The hotel would be built next to the Dunlawton Avenue causewayand bridge on the Halifax River. Amenities would include a spa,exercise facilities, lounges, gift shops and a banquet-meetingspace for up to 500 guests. A free-standing restaurant is alsoplanned.
The existing Seabird Island Mobile Home Park, which occupies theentire 10-acre island, would be demolished to make way for theproject. The developer originally proposed the site for aresidential condominium project, but the collapse of the localcondo market and other economic changes prompted Halifax to seek adifferent use. No budget has been set for the project.
The developer has said project timing would depend on how sooneconomic conditions improve. City officials say whatever gets builton the island should be a high-profile project that will become alocal landmark.
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