Lot Sale Moves Building Project Forward On Busy Uptown Saint John Street
SAINT JOHN —Plans for a $6-million, 32-unit mixed-use development called The Telegraph are moving forward.
Developers Stephen Brittain and Lee Seale have bought the parking lot at Canterbury and Grannan Streets in Saint John following a required technical review to ensure the location can support a six-story structure.
Construction is set to begin in late spring on the development which also includes plans for street-level retail or commercial space.
Seale and Brittain, a local developer behind the Village View Suites in the Millidgeville neighborhood, are excited to be part of the residential and commercial growth happening in the city centre.
“Over the last years, there’s been a tremendous amount of rebirth going on in the uptown,” said Brittain in an interview with Huddle when the planned development was announced last year. “As developers, we’ve sort of been keeping an eye to it and recognizing for at least a year now that there is demand for residential units in the uptown area.”
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Five storeys of The Telegraph will be wood-frame construction, a first of its kind in Saint John.
Officials say one benefit is a shorter build time, leading to less disruption for residents, business owners and customers in a busy retail block on Canterbury Street.
The developers expect it will take a year to complete The Telegraph with a busy period of construction expected this summer.
The parking garage by @Thandisj & across from @picaroons @pomodori_pizza in @uptownsaintjohn has sold, making way for the new mixed commercial and residential development, dubbed The Telegraph. https://t.co/iSgSgVnCPv pic.twitter.com/woDaGgORNa
— Develop Saint John (@DevelopSJ) February 21, 2020
Tamara Steele is a reporter with CHSJ/Country 94, a Huddle content partner.
With files from Cherise Letson.