Real Estate

The closure this spring of 40-year-old Pleasant Valley Nurseries in Antigonish has been a boon to former competitors -as far as Truro.

Faced with the impending opening of a 300,000-square foot retail IKEA store, Michael Smith has been hired by the famous big box retailer to outfit its kitchen cabinet displays at the store in Dartmouth Crossing.

A former Halifax clothing shop manager who was fired for, among other things, allegedly encouraging her staff to feed mice at the store, has emerged victorious after a labour board appeal hearing.

From ‘pizza corner’ to Tony’s, Halifax natives and tourists alike have a variety of casual local pizza joints to choose from. For more gourmet creations, there are four main pizza restaurants in the city: Piatto, Salvatore’s, Tomavino’s, and Mother’s.

Before IKEA made the decision last year to build a 320,0000-square foot store at Dartmouth Crossing, the retailer studied other locations in Halifax Regional Municipality.

Steve Adams has made it his mission to torpedo a perception folk in Halifax might hold about the bedroom community of Spryfield.