Six Federal Properties in NS Join Canada Public Land Bank

[Keith P.]

This is from an article in the Herald:

https://www.saltwire.com/halifax/news/fe...laser-focused-cabinet-retreat-100989160/

Six federal properties in Nova Scotia have been listed for housing development with more coming.

At a ceremony in Dartmouth on Sunday, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Sean Fraser unveiled the Canada Public Land Bank, its online tool and the initial 56 properties placed on it across the country.

The list is set to expand as the feds finish consultation and find more surplus lands.

Properties added to the land bank are available for discounted or no-cost leases to developers, be they private or non-profit. Proposals are being sought for all the listed properties. The cost of the lease will be determined based on the social outcomes achieved by the proposal.

Those outcomes include affordability, sustainability, accessibility and social inclusivity.

The properties listed Sunday in Nova Scotia include:

34 Acadia Street, Amherst, 0.46 hectares
Baffin Boulevard, Dartmouth, 15.1 hectares
Corner of Park and Jarvis Streets, New Glasgow, 1.58 hectares
Willow Street, Cumberland County, 90 hectares
1795 Grand Lake Road, Cape Breton, 17.6 hectares
Canadian Forces Base Greenwood, 914 hectares