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Construction
Building permits take upswing

SUSSEX - There may not be large retail developments planned right now for Sussex, but Deputy Mayor Marc Thorne says June's building permits totalling $5.7 million for renovations and repairs of existing industry is nothing to cry about. "That's quite a value in permits," he said during Monday's night's town council meeting. "Developments take many forms. It's not only retail," Thorne added. "Confidence in the community is shown in lots of ways." Building permit values were rather dismal until June, when 29 permits were issued, bringing the year's total to more than $8.6 million. Last June, building permits in the town were worth more than $9.1 million. One undisclosed industrial customer alone plans to spend more than $4 million to upgrade facilities. "It speaks well for the confidence they have in the area. That's a tremendous boost," Thorne said.

Development

Housing project gets approval

SUSSEX - A new-concept subdivision for Sussex received final approval from town council this week. Council gave third and final reading to a bylaw amendment to allow a more than six-acre parcel of land between Brookview Crescent and Church Avenue to become home to a community consisting of garden homes and the town's first condominiums. To accommodate the larger number of residential units, council had to rezone what it calls the Malone Homestead land from R2 to R4, subject to certain terms and conditions. Lawyer and developer John Malone will install Malone Way off Brookview Crescent to access the subdivision he plans to name The Knoll. The street will be a cul-de-sac, featuring 13 to 15 garden homes and 15 condominiums. Malone plans to start construction on the access road this fall, and hopes to have residents in their homes by this time next year.