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Halifax construction project different from ‘anything Nova Scotia has seen yet’

A Halifax construction project valued at $1.6 billion and that could last 12 years begins this week.

Southwest Properties will build apartment buildings and single-family homes to house 6,500 people on the Motherhouse Lands, the former long-time site of the Mount Saint Vincent Motherhouse.

Ben Young, president and CEO of Southwest Properties, said the project, called Seton Ridge, will be different from other Southwest initiatives because it’s a land development project, as opposed to the company’s wheelhouse of constructing buildings in downtown Halifax.

“So, there’s all kinds of different complexities that come with this,” Young said. “You’re not just dealing with a lot and heights and setbacks, we’ve got connections to the Bedford Highway, connections to Lacewood (Drive), you have to do traffic studies, it’s a much more complex project to take on.”

Young said Seton Ridge will be a land development project unlike “anything Nova Scotia has seen yet.” …[Continue Reading]