N.S. tenants ‘heartbroken’ and ‘terrified’ after apartment complex listed for sale
Global News
Residents of Ocean Breeze Village in Dartmouth, N.S., are fearful of losing their homes after the land they live on was recently listed for sale.
Residents of an apartment complex in Dartmouth, N.S., are fearful of losing their homes after the land they live on was quietly listed for sale.
Ocean Breeze Village, a mix of apartment buildings and townhouses, has just under 400 units in Dartmouth, close to the MacKay bridge.
Those apartments are among the last that are considered “affordable” during a provincial housing crisis that has seen skyrocketing prices amid COVID-19.
A listing for 396 Princess Margaret Blvd., by CBRE, a commercial real estate agency, describes the 57-acre property as a “multifamily platform opportunity.” It did not list a price.
It said the site has a high residential density designation, “allowing for an estimated buildable density in excess of 3.2 million (square feet), making this, we believe, the highest density cluster of any site in the HRM currently.”
But for Jordyn Johnson, who’s lived there for 11 years, the site isn’t just an “opportunity.”
“It’s home,” said Johnson, who shares an $1,100-per-month unit with their partner and one-year-old son. “I can’t afford anything else, this is all I have. We worked very hard for this place.”
The listing also said the vacancy status of the land was “unknown,” despite the fact that many people are still living there.