Halifax Can Begin Development Of New Cogswell Neighbourhood
The Halifax Regional Municipality recently completed a land swap with local real estate company Crombie, which will allow the city to begin construction in 2021.
The Halifax Regional Municipality recently completed a land swap with local real estate company Crombie, which will allow the city to begin construction in 2021.
The complex will house retail space on its ground floor, 174 units of housing, and more than 200 spaces of underground parking.
As Covid-19 threatens to hollow out office buildings everywhere, Halifax’s commercial real estate market is so far defying those expectations.
A 1.9 percent increase would hurt commercial businesses trying to survive the pandemic, say business owners and advocates.
A staff report has suggested raising property tax by 1.9 percent for both residential and commercial rates. For the average residential property, this will mean paying just an extra $38, the average commercial property will pay an extra $800 or more.
Fitness facilities aren’t allowed to operate at the time, being under the restrictions imposed by the province to contain the spread of Covid-19.
The government is encouraging anyone who has worked at a bar or restaurant past 10 pm in the HRM to sign up for a rapid test, even if they don’t have symptoms.
Owners of Halifax fitness facilities say the government doesn’t realize many modern gyms operate on models that are safe and not great risks of spreading Covid-19.
The HRM Council voted to fund projects through three non-profits: the Mi’kmaq Friendship Centre, Adsum Women and Children, and the North End Community Health Association.
Dr. Robert Strang, the provinces’ chief medical officer of health, said today community spread of Covid-19 “continues to increase,” in Nova Scotia, with 51 new cases identified this month.