[Moncton] Station Yards | Dense Urban Neighbourhood | up to 18 storeys | Proposed

[MonctonRad]

We now have enough information regarding the Station Yards that I think a dedicated thread can be justified. In addition, a lot of the basic infrastructure for this development has already been built, and, there is strong involvement in the project by city hall. A single developer (Shannex) is involved, owns all the land, and is eager to begin. While the Vision Lands remains largely aspirational, the Station Yards is on a much more firm course for short term development. A project thread is therefore warranted.

Main Points

- 80 acres of land north of the Pinehurst neighbourhood, immediately behind the Northwest Centre, close to NBCC Moncton, and bordered by Wheeler Blvd.
- Multiple mid to high rise buildings maxing out at 18 storeys, with a low rise neighbourhood component to the south consisting of townhomes bordering the adjacent Pinehurst neighbourhood.
- Up to about 4,800 residential units total.
- A community recreational centre is planned by the city of Moncton to service this neighbourhood, very similar in size to the Kay/Crossman Centre in the Lewisville neighbourhood.
- A new overpass over Wheeler Blvd is contemplated between the two stubs or Ryan Street, but only for walking and active transportation.

Later on tonight or tomorrow I will repost some of the existing discussions in other threads regarding the Station Yards. All future discussions regarding the Station Yards should be posted here.

[EnvisionSaintJohn]

Surely an ambitious proposal. A little reminiscent of the proposal by Landmark for Rothesay, but much larger scale, and with some high rises.

I didn’t realize Shannex was in the property development game outside of care homes and senior living, or is this their first major mainstream property development project?

These are the type of developments we need to see more of if we’re going to keep homes affordable and keep that ocean deep affordability a major pull factor for NB and the Maritimes outside of Halifax.

Hope Shannex will consider other similar large projects for Saint John, Fredericton, Charlottetown, etc.

Moncton is truly leading the the way in terms of high rise developments in New Brunswick…

Always Moving Upwards! ⬆️🌆🆙

[MonctonRad]

Station Yards:

Site Plan



Shannex campus is to the left. Lower density townhomes are towards the bottom (next to existing residential neighbourhood), with the higher density development towards the back, behind the Northwest Centre and Ryan Street.

The Shannex campus is much bigger than it is right now. Lots of room for significant expansion. Currently only the nursing homes are constructed. The assisted living and independent living buildings are yet to come.

Height maxes out at 16-18 storeys in the high density component of the development This proposed development will be the new regional node for the northwest end, and an important one too, being so close to retail and services.

Road Network



They will likely connect this development up to the stub of Ryan Road and allow right in/right out road access from Mountain Road. They are also Talking about putting in an overpass over Wheeler to connect with the main part of Ryan Street, but only for active transportation and pedestrians.

Lands for Public Purposes



Land for public purposes is shown in green, and is limited to a corridor through the heart of the development. At the top however, you can see a big green square containing a large building. This building is anticipated to be a new civic community centre. They said during the presentation that this is the same size as the Kay/Crossman Community Centre in the Lewisville neighbourhood. The Kay/Crossman Centre includes a hockey rink, gymnasium, walking tracks and community rooms. I imagine this will be something similar.

District Height Map



The numbers are a little blurry since this is a screen capture, but height gets progressively taller as you get closer to the Northwest Centre and to Ryan Street. The tallest buildings will be 18 storeys. The closeness of this community to the adjacent retail areas even had the presenter from town planning uttering the "15 minute" dog-whistle phrase.......

Sections Within the Neighbourhood



1 - Shannex Campus (already started, but will be expanded to the north and the south).
2 - Neighbourhood Section (contains townhomes and midrises, (will begin construction soon after approval is given, most likely next year)
3 - High Density Residential Section ( will not start until the neighbourhood section is close to completion, perhaps in 5-8 years).

What to ExpectL


This illustration shows the neighbourhood section

From the Shannex website:

STATION YARDS:

This destination Lifestyle Community will inspire social connection and pride of place, enriching the lives of every local resident through the addition of accessible public spaces, services, memberships and more. A continuum of premium lifestyle options, amenities and age-friendly spaces will invite New Brunswickers to live, work and play at Station Yards.

This multi-phase development will be home to Parkland Station Yards, two nursing homes operated by Shannex Enhanced Care, and a master-planned community being developed in collaboration with the City of Moncton.

Parkland Station Yards will offer independent and supportive lifestyle options, along with intergenerational connection through building design, community partnerships, on-site services and programming. For Parkland Station Yards residents and those living nearby, a Parkland Club membership-based program will provide access to amenity spaces such as a gym, wellness clinic, dining venues and more. A short-term stay option will also be available for families, and visitors seeking a fully furnished suite.

Shannex Enhanced Care will operate two licensed long term care communities named Gordon Hall (opened June 7, 2023) and Ocean Hall (opening September 7, 2023). The two homes are connected via an industry-leading Main Street design and will welcome a total of 120 residents.

A master-planned community will be developed as part of Station Yards, which has been consciously designed to align with Shannex’s commitment to being a leader in energy management. This development is led by Shannex and built by our sister company, ACL Design Build Solutions.

Community and Building Names

Inspired by the region’s shared history and traditions, along with input from local residents and team members, the name Station Yards pays tribute to the Canadian National (CN) railway and the hub city’s historic role as a connector. Gordon Hall honors Gordon Yard, the formal name of the Moncton Hump Yard and CN’s principal yard visited frequently by long-distance and local trains. Ocean Hall is named after the oldest continuously operated named passenger train in North America. The Ocean, owned by Via Rail, moves commuters between Montreal and Halifax. Future names will also align with Moncton’s great history, and we look forward to sharing more soon.

For any inquiries please email [email protected]

I believe this image shows one of the independent living buildings on the Shannex campus

[MonctonRad]

KnoxfordGuy provided this satellite location map:

Originally Posted by KnoxfordGuy

Apple satellite view:

You can see the existing Shannex campus to the left, and how it is dwarfed by the large size of the property.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by Sunnybrae

Under the road network, a yellow dotted line for future road corridor. Interesting. Right through the northwest center?

Sunnybrae noted a possible road connector to Plaza Blvd that would pass through the Northwest Centre in the vicinity of the Marshall's store

[MonctonRad]

T&T article on the city council presentation:

Station Yards subdivision proposed for north end Moncton
Development promises nearly 5,000 units near intersection of Mountain Road and Wheeler
Author of the article:Alan Cochrane
Published Dec 02, 2025 • Last updated 47 minutes ago • 2 minute read
https://tj.news/moncton-miramichi/station-yards-subdivision-proposed-for-north-end-moncton (paywall)


The "neighourhood" section


I believe this image demonstrates a portion of the "neighbourhood" section of the development, showing townhomes next to midrises.

The master plan was presented Monday to city council, with a public hearing on the proposal set for Jan. 19. City planner Josh Davies said the plan has been in the works since 2021 as a partnership between the city and Shannex Developments

the Station Yards will have a community-oriented lifestyle with a mixture of single-family homes, duplexes, townhouses, mid-sized apartments and high-rise apartments over 18 storeys tall, eventually creating over 4,800 housing units. Shannex will continue to develop part of the land for its own housing projects, which would allow residents to “age in place” from retirement to nursing home care.

4,800 units sounds like a lot (and it is), but given Shannex's involvement, the neighbourhood will trend older than younger in terms of demographics, and I suspect a lot of single retirees, empty nesters and NBCC students. We are still looking at about 7,000-8,000 people of so I would imagine

[MonctonRad]

A pertinent comment by lirette:

Originally Posted by lirette

I'm amazed nothing has leaked about this in 4 years

As for the complainers on FB. The algorithms have rotted their brains. These are mostly miserable people, when you complain about something like this that will likely have zero effect on your life and is years away it says more about you than anything else. There is nothing healthy about being stuck in nostalgia constantly and wanting Moncton to go back its 90s, early 2000s self. These people likely have other things going on in their lives that make them unhappy and complaining about every development that gets posted is some sort of coping mechanism or gives them a sense of control. It is absolutely evidenced that creating more supply will drive down the costs for everyone else. This development will bring jobs in construction and other areas

The world has changed. We are dealing with all of the same changes in our city that places around the world are dealing with. We should be happy to see *master* planned areas like this.

When I see developments like this, my mentality is imagining what downtown Moncton or other areas *could* have looked like if they had the foresight to have been master planned. Imagine if we didnt have maritime door and windows or other industrial buildings smack in the middle of our core.

There is very little negative I could glean from a development like this. The location is unused, the need is there. What could possibly be criticized here?

[MonctonRad]

My response:

I'm sure there is a lot going on behind the scenes with the Ashford/Downing project too.

All we are seeing is the tip of the iceberg. I have some insider information about what may happen with Ashford/Downing, but I am sworn to secrecy. Nothing is ever official until it is announced, and things could still happen that could derail the whole Ashford project, I remain confident however. It would be transformational.

I had been made aware of the probability of highrise development behind the Northwest Centre over the last couple of years, but, I was advised not to say anything, and I had no inkling at the time of the overall sophistication of this plan. If this pans out, it will be truly transformational too.

This Shannex development was originally planned for LJR Blvd in the Vision Lands about 7-8 years ago or so, until Costco pulled out of the Mapleton Crossing Phase Two and decided to build on Granite Drive instead. The rest of the plans subsequently collapsed like a house of cards. Shannex then purchased this land behind the Northwest Centre and started the planning process all over again.

Shannex has wanted to do something like this in Moncton for a long time - at least a decade. Their first attempt in the Vision Lands crashed and burned due to circumstances beyond their control. This time around, all the ducks are in a row.

[MonctonRad]

Dartgard noted Shannex is doing something similar near Larry Uteck Blvd in HRM:

Originally Posted by Dartguard

Good for Moncton, there is a close to real life cousin under construction, also by Shannex, off Larry Utek in Halifax.

The excellent Halifax Developments facebook page has some images.

https://www.facebook.com/DevelopmentsHFX/

[MonctonRad]

Leroy321 provided the link to the presentation upcoming to the PAC:

Originally Posted by Leroy321

Station yard proposal:
https://www5.moncton.ca/docs/pac/PAC/Dec_16_2025/6b_Station_Yards_Avis_Public_Notice.pdf

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by Leroy321

Station yard proposal:
https://www5.moncton.ca/docs/pac/PAC/Dec_16_2025/6b_Station_Yards_Avis_Public_Notice.pdf

Looking carefully at the plans, it appears Shannex is planning on

- three 18 storey buildings
- five 15 storey buildings
- two 12 storey buildings
- six 10 storey buildings

and, on the Shannex campus itself.

- seven buildings up to 12 storeys talll.
- and a 10 storey building

In addition to all the townhouses, stacked townhomes and midrises up to eight storeys tall (8-9 total) in the "lower density" part on the planned neighbourhood.

Greater Moncton will have never before seen density like this.

[MonctonRad]

It should be noted that for the Shannex campus, the height plan calls for buildings "up to 12 storeys max." As such they could be much smaller than this perhaps 6-8 storeys.



The buildings at the Shannex Faubourg du Mascaret on Morton are about six storeys, It should be noted however that the original plan for the Shannex complex on LJR Blvd in the Vision Lands that was scuppered did call for 12 storey buildings, so I could still see this happening here.

Still, no matter what happens, this will be a truly transformational project of unparalleled density in greater Moncton

[MonctonRad]

I wonder how closely they have examined the transit implications of the Station Yards development?



We're talking about multiple high rise buildings on an 80 acre site with nearly 5000 new residential units. There will be a major Shannex Parkland campus as part of the development with a lot of potentially car-free residents, and also presumably a large itinerant student population in the main part of the development due to the NBCC next door. A lot of these student residents may be car-free as well. There will almost certainly be a major need for reliable public transit.

A new transit route along Worthington would seem to be mandatory. Presumably this would deviate up past the Shannex Parkland campus to serve the residents there. I wonder if it is because of transit that they are speculating about a "connector" between the Station Yard development and Plaza Blvd, that would bisect the Northwest Centre roughly where the Marshall's store is located? This would make sense in that it would provide a straight shot for a possible bus route up towards Plaza Blvd and the current transit hub across from the Moncton West Walmart.

I wonder if the city has been negotiating with the owners of the Northwest Centre, or have just pencilled in that dotted yellow line for discussion purposes?

[Manny2727]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

Looking carefully at the plans, it appears Shannex is planning on

- three 18 storey buildings
- five 15 storey buildings
- two 12 storey buildings
- six 10 storey buildings

and, on the Shannex campus itself.

- seven buildings up to 12 storeys talll.
- and a 10 storey building

In addition to all the townhouses, stacked townhomes and midrises up to eight storeys tall (8-9 total) in the "lower density" part on the planned neighbourhood.

Greater Moncton will have never before seen density like this.

I'm curious to see what the city will do to the infrastructure as this is going to add a lot of people to an already high traffic area.

[adamuptownsj]

Any good explanations about why this area sat empty for so long? If it was brownfield that suddenly became appealing/economical to build on, I'd get it, but Moncton basically skipped over Wheeler and continued northwest without missing a beat. IIRC the greenfield across Wheeler was subject to an ownership/inheritance dispute, preventing the subdivision off Lady Russell from spreading into it, but what's the deal here?

[Sandbagger]

Not sure if those street names are proposed or actual, but I notice there is a High Street on the map, which would of course conflict with High St downtown.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by adamuptownsj

Any good explanations about why this area sat empty for so long? If it was brownfield that suddenly became appealing/economical to build on, I'd get it, but Moncton basically skipped over Wheeler and continued northwest without missing a beat. IIRC the greenfield across Wheeler was subject to an ownership/inheritance dispute, preventing the subdivision off Lady Russell from spreading into it, but what's the deal here?

If I were to guess, I would say it was because this parcel of land was "cut off" from Mountain Road by the Northwest Centre (formerly Moncton Mall). There was no direct road access.

Meanwhile, the Pinehurst neighbourhood gradually filled in from the south from Killam and Ayer Ave. The Station Yards was the most inaccessible parcel of land in the neighbourhood.

This has changed with the extension of Worthington to Mountain Road, and the new roundabout.

I am just speculating however.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by Sandbagger

Not sure if those street names are proposed or actual, but I notice there is a High Street on the map, which would of course conflict with High St downtown.

Placeholder name. It is a "high street" for the Station Yards. A new name will be chosen.

[MonctonPerson]

Originally Posted by adamuptownsj

Any good explanations about why this area sat empty for so long? If it was brownfield that suddenly became appealing/economical to build on, I'd get it, but Moncton basically skipped over Wheeler and continued northwest without missing a beat. IIRC the greenfield across Wheeler was subject to an ownership/inheritance dispute, preventing the subdivision off Lady Russell from spreading into it, but what's the deal here?

It was previously owned by a family that had a long-running dispute over expropriation with city hall (land between CN humpyard and Berry Mills). Same family still owns the undeveloped land west of Wheeler.

[MonctonRad]

Originally Posted by MonctonPerson

It was previously owned by a family that had a long-running dispute over expropriation with city hall (land between CN humpyard and Berry Mills). Same family still owns the undeveloped land west of Wheeler.

Thanks!

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