Citadel Halifax Hotel to be Redeveloped
Posted by: Brigid McWhirter
Exciting changes are in store for the Citadel Halifax Hotel! Built in 1963 and located at 1960 Brunswick St. in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, The Citadel Halifax Hotel is being redeveloped to offer visitors a fresh experience during their stay and enhance the downtown landscape. The complex will be transformed into a mixed-use facility, featuring two new hotels, a residential building combined with restaurant and retail space. With a focus on people, sustainability and activity, the new project will add to a vibrant downtown core and positively impact the surrounding area.Design Attributes Exciting new infrastructure: Site will...
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Date Posted: 09/22/2011
Halifax's Waterfront is Canada's First Oceanic Blue Flag Candidate!
Posted by: Brigid McWhirter
Great news for Halifax! The Halifax Waterfront is now Canada's first oceanic Blue Flag Candidate, and could become Atlantic Canada's very first Blue Flag award winner! Check out details on the announcement from Environmental Defence, the Canadian operator of the Blue Flag Program:"The provincial agency charged with making some of the province’s shorelines into social, economic and heritage centres has officially taken on the challenge for Halifax’s Waterfront to win the coveted international Blue Flag award. With this, Waterfront Development Corporation (WDCL) has made a commitment to manage its property to the strict environmental criteria outlined by the United Nations endorsed...
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Date Posted: 09/07/2011