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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Nova Scotia Land Trust Wants to Raise $4M To Double Conservancy Holdings
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Exclusive: Development: Jim Spatz Reveals High Rise Plans For Former MT&T Building Adjacent Pavilion Condos
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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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