Housing project slated for old school site

City to subdivide former Ian Baillie Primary School property, sell southern portion

Miramichi city council is considering selling the southern portion of the former Ian Baillie Primary School property, highlighted in red, to Chatham Non-Profit Housing Inc. (SCREENSHOT)

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MIRAMICHI - Part of an old school property in the former town of Chatham could soon be sold to a developer who plans to build dozens of housing units on the site.

At Tuesday’s council-in-committee meeting, city council discussed the pending sale of the 10,000-square-metre southern portion of the old Ian Baillie Primary School site, off Jones Street, to Chatham Non-Profit Housing Inc. for a 44-unit housing development.

Council will vote on the sale at a future meeting.

In a report presented to council, economic development and tourism director Jeff MacTavish said Chatham Non-Profit Housing was the only firm to respond to the city’s request for proposals for housing developments on the property, which was rezoned from institutional (IN) to mixed-use (MU) last year.

“Chatham Non-Profit Housing has submitted a price of $161,000, HST included, with a proposal to build one 38-unit apartment building and three duplexes for a total of 44 rental units,” he said in his report.

“The company plans to begin construction upon completing the property sale.”