Pretty swanky.

Instead of continuing as the Halifax World Trade and Convention Centre, it’ll now be known as Nova Centre, Global Trade and Finance. 

From the article in today’s Chronicle Herald:

The 2,500-seat convention centre complex is expected to include two towers of 18 and 14 storeys, along with retail space and possibly a hotel. The plan calls for the office component to be marketed as a location for clients from Nova Scotia’s growing financial services sector.

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A selection committee from the province and Halifax Regional Municipality chose Mr. Ramia’s Rank Group in February as the sole candidate eligible to win a contract to build a new convention centre on the site.

The selection panel had last fall narrowed the shortlist to two Halifax-based bidders, Rank and the Hardman Group, from the six that responded to a call for proposals. When the municipality determined that a site reclaimed from the dismantling of the Cogswell interchange, proposed by the Hardman Group, would not be made available for a convention centre it was determined that Rank was the only qualified bidder.

The complex is expected to be completed in a few years, possibly by 2013.

Likelihood of it being completed by 2013? Low.

Still, pretty swanky.

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