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Home My WebLink About08-17-22 Public Comment - C. Nelson - Development e,ye aC"" � hA �nftf- vi cl�a�a�Fw AAV vUA k, �t> e�ry n. ArA�J, �nx ds- (- �Pd r�,� �K n�.�x ter. 2f�,�, v� ,rn,�._ �,�a et ��a� I e Chronicle Herald SALTWIRECOM Thursday, August 4, 222 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT E i 1 ; - H ' y l }it ) t n i t 4 S: The former Gibson's Antiques building on Chebucto Road as seen on Friday,July 22, 2022.RYAIV TAPLIN-THE CHRONICLE HERALD Old Gibson's shop may see new life 'Building has ju been a fixture' 1 lv ir 11 e F JEN TAPLINr � THE CHRONICLE HERALD E3 ltaplin@herald.ca @chronicleherald Boarded it up it may be,but the old Gibson's shop on Chebucto Road is one many .d. Haligonians easily recognize, It's an oddly-shaped cor- ner building facing the busy A rendering of the proposed redevelopment of the former Gib- A photo from a real estate listing from 2021 of the former Gib Halifax road,nestled behind son's Appraisers shop on Chebucto Road. HRM son's Appraisers antique shop on Chebucto Road.. Oxford School,with an old- VIEWPOINT EALT school storefront and the old pending. sold products to gift shops all GIBSGN S sign still hanging "It's Its a really special space over,often thinking what he spaces and doesn't just co - a separate gift shop fake the out front. that served the communitywould do if he had his own pletely crush everything that Cole Harbour location,mostly It was last home to Gibson', for a long time,and unfor- store° we've known,"he said. due to space,but there will be antique shop but has sat emp- tunately it sat vacant for the He bought the property at "To us it's important to do some items for sale in the cafe, ty for seven years`The former last seven years or so and has 1090 Cole Harbour Rd.and it as eco-friendly manner as Selby said. , owner of Gibson Thoixias Leonard Gary n's died suffered some damage as time opened Selby,s Bunker Coffee possible,to reuse the wooden "And hope y we can have as passed, he said. and Gifts with a iftsho on beams that are good and the a little sidewalk last year at the age of 77. "We're g p g patio that Last fall;Jason Selby rec- lust really hoping to the bottom floor in the winter wall structures and replace ` faces the school on the irate- ognist fzed the potential of the bring new life into the space of 2019.The upstairs cafe fol anything that needs to get face stile schoobuilding that's and make it one the commu- lowed that spring,and he also replaced," ri the e of the -sae" 94-year-old building as soon , Selby said. pity can enjoy. operates a small Airbnb on as he walked in, "So I think it be a nice the site Balled Coffee Lovers T T "I feel life the building has A EXPANSIONF Paradise: PROPOSAL space to will hang out." ' been a fixture in the commu- As for the apartment,he's nity,everyone seems to know COLE HARBOUR Customers frequently ask If approved,much will change not sure if it will be a rental or of it,and maybe it's a land- This kind of project is some- Selby for another location on about the building,but Selby if he'll move in himself. mark,"Selby said. thin Selby has done before. the other side of the city,he ' Y g y said they want to keep the "With a new business it's "It's so cute and quaint In 2018 he walked into a said, ' q shape of it intact. ` always nice to be on site and it's kind of turned on that commercial building in Cole Inside,he plans to open it of course I plan to spend a lot corner." Harbour and had a good feel- IMPORTANT g up by vaulting the ceiling in of time there;"he said."I'm He snapped it up for ing about it. Part of a community's charac- the front,he said. thinking I'm going to live on $385,000 last September and "The walls kind of sung to ter is little buildings like this, The one-bedroom apart- site but at some point,it may he is planning to renovate it me of the potential of what it Selby said. mean will be in the basement, become a rental." into a cafe/espresso bar and could be,so I purchased the e all know we need while the cafe and espresso Selby said they plan to start one-bedroom apartment, building and started renovat- development in our commu- bar will be on the street level, construction as soon'as pos His application to HRM for ing,"he said. nities,but I think that there's and a seating area will take up sible,with the hopes of having a development agreement is Working in wholesale,he a way to do that that preserves the top floor.There won't be it open sometime next year.