Dalhousie University is growing. Enrolment numbers for Atlantic Canada’s largest university totalled nearly 22,000 students at the end of 2021, and have been increasing by at least 500 students annually for the past five years. Dalhousie is also expanding as a real estate developer, particularly around its Studley campus in south end Halifax. Last year, […]
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“Massive” Cogswell redevelopment coming for 2025-2026
The redevelopment of the Cogswell Interchange, which is billed as the biggest city-building project in Halifax’s history, is expected to finish up in the 2025-2026 fiscal year. Construction will break ground this winter on the rebuild that mayor Mike Savage says will bridge a gap between peninsula Halifax’s north end and the downtown core. “Make […]
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Keeping up with Halifax’s changing city scape
The Coast is rounding up the buildings and projects so you can know about them before they’re towering over your backyard. Ben’s Bakery redevelopment An eight-storey plus a penthouse mixed-use building with apartments and street-front businesses, townhouses and a six-storey Berkeley assisted-living residence are planned for the 10,000-square-metre lot between Quinpool Road, Pepperell, Preston and […]
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Halifax regional council’s new rules for sidewalk obstruction hope to curb hassle for pedestrians
Mitigation of development and construction impacts, the rules surrounding shutting down sidewalks and streets for construction, have been updated to protect pedestrians as the importance of new developments continues to grow across HRM. The old guidelines allowed construction sites to temporarily close or use only a portion of the street and area adjacent to the […]
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Halifax’s old memorial library gets heritage status from regional council
Grafton Park and the old Memorial Library beefed up their protections against being flattened in the future, as regional council approved heritage site status for the building and the entire property it sits on at the corner of Spring Garden Road and Grafton Street. The designation as a heritage site—versus just a heritage property—means that […]
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A parking garage on the Halifax Common would mean big changes for Halifax Lancers
There’s one thing in Halifax that no other city in the country has: a one-of-a-kind non-profit riding school and equine therapy centre in its downtown core. This little non-profit-that-could has stood the test of time for over 80 years while the city grew all around it. The Halifax Junior Bengal Lancers, founded in 1936 to […]
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There’s nothing spontaneous about a night out in Halifax for someone who uses a mobility device
It’s been two years since Vicky Levack has gone dancing—like proper dancing. DJ and lights and a hot outfit. On Saturday she dons a red dress, red lipstick to match. Diamond earrings and a black clutch and black lacey tights—seriously ready to hit the town. “All I want is a Purple Haze and a cute […]
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Halifax’s lengthy budget process kicks off
Halifax Regional Council’s budget committee kicked off its 2020/2021 budget process this week, diving into preliminary discussions on how and where to spend the municipality’s—and the bank’s—dollar bills. First up this week was capital spending—better understood alongside its partner in crime, operational spending, which includes year-to-year costs of running a city: AKA groceries. Capital spending […]
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Harbour rising: Halifax’s harbourfront in 2100, come hell or high water
As the eye of Hurricane Dorian spun around Halifax Harbour like a cocoon, it could have been any other grey day in Nova Scotia—were it not for the building floating in the water in Herring Cove. The large boathouse was home to Thomas Reyno’s three boats, two tubes and 45 years worth of memories. Now […]
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How did we get here on housing affordability in Halifax?
When it comes to affordable housing in Nova Scotia—or a lack of it—definitions are fast and loose, and who needs help often gets lost among departments and jurisdictions. HRM planner Jillian MacLellan says it’s “such a big issue that trying to find the best place to start or where you’re going to be most effective […]
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6 Halifax developments you should know about
Wellington Street (Case 20774) In July, regional council voted to let a bunch of developments go ahead despite the looming Centre Plan. This is one of the more controversial projects, an application by Lydon Lynch Architects, on behalf of owner BANC Developments, for an eight-storey structure on Wellington Street in Halifax’s south end. The development […]
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The results of The Coast’s first Halifax Renters’ Survey
Over 500 readers took our inaugural renters’ survey to tell us what life is like as a renter in Halifax. The results were grim, with housing affordability out for reach for over half of respondents, people paying more than initially budgeted and spending more than eight weeks looking for new apartments. Here’s the results: