Roy Building development to bring more housing to downtown Halifax
Posted Oct 1, 2013 06:15:50 PM.
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Plans are in motion to renovate a building in downtown Halifax that is expected to bring more residential space to the core of the city.
The redevelopment of the Roy Building will see the site changed into a 22-storey mixed use building.
Any project that brings high density living spaces to the downtown area will be the catalyst for reinvigorating the downtown area, says Paul MacKinnon, executive director of the Downtown Halifax Business Commission.
“It’s something that we haven’t really seen on Barrington Street,” explained MacKinnon. “There’s no question that people living on the street are going to put people out on the sidewalks and shopping in the stores.”
Vacancy rates in the downtown area are quite low now and adding spaces will be the shot in the arm that the area needs, says MacKinnon.
