By Andrew Macdonald One of the charming things about the history of the City of Halifax, but little understood, is the impact beginning 35 years ago of a wave of Buddhists arriving from Colorado. Back when condo and apartment developments in the 1980s and '90s were...
By Andrew Macdonald This week, I had a chat with Dawn Dauphinee of Domus Realty to explore the real estate scene across Halifax Regional Municipality in these pandemic times. Dauphinee suggests the pandemic will add to the strong buying interest of out-of-province...
By Andrew Macdonald Days before the pandemic arrived in Nova Scotia on March 13th, 2020, I carried a news scoop noting a sale of a HFX Hydrostone abode had made history. The headline of my March 12 story was, 'Hydrostone Selling Price History Made: Merkel Street Abode...
By Andrew Macdonald Several weeks ago, The Notebook reported that a bunch of heavy hitters within the executive construction team of Toronto- based Bird Construction left the firm to form a competing Halifax company. It was a blockbuster move because among the...
By Andrew Macdonald Commercial Broker Tom Gerard On The Job: Finds Buyer For Windmill Road Apartment Complex - Double Ends The $24M deal. The prize on a listing well known and highly regarded commercial broker Tom Gerard had on Windmill Road is a vacant lot, ripe for...
By Andrew Macdonald How Hot Is The Halifax Real Estate Market? Well, A Tiny Split Entry Home In Cole Harbour Collects 23 Offers Bidding War Pushes Price Up Above The Asking figure As The Notebook continues to look at the health of the residential real estate market in...
By Andrew Macdonald Meet Tim Moore: The HFX Apartment Developer Is it even possible that Chester-Halifax’s Tim Moore now has a new business line, developing leading-edge apartment buildings in Halifax? No stranger to Notebook news coverage, Moore is a real-life serial...
By Andrew Macdonald Development: Meet Another Pavilion Condo Dweller — Jim Mills of Office Interiors Moves Into Jim Spatz's Swish Project Over the last little while, The Notebook has carried a few news scoops on some top movers and shakers taking command of condo...
By Andrew Macdonald Cottage Life: Attention My Millennial Readers: Chester’s Little Mansion Goes On The Market Chester Real Estate Cottage On An Affordable Price Tag: With millennials making up the second-largest paid readership of The Notebook - code word for 25 to...
By Andrew Macdonald Further to my news scoop in March, before the March 13th State of Emergency, I reported on a record-setting purchase and sales of an abode in the now trendy Halifax Hystrostones. That was the sale of 5555 Merkel Street, while towards the end of...
