N.S. government yet to make plan for land bought at Shannon Park
‘We know we want to maximize affordable housing for that area,’ says Public Works minister
The Nova Scotia government has not yet decided what to do with two parcels of land it recently bought at Shannon Park in Dartmouth for nearly $17 million.
“We know we want to maximize affordable housing for that area, and it’s zoned for up to 600 [units] but it’s currently — the plans have not been developed,” Public Works Minister Fred Tilley told reporters Thursday.
Tilley said his department’s job was to make the purchase, and the rest will be handled by other departments.
A spokesperson for the Department of Growth and Development — the department that handles the housing file — said they had no other information to share.
Canada Lands is managing the piecemeal sale of Shannon Park, a former military site that has been largely vacant since 2017. In March, it sold two parcels that amount to more than 9,000-square metres of land to the province for $16.8 million. …[Continue Reading]