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Killam Apartment REIT Announces Q1-2021 Operating Performance and Financial Results HALIFAX, NS, May 5, 2021 /CNW/ - Killam Apartment REIT (TSX: KMP.UN) ("Killam") today reported its results for the three months ended March 31, 2021. "We are pleased to report solid...

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Covid-19

Public Health Covid-19 FAQs Updated as April 28 Nova Scotia Public Health has updated their FAQs factsheets, download links provided below: FAQ Restrictions Download, click here FAQ Mandatory Mask Wearing Download, click here FAQ Travel Download, click here Nova...

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Development

Fares to build apartment complex in Liverpool Renowned for his prominent land developments in Dartmouth, Francis Fares has decided to add his footprint to Queens County. Fares, owner of Dartmouth-based Fares & Co. Dev. Inc., recently purchased waterfront property...

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Development

Five-Tower Development Approved For North End Halifax HALIFAX — A major development made it through a public hearing last night, clearing the way for five large towers to be built on a swath of land in North End Halifax. Halifax’s Westwood Developments is the firm...

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Rent Control

The downside to the real estate boom in Nova Scotia The inability to afford a mortgage has created a middle class of 'in-betweens' with nowhere to go, says renter Christina Provost moved into her rental home in Prospect, N.S., a year ago. She decorated the house, she...

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Development

Former Dartmouth Post Office Being Sold As Prime Development Opportunity DARTMOUTH — The former Dartmouth post office hit the real estate market last week and the firm handling the sale is touting the property as an opportunity for midrise or highrise development....

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Development

New Development Would Add More Density Near Halifax Forum HALIFAX — Halifax’s Design Advisory Committee made way for more density near the Halifax Forum this week when it gave conditional approval to a mixed-use tower just off Windsor Street. WM Fares Group, a local...

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Article of Interest

Why Don’t Real Estate Developers Build More Purpose-Built Rentals? Interest Rates Academics theorize why developers won’t create more purpose-built rental housing. They cite everything from user behavior to policy restrictions. For some reason, they never think to...

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Affordable Housing Commission

Nova Scotia Affordable Housing Commission mandate doesn't go far enough, says local anti-poverty group The mandate of the Affordable Housing Commission of Nova Scotia is inadequate and will not meet the needs of Nova Scotians struggling with housing, says a group of...

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Economy

Halifax Employment Growth Continues, 2,400 Jobs Added Last Month HALIFAX – The city’s employed labour force keeps growing, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Statistics Canada’s latest numbers, the city added 2,400 jobs between February and March. The number...

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