By Andrew Macdonald Nova Scotia Nature Trust has named a fundraising team for an ambitious campaign called Twice the Wild as it gears up to protect more nature reserves in the province. With a well known group of business leaders doing the financial ask, the...
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Exclusive: Development Alert: Diane Campbell’s Berkley Seniors Entity Lists Landmark On Green Street In HFX Southend
Exclusive: Development: Jim Spatz Reveals High Rise Plans For Former MT&T Building Adjacent Pavilion Condos
Nova Scotia Land Trust Wants to Raise $4M To Double Conservancy Holdings
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Exclusive: Halifax Port: Bonuses Paid In 2020 – Figure Down From 2019
Exclusive: Halifax Port Releases Total Sums It Is Paid for Leases – The Bulk Of The $22M payments come from the container terminals
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Real Estate: Donna Harding Says Popularity Of NS Has Been Evolving Trend: -‘Nova Scotia Now A Go-To Locale’
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Real Estate

Nova Scotia Land Trust Wants to Raise $4M To Double Conservancy Holdings
Apr 17, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Latest Issue, Real Estate

Exclusive: Development: Jim Spatz Reveals High Rise Plans For Former MT&T Building Adjacent Pavilion Condos
Apr 17, 2021 | Latest Issue, Real Estate
By Andrew Macdonald Pavilion condo developer Jim Spatz last year bought the former MT&T building on Sackville Street, a two-storey structure designed by Andrew Cobb and erected in the 1920s. The building is sandwiched between the Pavilion condos and the Garrison...

Exclusive: Development Alert: Diane Campbell’s Berkley Seniors Entity Lists Landmark On Green Street In HFX Southend
Apr 17, 2021 | Latest Issue, Real Estate
By Andrew Macdonald Andrew Cranmer, of brokerage firm CBRE, is on the job listing a seniors’ assisted living compound in Halifax Southend. The purchase and sales price is not being disclosed, ostensibly to drum up bids and offers on a landmark on Green Street. It is...

Developer puts his money where his mouth is with new Halifax condo
Apr 12, 2021 | Real Estate
By Andrew Macdonald Maritime Business The 13-storey Pavilion condo building in downtown Halifax has just received its condo registration certificate from Nova Scotia’s condo registrar (and yes, there is such a government position). The condo corporation number, 397,...

Real Estate: Donna Harding Says Popularity Of NS Has Been Evolving Trend: -‘Nova Scotia Now A Go-To Locale’
Apr 11, 2021 | Latest Issue, Real Estate
By Andrew Macdonald It’s been just over a year since Halifax- headquartered Engel & Völkers Nova Scotia acquired Tradewinds Realty from the husband and wife team, Tim Harris & Barbie Nunn Porter. We carried the news scoop on the acquisition on March 31st,...

Exclusive: Focus On Spryfield: These Homes Went $100,000 or More Over Asking Price
Apr 10, 2021 | Real Estate
By Andrew Macdonald Part II Looking at the homes selling over the asking price over the last 12 months, four homes in Spryfield actually went $100,000 or more over the asking price. While this is awesome for homeowners - it is not good news for millennials who want to...

Exclusive: Real Estate- MacHistory: NS & Halifax’s First Ever Condo Project Opened In 1972 In Clayton Park
Apr 10, 2021 | Real Estate
By Andrew Macdonald Last weekend, I reported that the mortgages are now flowing at the latest condo project to open: Pavilion, a Jim Spatz development. The posh building is the 397th condo project to be built in all of the City of Halifax & NS. Pavilion’s official...

Exclusive: Real Estate: Red Door Reality’s Denise MacDonell On Spryfield – Multiple Offers Happening Here Too
Apr 10, 2021 | Real Estate
By Andrew Macdonald Last weekend, The Notebook reported there were 25 listings on the real estate score in Spryfield, which went $50,000 or more over the asking price. I analyzed real estate figures for Spryfield, over the last 12-months, on MLS & Viewpoint. Of...

Phil DeMont: Reading The Meaning Of Red In Real Estate
Apr 10, 2021 | Real Estate
By Phil DeMont Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is housed in a fairly nondescript building in the Vanier area of Ottawa. It does have a prominent Canadian flag fluttering from the rooftop. It also is the source of much teeth-gnashing in the Halifax real estate...

Exclusive: Development: Pavilion Gets Condo Registration Certificate – Money Flows To Realtors Who Sold Out Development
Apr 5, 2021 | Real Estate
By Andrew Macdonald Topic: Exclusive: Development: Pavilion Gets Condo Registration Certificate - Money Flows To Realtors Who Sold Out The Jim Spatz Project The Pavilion Condo building in Downtown Halifax has received its condo registration certificate from the...
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