Dramatic change to Centennial Building facade rejected by Fredericton committee
Local people speak out in favour of preserving history of former government building
A proposal to completely transform the face of a prominent downtown Fredericton building was rejected Wednesday night by the planning advisory committee.
Centennial Heritage Properties director Geoff Colter, who owns the empty Centennial Building, had sought city approval for a design change that critics said would ruin the building's historic character.
But the planning committee, made up of councillors and citizens, went with a city staff recommendation to reject the proposal. It will go to council later for an official decision.
The
committee rejected the developer's latest proposal, pictured on top.
Council had previously approved a proposal, on bottom, with inset
balconies, which the city said respected the building's character. (City of Fredericton)
About 30 people filled council chambers, with more joining virtually, for the discussion of the Centennial Building, which a local architect called the most important building built in the last century in New Brunswick.
Tony Dakiv, a senior city planner, told the committee that Colter's latest design proposal differed from the one approved in 2022 that respected the building's character.
The initial proposal "achieved a balance" between heritage character and an adaptive reuse strategy, Dakiv said, and its planned inset balconies did not disrupt the building's vertical grid-patterned facade.
The new design replaced that facade with a cladding system that included metal panels and featured balconies projecting outward.
Developer Geoff Colter told the committee that the initial design had become too expensive to carry out. (Sam Farley/CBC)
Colter told the committee the initial design proved to be "way over any economical budget that existed," and the biggest factor driving up the cost was the plan for inset balconies.
"We said, well, what if this was a more conventional-type cladding like you would see on an apartment building that's not in the city centre and it's not the Centennial Building?"
The Centennial Building on King Street, kitty-corner to the back of the New Brunswick Legislative Building, was constructed in 1967 as part of a nationwide infrastructure campaign to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Confederation.
For decades, it housed offices for about 1,000 provincial employees and the premier. It was vacated in 2012 for renovations before being sold in 2018 by the newly elected premier Blaine Higgs.
It was sold to Colter in 2019 for $4 million, but the province did not apply any heritage protection or designation before selling. Since the sale, the building has been fenced off like a construction site but with little apparent activity going on.
Architect decries proposal
John Leroux, an architect and historian, asked committee members to reject the latest design proposal and not let "what once was our greatest achievement be reduced to suburban balconies."
Leroux said that he went to school with Colter and has worked with him before, but that he got the design wrong.
John
Leroux, architect and historian, told the planning advisory committee
the proposed new design shouldn't be allowed in the downtown government
area. Develope Colter is behind him, on the right. (Sam Farley/CBC)
"The Centennial Building is, with no hint of exaggeration, one of the most intentional design projects in the history of this city and in the history of New Brunswick, where nothing was left to chance, not a single detail, where the outward appearance and its carefully designed details were meant to say that we as a province had arrived," Leroux said.
"This was the tangible symbol of economic advancement of the province, of their equal opportunity program, and that New Brunswick mattered."
Other speakers also criticized the proposal.
"The city deserves something more than a stack of cargo containers with some sort of scaffolding attached to the front of it," Robert Rombough said.
The downtown Centennial Building has been empty since 2012 and fenced off in more recent years. (Aidan Cox/CBC)
Jeremy Mouat, president of Fredericton Heritage Trust, described the building as a "gift from the 1960s."
"We need to learn to cherish such gifts, not allow them to be changed so drastically that they're no longer recognizable."
The committee also received six emails from people opposed to the proposal and two from people in favour of it.
Lisa Alexander wrote to support for the new design, saying she welcomed any progress on the project. Her email referred to an earlier project, which Higgs stopped, to incorporate the Centennial Building into plans for a new courthouse.
"Since the previous provincial government decided against using it as a courthouse, it has sat as an eyesore in the downtown," Alexander wrote.
Karolyn Law also wrote that the renovation "was long overdue" because it would help alleviate the city's housing shortage.
Developer hopes council can help find middle ground
In a brief interview after the planning advisory committee's rejection, Colter said he wasn't surprised.
"I'm hopeful that when it gets to council that maybe it'll open a discussion of how else we might bridge the gap here," Colter said.
Art advocates 'horrified' with future that awaits Centennial Building art"Because the reality is, if we can't find a way to bridge the gap, then the project — nothing gets done."
Colter said while some view the property as heritage, it has not been declared a heritage building.
When asked what he would say to local people who had expressed affection for the Centennial Building, Colter declined to comment.
On Friday, during an interview on Information Morning Fredericton, he was asked if had considered selling the building.
"A sale of the property is something I would have to discuss with my partners, but right now, that is not on our radar."
Corrections
- In an earlier version of this story, one of the speakers before the committee was incorrectly identified as Jeremy Mullin. His name is Jeremy Mouat.Jan 16, 2025 3:44 PM AST
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David Amos
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My Father set up in camp in corner office there in 1967 Guess what his job was
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Deja Anyone?
Fredericton's Centennial Building sold to private developer
Developer will turn historic building into residential, hotel and restaurant space
CBC News · Posted: Dec 18, 2019 12:14 PM AST
David Amos
The City didn't care about such things in the recent past
Risteen building demolished after heritage designation denied
Pile of rubble remains from building constructed nearly two centuries ago
CBC News · Posted: Sep 21, 2019 4:10 PM ADT
Danny Sterns
It is a 60’s Soviet style box building. Tear it down and build something decent.
David Amos
Reply to Danny Sterns
So you say but the owners obviously disagree
Jake Newman
why don't these complainers put there money where their mouth is and buy the building.
David Amos
Reply to Jake Newman
Good question
Matt Steele
Would have been far better off if Brian Gallant would have left it as a functioning government office building instead of tearing it apart ; and putting a 1000 government workers into rented space spread all over the city . This is what happens when you let children play Premier .
David Amos
Reply to Matt Steele
Strange that you can post that in light of the fact that my simple truth about my Father was blocked
Hugh MacDonald
Good decision.
Bob Smith
Reply to Hugh MacDonald
Why is it a good decision? Please, elaborate.
David Amos
Reply to Bob Smith
Ditto
Archie Mac
The current tax levy for former Centennial Building and Lot is $122,934.86 (2024).
David Amos
Reply to Archie Mac
So?
Rr Snider
All you have to do is "follow the money trail" to see who will benefit the most out of a completed deal. That is the party who will win the design and be allowed to renovate the old decrepit eyesore it is becoming.
David Amos
Reply to Rr Snider
I won't hold my breath in anticipation
Murray Brown
The government sold the building and property to a developer for about a million.... That developer has done nothing since then.... These concepts are nice drawings of some fantasy reno that 'could' happen. The reality is this... The building will need to be demolished... That will cost well over a million to do... So the developer is apparently waiting for the government to tear it down at the taxpayers expense, rather than the developer spending his own money to do it... After that, the property will be worth millions because the Higgs government paid the Irving's $8 million for the property where they are building the new justice building... And that property is about 1/4 the size of the Centennial building property. Whatever they're doing, they should get to it... That building has sadly become an eyesore for that past 7 years and leaving like it is for another 7 would be shameful.
Archie Mac
Reply to Murray Brown
Most Recent Transfer Date 9/8/2020 ($4,000,000).
Most Recent Assessment Value (Year Assessed) $4,462,900 (2024)
MR Cain
Reply to Murray Brown
Sold for $4 million. Takes time to find stakeholders and have a plan approved; difficult to please everyone. No idea how the government would be involved in tearing it down
David Amos
Reply to Murray Brown
Yea right
Archie Mac
Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era. Brutalist buildings are characterised by minimalist constructions that showcase the bare building materials and structural elements over decorative design. The style commonly makes use of exposed, unpainted concrete or brick, angular geometric shapes and a predominantly monochrome colour palette; other materials, such as steel, timber, and glass, are also featured.
Canada possesses numerous examples of brutalist architecture. In the years leading to the 100th anniversary of the Confederation in 1967, the Federal Government financed the construction of many public buildings.
Ronald Miller
Reply to Archie Mac
You are getting a lot out of the online encyclopedia today, well done.
David Amos
Reply to Archie Mac
The most brutal part of all was all the asbestos used in construction back then
Bob Smith
"a gift from the 1960's" Return to the sender...it's an ugly building that needs to be fixed up ASAP.
David Amos
Reply to Bob Smith
Yup
Albalita Star
good the new design looked terrible...
David Amos
Reply to Albalita Star
I disagree
Tom Gordon
It's an eyesore now and could use a facelift. A building full of windows, not our greatest achievement by a longshot. With such a shortage of affordable housing in the city/province you would think the council would be happy somebody is going to put that eyesore to use. I'm sure people will not forget confederation because there are balconies on the facade.
John Piercy
Reply to Tom Gordon
I strongly suspect that, when all is said and done, any housing that results from this will be anything but affordable to those actually in need of affordable housing.
Tom Gordon
Reply to John Piercy
Exactly, I agree with you there. All levels of government have to realize that rents are way beyond what the average Joe can afford to pay. Definitely not affordable.
David Amos
Reply to Tom Gordon
I agree as well
Developer proposes changes to Centennial Building that some say would ruin its character
Proposed changes include balconies that jut out from facade, metal cladding on exterior walls
A real estate development company is proposing to make changes to an iconic downtown Fredericton building that are already proving to be controversial among some residents and a heritage advocate.
Centennial Heritage Properties has filed an application with the City of Fredericton to revise the proposed facade for the Centennial Building from the one it already received approval for in 2021.
The City of Fredericton has sent letters to nearby residents to notify them about the proposal, describing and showing what the proposed changes to 670 King St. would look like.
"The previously approved façade design was based on a reconfigured curtain wall grid with vertical and horizontal mullions and inset balconies to emulate the original design," the city said in its letter.
"The proposed façade design will replace the curtain wall with a new wall cladding system using primarily metal panels and the balconies have been changed to project out from the façade supported by columns as shown on the attached plans."
An
earlier proposal by Centennial Heritage Properties saw the building
retain its distinctive vertical lines, with inset balconies. (City of Fredericton)
The letter does not say why the changes are being proposed.
They are the latest sign of progress for the Centennial Building, however, they're not being welcomed by some neighbours, including Floyd Jackson.
"It's disappointing to see something so significant, so of its time, being destroyed and replaced by something that, to my mind, is radically different," said Jackson, who has lived across from the building on St. John Street for 40 years.
Floyd
Jackson has lived on St. John Street across from the Centennial
Building for 40 years and says he's disappointed with the proposed
changes. (Aidan Cox/CBC)
The Centennial Building was constructed in 1967 as part of a nationwide infrastructure-building campaign to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation.
It housed the province's halls of power for decades, containing offices for about 1,000 government employees and the premier.
In 2012, civil servants started moving out of the building to make way for renovations, and the addition of a courthouse at a cost of $76 million.
But Blaine Higgs, just months after becoming premier in 2018, cancelled the project, saying the province didn't need more government buildings.
It was then sold to Centennial Heritage Properties in 2019 for $4 million, but plans to convert the building into an apartment complex have yet to materialize.
The
Centennial Building was constructed in 1967 as part of a wave of
infrastructure projects across Canada to mark the 100th anniversary of
Confederation. (Aidan Cox/CBC)
CBC News asked Centennial Heritage Properties director Geoff Colter for an interview about the proposed changes for the building's facade. In an email, he said he was unavailable until next week.
The proposed changes are scheduled to go before Fredericton's planning advisory committee on Jan. 15, and city council will first consider the proposal during its Feb. 10 meeting, with a final vote at its following meeting.
'Big loss'
The Centennial Building was constructed at a time when there was considerable pride among Canadians, and optimism for the country's future, said Fredericton Heritage Trust president Jeremy Mouat.
Its smooth surfaces and vertical lines were typical of modernist buildings constructed around the same period.
With the latest proposal put forward by its owner, that character and the echoes of its time would be devalued, Mouat said.
"Their renderings of the north and the northeast [side of the building] is speckled with … balconies that really don't go with the … heart of the building," Mouat said.
"[What they're doing now] is no nod to the … the original esthetic of the building. In fact, if it's not degrading or destroying it, it is certainly weakening what was striking in the … original building."
A graphic rendering shows a proposed design for the Centennial Building in Fredericton. (City of Fredericton)
Tim Cunningham lives on St. John Street and received the city's notice of the proposed changes in the mail.
He said the renderings reminded him of structures built in areas that were under the rule or influence of the former Soviet Union.
"It just doesn't fit in at all with the downtown core," Cunningham said. "I just can't understand it.
"You're building a beautiful new justice building. We're building a brand new playhouse building just right next to it, you've got the legislature right there. And to put something that looks like that up there, I think... it doesn't match. It just doesn't sit well."
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Just another boondoggle mess left over from Brian Gallant's days as Premier . The Centennial Building was owned by the N.B. government , and filled with Civil Servants . Then Gallant decides that to tear the building all apart , tear one wing off of it , and replace that wing with a massive Courthouse ; meanwhile , the 1000 Civil Servants' using the building have to be reassigned to rental accommodations . Then Higg's defeats Gallant in late 2018 ; and discovers that the province is mired in out of control debt , and halts the project . Fast forward to 2025 ; and the Centennial Building is still not in use , and looks like a war zone ; meanwhile the province continues to rent space to house those government workers who use to work in the building . Then they wonder why taxpayers have so little faith in politician's as everything they touch seems to end up as a giant BOONDOGGLE .
Jos Allaire
Reply to Matt Steele
Higgs cancelled the courthouse project at a substantial cost to the taxpayers only to restart another project to build a courthouse at a more significant cost. That's what happened.
Deja Vu Anyone???
News Release
Office of the Premier
Centennial Building property to be sold
18 December 2019FREDERICTON (GNB) – The provincial government has announced that it has selected Centennial Heritage Properties Inc. for the redevelopment of the Centennial Building property. It is estimated that the company will invest more than $48 million dollars to complete the development and that the project will create more than 450 jobs and contribute to economic spin-offs for the local economy in Fredericton.
“This is a much better deal for taxpayers,” said Premier Blaine Higgs. “The previous proposal to create additional office space for government was simply not needed. I am pleased to announce that the province will sell the property for $4 million. This property will help attract further development in the downtown area. Our government is committed to doing what is best for the taxpayers for this province and we will continue to do that moving forward.”
Previously, $76 million had been budgeted for the redevelopment of the building. Entering into a sales agreement with a private developer will save New Brunswick taxpayers about $60 million in further capital expenditures.
Once completed, it is estimated that the property will generate about $600,000 a year in property taxes for the City of Fredericton and roughly $360,000 a year for the provincial government. Additionally, the province is expected to receive one-time tax revenue of between $4 million and $5 million during construction of the two phases.
The successful proponent of the request for proposals, Centennial Heritage Properties Inc., are planning a two-phased approach for the building which will include 22,300 sq. metres (240,000 sq. ft.) of residential space and 2,790 sq. metres (43,000 sq. ft.) for hotel and restaurant space.
The developer’s plan will preserve and maintain many of the historically significant elements of the interior and exterior features of the building, including original artwork which will be on loan from the New Brunswick Art Bank.
18-12-19
Media Contact(s)
Jeremy Trevors, communications, Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, 506-453-5912.
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
New provincial courthouse to be built in downtown Fredericton
New Land bought in Fredericton for new Courthouse is heavy contaminated! Full of diesel Fuel!!!!
Fredericton's Centennial Building sold to private developer
Developer will turn historic building into residential, hotel and restaurant space
A Fredericton building that housed the offices of New Brunswick premiers and civil servants for years after it was built as a Centennial project will be sold to a private developer for $4 million.
The downtown Centennial Building, which has a heritage designation, is being sold to Centennial Heritage Properties Inc.
"We feel the option presented by the buyer is the most beneficial to the province and to the City of Fredericton," Bill Oliver, the minister of transportation and infrastructure, who announced the deal Wednesday in the legislature.
"We feel this is a much better deal for the taxpayers of New Brunswick."
Oliver said the latest plan for the Centennial Building will save New Brunswick taxpayers about $60 million and create more than 450 jobs, he said.
David Coon, New Brunswick's Green Party leader, is happy something will be done with Fredericton's Centennial Building. (CBC)
In January 2017, the Liberals announced a plan to renovate two wings of the building and demolish a third to build a new courthouse. It was to cost $76 million and be finished by 2021.
The back wing of the building was demolished in 2018. After the Progressive Conservatives came to power later that year, Premier Blaine Higgs cancelled further construction.
About $13.05 million had already been spent on the building. With Higg's cancellation of the courthouse project, the property at St. John and King streets, once featured in New Brunswick tourism brochures, started to become an eyesore.
In May, the government issued a request for proposals for private-sector redevelopment of the property.
A government news release said Centennial Heritage Properties has a two-phase plan for the building, which includes 200,000 square feet of residential space and 40,000 square feet for hotel and restaurant space.
Construction is expected to cost $48 million.
Many of the historical elements inside and outside the building will be kept, Oliver said. The building houses numerous pieces of original art, which will be on loan from the New Brunswick Art Bank.
- Higgs keeps lid on infrastructure spending, despite chance of election
- Higgs floats idea of moving courthouse into vacant Centennial Building
Stephen Horsman, Fredericton-North's MLA, asked the government what it plans to do with the city's courthouse on Queen Street. A new space for the courthouse was included in the former Liberal government's plan for refurbishing the Centennial Building.
Higgs floated the idea of moving the aging courthouse to the Centennial Building in April, before the government asked for private-sector proposals.
"What about the necessity of a courthouse in the capital area?" Horsman asked. "We still need one."
Horsman said 800 to 1,000 jobs were lost when the government decided to scrap the original Centennial plan.
David Coon, the Green Party leader, is glad the building will no longer continue to collect cobwebs and be an eyesore in the provincial capital, but he's also curious about the government's plans for a courthouse.
"There needs to be a new courthouse in Fredericton … and now it's going to cost more money, I think, than it otherwise would have if it had gone ahead as planned adjacent to the Centennial building," Coon said.
Coon said he hopes the new residential space will accommodate affordable housing units.
"The last thing we need in Fredericton is more housing that no one can afford."
Built for civil servants
People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin said he's pleased with the announcement, but he agreed the government isn't off the hook when it comes to renovating the courthouse or building a new one.
The Centennial Building was constructed in 1967, when the provinces and territories received money from the federal government for Canada's centennial.
It was designed as an office building for all government departments of the day.
In 2013, the province moved many offices into Chancery Place across the street, and by 2015, the Centennial Building was two-thirds empty.
Corrections
- An earlier version of this story identified the buyer of the Centennial Building as Heritage Properties Inc., the name provided by Infrastructure Minister Bill Oliver. In fact, the company is Centennial Heritage Properties Inc.Dec 18, 2019 3:59 PM AT
David Amos
Dramatic change to Centennial Building facade rejected by Fredericton committee
Local people speak out in favour of preserving history of former government building
Sam Farley · CBC News · Posted: Jan 16, 2025 10:21 AM AST
David Amos
The plot thickens
David Raymond Amos
Surprise Surprise Surprise
Roy Kirk
Who are the investors and principals behind the company?
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Roy Kirk: Guess
Graham McCormack
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Oh please enlighten us?
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Roy Kirk: FYI I heard Bill Oliver name them on the radio this morning However when he kept claiming that his buddies KPMG picked them I knew the game was fixed out of the gate After all methinks everybody knows these lawyers/beancounters claim to be gatekeepers N'esy Pas?
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Graham McCormack: Anyone can Google my name and KPMG
Murray Reimer
Can't help but wonder if the Irvings have some involvement in all of this, he who pays the piper calls the tune.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Murray Reimer: YUP
Graham McCormack
Reply to @Murray Reimer: Was Irving involved in your writing that comment?
Man it is sad how people bring Irving into everything that happens in this province!
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Graham McCormack: Do you work for them?
Graham McCormack
Reply to @David Raymond Amos: Not even close. Just gets old when someone feels the need to bring Irving into every story.
Bruce Martin
So what we now see is that the Centennial building, which was erected at a time when both Canada and New Brunswick were celebrating hopes for a prosperous and progressive future is being sold at a rock bottom price. It seems hard to believe now but at that time Fredericton had one of the highest average incomes in the country. We had just gone through a time of much needed social change and the province was seen as a national leader. This was reflected in the building's design, still probably ... » more
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Bruce Martin: FYI My Father sat in a corner office underneath the Finance Minister as soon as the building opened for business
Trevis L. Kingston
So... according to this CBC article... the Centennial Building is a historical one.
Has Fredericton decided to lower the number of years that this designation requires?
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Trevis L. Kingston: It depends on whose interests it serves
Kyle Woodman:
I wonder if team Higgs is aware that we own an original copy of Audubon's Birds of America. It is worth $10-12 million. I bet the guys at Pawn Stars would give us 3 million for it. https://www.audubon.org/news/a-rare-copy-audubons-birds-america-heads-auction-benefit-conservation
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Kyle Woodman: WOW if True and if not it was a good joke to throw into Higgy's circus for us all to enjoy
Murray Brown
In reality, the property alone is worth twice that amount and even standing as it is the estimated value for tax assessment was $4,935,500. Hopefully this 'developer' doesn't end up sucking more and more and more money out of the government to finish their project.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Murray Brown: It is supposed to be a private enterprise but watch ACOA etc step up to the plate and start giving our money away
Matt Steele
Certainly a good news story for everyone involved , and especially for the N.B. taxpayer . A new Courthouse was certainly not needed as there is nothing wrong with the current Courthouse . Since N.B. has been declared the poorest province in Canada , govt. workers need to learn to make do with what they already have , and stop wasting the taxpayers hard earned cash .
Kyle Woodman:
Reply to @Matt Steele: How is selling the asset for $1,000,000 less than its assessed value good for the taxpayer?
maggie short
Reply to @Matt Steele: is not the Fredericton court house a heritage site?? the provincial court house should be moved to saint john anyway......
Gerry Ferguson
Reply to @Matt Steele: I agree. Liberals would have spent millions upon millions of dollars we don't have. Time to live within our means in NB. Don't need swanky court houses.
Catherine Brown
Reply to @Matt Steele: have you been to recently to the courthouse? Obviously not!
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Matt Steele: Dream on
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Catherine Brown: I have so whats your point?
cheryl wright
I think its awesome. the government has too many buildings in Fredericton under their belt that aren't being properly utilized. hopefully it will be affordable housing as it is more than needed here. as far as the old court house goes what exactly is the issues with it? is it a need or a want?
Murray Brown
Reply to @cheryl wright: The government is renting many buildings within the Fredericton and other parts of the province and the cost of that rent is increasing taxes. Would you rather rent your house or own it? Renting is always a waste of money.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Murray Brown: Well put
Reply to @cheryl wright: Bill Oliver did not ask that the spot be developed for affordable housing so rest assured it won't be
stephen blunston
dedicated heritage building why , it has to be the ugliest eyesore the city has ever had
Kyle Woodman:
Reply to @stephen blunston: I dunno man Kings Place is pretty ugly.
Murray Brown
Reply to @stephen blunston: Nope
Colin Seeley
There is nothing historic about this building.
Murray Brown
Reply to @Colin Seeley: Cry me a river
Kyle Woodman
4 million seems like an awfully good deal. Someone is coming out ahead and it isn't the taxpayer.
Graham McCormack
Reply to @Kyle Woodman: So the part about saving 60 million isn't good?
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Kyle Woodman: BINGO
Kyle Woodman
Reply to @Graham McCormack: I'm just saying it's a prime piece of real estate in downtown Fredericton and $4 million is a fire sale price. We can only sell the thing one time.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Kyle Woodman: I agree
Tom Gordon
Too much hotel space and restaurants downtown now. It will never fly. Huge waste of money. Would be a better investment to bulldoze the building and make it into a carpark since there is a huge shortage of parking for those who work downtown.!!!
Harry McKone
Reply to @Tom Gordon: It's a designated heritage building so I doubt that bulldozing the building is an option.
Graham McCormack
Reply to @Tom Gordon: Plenty of parking downtown. Just because it isn't next to your office doesn't mean it isn't there.
stephen blunston
Reply to @Tom Gordon: who cares if taxpayers are not paying for it
Brandon Hubbard
Reply to @Tom Gordon: There is no shortage of parking downtown. There's a lot of street parking, a couple of large mulit-storey garages within a couple of blocks of that site, a smaller garage a few blocks away and a massive about of riverfront wasted on parking. We don't need more parking.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Harry McKone: Methinks they had no problem bulldozing a far more important heritage building in Fat Fred City N'esy Pas?
Risteen building demolished after heritage designation denied
Pile of rubble remains from building constructed nearly two centuries ago
CBC News · Posted: Sep 21, 2019 4:10 PM AT
Kevin Cormier
Bad move. GNB selling off prime locate adjacent to one of its main offices and Legislature. Plenty of old offices that GNB could shut down and relocate to a new/renovated site.
Graham McCormack
Reply to @Kevin Cormier: Great move. Now there is no need for the government to pay to renovate it.
David Raymond Amos
Reply to @Kevin Cormier: YUP
Chris Spencer and his family have been visiting Goat Island for decades. (Silas Brown/CBC News)
This tiny island in Grand Lake is for sale
Little is known about the history of Goat Island. (Provincial Archives of New Brunswick)
Some
of the equipment involved in the transportation and unloading of the
wind turbine tower and death of Brawn, according to the WorkSafeNB
report. (WorkSafeNB)
The six massive turbines for the Neweg Energy Project were delivered in sections. (WorkSafeNB)
Brawn provided 'unconditional love and uninterruptable attention' to his nephew, August, according to his sister. (Submitted by Erinn-Jane Brawn)
MI'kmaw Elder Gordon Labillois says the partnership goes beyond simple
duty to consult with Indigenous communities. (Victoria Walton/CBC)
A
map shows where each of the 58 turbines will be spaced out on the
project site, marked by numbers. Only those on the northern half of the
site have been approved by the province. (J.D. Irving)
A
public information session in Florenceville-Bristol drew about 60
people. The proposed construction start date is July 2026 with a goal to
be in service by December 2027. (Sam Farley/CBC)
Sitansisk First Nation plans wind farm partnership with Quebec company
A
display board highlighted the project location in red. It's northeast
of Florenceville-Bristol, inbetween Centre Glassville and South
Johnville. (Sam Farley/CBC)
The proposal includes up to 12 turbines, which would be operational by the end of 2027. (Sam Farley/CBC)
Ajay Bhushan from Bath said he supports the project because New Brunswick needs more green energy. (Sam Farley/CBC)
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