January 23, 2019

Mayor excited by development prospects for old textile plant in Windsor Nova Scotia

Windsor mayor Anna Allen is excited at the prospect of a new life finally coming for the old Nova Scotia Textiles plant in the town.

Halifax developer Navid Saberi acquired the iconic building and the two-hectare property it sits on late last summer. At the time there was talk of a seniors complex for the property just off Highway 101, but Allen says options are still being discussed.

“We’re very hopeful,” Allen said.

“We’ve waited a long time.”

She said she, the town’s CAO, and their counterparts from the municipality of West Hants met with Saberi last fall.

“We shared with him some needs we have for the community, and he asked to have it on paper so he could look at (possibly) including it in the uses of that building and what the design might look like.”

Allen said the final design and use is up to the developer, but they wanted to provide their input.

Some of the needs in the town include “affordable housing, high-end housing and in-between housing, we need all kinds of housing in this area … housing is definitely a need, but we do have other options in some of those (categories), so we’re looking toward making those happen as well.”

She said office and retail rental space is also needed in the area.

The old mill, originally a cotton processing plant built in the 1880s, was best known for producing underwear, then sports wear, and finally fire-resistant products before closing in 2005. A previous attempt to develop the property with retail units downstairs and condominiums in the upper levels barely got off the ground before financial issues stopped work a decade ago and it has sat empty since.

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