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Media release: If APL gets 79 more units how many more affordable housing units for HRM?

June 6, 2019

APL’s proposed Willow Tree Development at the corner of Robie and Quinpool will be the subject of a public information session on Thursday June 6, 7pm Halifax Forum. RM documents indicate the developer will have 288 units – nearly a 30% increase in the units and in developer’s profits. Will HRM require a re-negotiation of the number of affordable housing units?

Judy Haiven: Why is it that in Halifax developers always come out on top??

December 10, 2018 6 Comments

Judy Haiven looks at three Halifax developments in different stages of completion, and three developers who’ve managed to get what they want from the city – and give almost nothing back. How do they pull it off?

Steve Parcell: The Doyle blocks the library’s view of Citadel Hill despite developer’s earlier guarantees

September 19, 2018 3 Comments

Steve Parcell: Now that Doyle Block on Spring Garden Road is nearing completion, we can finally do some real-world fact-checking on an earlier public dispute about its impact on the Halifax Central Library.