[Image-1] There’s finally a clear picture of those design changes being proposed for the Nova Centre. In March, the as-yet-finalized changes to the $500-million complex caught the municipality and the public by surprise when a vague description appeared on an information item that was supposed to go before HRM’s Design Review Committee. That meeting was […]
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Additional $10 million in tech upgrades needed for Halifax Convention Centre
[Image-1] The province of Nova Scotia has finally finalized its agreement with Argyle Developments for the design, construction and lease of the new downtown convention centre. With that announcement Wednesday comes news that the cost of the $164-million project is once again going up. An additional $10 million will be needed to upgrade technological infrastructure […]
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Substantial design changes planned for Nova Centre
[Image-1] Developer Joe Ramia wants to change the exterior design elements of his downtown Nova Centre complex, including the elevation above Market Street and the materials to be used at the Centre’s base and tower. That news comes from an information item headed to next week’s meeting of the Design Review Committee. A new substantive […]
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The Carleton Music Bar & Grill Needs Your Help
The Carleton Music Bar & Grill needs your help. For years, the elegant Argyle Street venue owned by Mike Campbell has been the setting for some of the most memorable and intimate shows. With a delectable menu, expert bartending, that beautiful patio, attentive sound engineers and the best audio system in Halifax, it’s been a staple […]
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Market Street closed for three weeks because time is a flat circle
[Image-1] Progress, my friends, is an illusion. We pile bricks upon bricks, hoping for a wall. The only Sure Thing in this life is entropy. We delude ourselves into thinking any effort has been made to stave off the oncoming darkness. The Nova Centre remains under construction. Market Street closes for a crane. It’s all […]
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A tale of two convention centres
The Globe and Mail published this Animated view of Halifax’s Nova Centre yesterday with its story about the convention centre. Unlike the video, the story looked at the pros and cons of the centre, including developer Wolfgang Thiel’s issue: Thiel Group took the Nova Scotia government to court last year arguing that the Nova Centre’s […]
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Clusterfuck continues on Market Street
[Image-1] Spoke too soon, it seems. Yesterday’s announcement that Market Street would close for two weeks to accommodate Nova Centre construction caught the public, and the street’s businesses, by surprise. But it appeared a compromise had been reached late yesterday that would allow pedestrian access to Inkwell Boutique and Applehead Studios. Then EllisDon Construction had […]
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Nova Centre architect appointed to committee that will pass judgment on Nova Centre design
Construction cranes are swinging above the site, cement tucks line up on Argyle Street to deliver their loads and four floors’ worth of parking garage are materializing in the slowly filling pit, but there’s still no approved plan for the Nova Centre complex, no development agreement, no building permits issued. That’s because Halifax council has […]