goals
“It literally looks as much like a blank slate as possible, which is kind of intimidating at first, but luckily I kind of had a vision of what I wanted,” says Jillian Tonet of the north end loft she and her partner Crissy Goodwin bought about a year-and-a-half ago. The first-time home-owners were already sold […]
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Three things to consider when buying a condo
Sandra Pike is a Halifax-based realtor with an expertise in new condominiums. Apartment renters, she says, are “paying someone else’s mortgage and you walk away with no investment.” For first-time homeowners, a condo is “a phenomenal start,” but how do you know what to look for? Pike offers some pointers. A condo is an investment […]
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Inside my digs: downtown Dartmouth
When you know, you know. That was the case with Jeremy Walker, who wasn’t looking for a condo until he found the condo. “The idea wasn’t appealing to me at first. I was more like a backwoods person; I wanted a space by a lake or something like that,” he says. But falling in love […]
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27 developments that are changing Halifax’s cityscape
Halifax’s building boom has a way of getting in your face, whether you actively avoid the sidewalk closures, or not. Cranes are towering, drills be drillin’, and neighbourhoods are being modified and developed. Whether it’s all the result of densifying urban plans or an artificially-propped up real estate market remains to be seen. In any […]
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My new digs: north end Halifax
After seven years in their first home, Anna and Trevor Delaney were craving change. Sizeable change, at that. With sights set on the north end, they sold their Herring Cove Road home in favour of a total downsize and a LEED-certified condo, happily trading their backyard in for a two-minute walk to the Common. “For […]
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My new digs: Bedford West
“Paying rent downtown is much as a mortgage payment,” says Lyndsey Gallant. And she’d know: Before becoming a first-time homeowner this fall, she spent 10 years renting in the middle of the action on Barrington Street. “I realized I’d rather put my money into something that I can get back. It’s an investment, and it’s […]
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Mr. Harper, you are a threat to Canada
[Image-1] Stephen Harper was sworn in as Canada’s 22nd prime minister on February 6, 2006. Nine years later and the only changes that have been made are for the worse. Canada is under attack and we all need to wake up and see the light. Harper’s government makes the city of Halifax the true demographic […]