Posted Sep 21, 2016, 9:25 AM
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Halifax regional council has voted 10-6 to discharge Navid Saberi's development agreement for the former TexPark site. That means if Saberi wants to proceed with development of the site he'll need to come back with a new development proposal. Under the HRM by Design rules now in effect on the site, he'd be restricted to 21 storeys. That would put it at roughly the same height as the adjacent Roy and Maple projects.
Saberi had asked for another three-year extension to develop the site. In a letter to council he claimed he's been working with engineers to make the original "Twister Sisters" design more cost-effective. He won't get that chance.
Councillor Waye Mason spoke for the majority of councillors -- and I expect most of us here -- in saying 12 years is long enough.
But councillors McCluskey, Dalrymple, Whitman, Hendsbee, Walker and Adams voted to give the developer more time. McCluskey bemoaned the fact that "the lot will sit empty". Which was kind of the point: with an extension it was almost guaranteed to sit empty another three years.
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