{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox Urban Development |urban_development_name = Fundy Quay |image = Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada (cropped) fundyquay.jpg |image_upright = |status = Under construction |caption = Fundy Quay in October 2025 |location = Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |coordinates = {{coord|45.271692|N|66.063950|W|region:CA-NB_type:city_scale|display=inline, title}} |groundbreaking = 2023 |est_completion = |buildings = 5 |architect = |developer = Fundy Harbour Group |size = |cost = CA$300 million (estimated) |website = {{URL|fundyquay.com}} }} The '''Fundy Quay''' is an ongoing mixed-use development in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Situated on a former Canadian Coast Guard site along the Saint John Harbour, it is part of a waterfront redevelopment plan for the city.<ref name="FAQs">{{cite web |title=FAQs - Fundy Quay Development and Redesign |url=https://shapeyourcitysaintjohn.ca/fundy-quay-development-project/widgets/123224/faqs |website=shapeyourcitysaintjohn.ca |publisher=Shape Your City Saint John |access-date=8 March 2024}}</ref>
The first building is currently under construction and is scheduled to be completed in late 2026.<ref name="CMHC-1">{{cite news |title=Canada invests in new rental housing units in Saint John |url=https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/media-newsroom/news-releases/2025/canada-invests-new-rental-housing-units-saint-john |access-date=March 3, 2026 |work=Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation |date=October 15, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
== Description == The Fundy Quay development is a project by the Fundy Harbour Group.<ref name="MacRae-1">{{cite news |last1=MacRae |first1=Avery |title=Uptown construction projects in Saint John, N.B., approaching next steps |url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/uptown-construction-projects-in-saint-john-n-b-approaching-next-steps-1.6633434 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107071558/https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/uptown-construction-projects-in-saint-john-n-b-approaching-next-steps-1.6633434 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 7, 2023 |access-date=August 1, 2024 |work=CTV Atlantic |date=November 6, 2023}}</ref> It is set to contain five mixed-use buildings with a total floor space of 69,700 square metres. The buildings' ground floors are allocated for commercial and retail use, with the remaining floors designated for a total of 677 residential units.<ref name="MacRae-1"/><ref name="Urquhart-2">{{cite news |last1=Urquhart |first1=Mia |title=Construction set to begin on first of 5 Fundy Quay buildings on Saint John waterfront |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-quay-waterfront-development-1.7015066 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |work=CBC News |date=November 6, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Huddle-1">{{cite news |last1=Brad |first1=Perry |title=S.J. Waterfront Development Will Feature 16-Storey Building With 165 Housing Units |url=https://huddle.today/2021/12/15/waterfront-development-saint-john/ |access-date=August 8, 2024 |work=Huddle |date=15 December 2021 |language=en-CA}}</ref> The complex will also include more than 400 internal parking spaces.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Urquhart |first1=Mia |title=Waterfront revitalization in Saint John picks up pace |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/waterfront-development-project-unveiled-1.6431227 |access-date=November 26, 2025 |work=CBC News |date=April 26, 2022}}</ref>
The development has an estimated budget of $300 million.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Brad |title=Work begins on Fundy Quay development in Saint John |url=https://www.country94.ca/2023/10/19/work-begins-on-fundy-quay-development-in-saint-john/ |access-date=August 1, 2024 |work=Country 94 |publisher=Acadia Broadcasting |date=October 19, 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Fraser-1">{{cite news |last1=Fraser |first1=Elizabeth |title=Fundy Quay project focuses on scenery and restricting clutter at Saint John waterfront |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-quay-project-public-spaces-1.5976287 |access-date=August 8, 2024 |work=CBC News |date=April 6, 2021}}</ref> Funding for parts of the project were supported by the federal, provincial and municipal governments.<ref name="FAQs"/><ref name="CBC-1">{{cite news |title=1st building in Fundy Quay project passed shadow, wind studies |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-fundy-quay-1.6310630 |access-date=August 6, 2024 |work=CBC News |date=January 11, 2022}}</ref> The three levels of government committed to contribute a combined $24 million for the infrastructure project to support the site's redevelopment.<ref name="Urquhart-1">{{cite news |last1=Urquhart |first1=Mia |title=Work on proposed Fundy Quay project in Saint John to begin in the spring |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-quay-funding-announced-1.5920323 |access-date=August 6, 2024 |work=CBC News |date=February 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Letson |first1=Cherise |title=Governments Commit $24M To Prepare Waterfront Site For Development |url=https://www.thewave.ca/2021/02/19/governments-commit-24m-to-prepare-waterfront-site-for-development/ |access-date=November 25, 2025 |work=97.3 The Wave |date=February 19, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> In October 2025, the federal government announced an additional $30 million investment through the Apartment Construction Loan Program for the first building's 79 residential units.<ref>{{cite news |last1=MacRae |first1=Avery |title=Feds spending over $30 million for Saint John rental housing |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new-brunswick/article/feds-spending-over-30-million-for-saint-john-rental-housing/ |access-date=March 3, 2026 |work=CTV News |date=October 15, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
The Fundy Quay also includes a public space named "Ihtoli-maqahamok – The Gathering Space". The name is derived from "gathering space" in the Wolastoqiyik language,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Nick |title=New public space name in Saint John, N.B. honours city’s Indigenous roots |url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/new-public-space-name-in-saint-john-n-b-honours-city-s-indigenous-roots-1.6625493 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031234922/https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/new-public-space-name-in-saint-john-n-b-honours-city-s-indigenous-roots-1.6625493 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 31, 2023 |access-date=August 1, 2024 |work=CTV Atlantic |date=October 31, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Farley |first1=Sam |title=Revitalized Saint John waterfront space to be named Ihtoli-maqahamok |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-quay-space-named-ihtoli-maqahamok-1.7013411 |access-date=August 8, 2024 |work=CBC News |date=October 31, 2023}}</ref> and was officially opened on July 22, 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bates |first1=Andrew |title=City officially opens Gathering Space, after delay by protest |url=https://tj.news/saint-john-south/city-officially-opens-gathering-space-after-delay-by-protest |access-date=March 3, 2026 |work=Telegraph-Journal |date=July 22, 2024}}</ref>
=== Buildings === The buildings are set to be constructed sequentially at a pace of one building for every two years,<ref name="Urquhart-2"/> with completion expected for 2032.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Nick |title=Foundation set for first of five buildings at Fundy Quay site in Saint John, N.B. |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/foundation-set-for-first-of-five-buildings-at-fundy-quay-site-in-saint-john-nb/ |access-date=March 3, 2026 |work=CTV News |date=September 5, 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Building Phase ! Location ! Floors ! Units ! Use ! Status |- | 1 (Southwest) | 35 Water Street<ref name="Urquhart-2"/> | 6 | 79{{efn|Originally 111 when approved.<ref name="Huddle-2">{{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Brad |title=Saint John Council Approves Second Fundy Quay Building |url=https://huddle.today/2023/01/10/saint-john-council-approves-second-fundy-quay-building/ |access-date=July 28, 2024 |work=Huddle |publisher=Acadia Broadcasting |date=January 10, 2023}}</ref>}} | Residential and retail | Under construction |- | 2 (Southeast) | Southeast corner,<ref name="Huddle-1"/> Water Street frontage<ref name="Huddle-2"/> | 16 | 165 | Residential and retail | Approved in December 2021 as "Phase 1"<ref name="Huddle-1"/> |- | 3 (Northwest) | Northwest | 16 | 173 | Mixed-use | Proposed; estimated build-out target is 2028 |- | 4 (Northeast) | Northeast corner | 19 | 188 | Mixed-use | Proposed; estimated build-out target is 2030 |- | 5 (Community / Cultural) | Waterfront | 4 | 40 (potential) | Community/cultural | Proposed; estimated build-out target is 2032 |- | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=9830 |title=35 Water Street – Staff Report |publisher=City of Saint John |website=pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com |access-date=March 3, 2026}}</ref> |}
The first building, located on the southwest corner, will be six floors{{efn|Earlier reports mention the first building being 16 floors and on the southeast corner.<ref name="CBC-1"/><ref name="Huddle-1"/> This is due to Fundy Harbour Group deciding to switch to building on the southwest corner instead in January 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Work begins on Fundy Quay development in Saint John |url=https://acadiabroadcasting.ca/work-begins-on-fundy-quay-development-in-saint-john/ |access-date=March 3, 2026 |work=Acadia Broadcasting |date=October 20, 2023}}</ref>}} with 79 units and ground-floor retail.<ref name="Urquhart-2"/>
== History == thumb|The Coast Guard site pictured in 2013
The site of the Fundy Quay development was previously used by the Canadian Coast Guard as one of their sites.<ref name="Power-1">{{cite news |last1=Power |first1=Zack |title=Saint John, N.B. businesses eagerly await completion of Fundy Quay |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9831329/fundy-quay-businesses/ |access-date=August 1, 2024 |work=Global News |date=July 13, 2023}}</ref> The City of Saint John acquired the site from Fisheries and Oceans Canada in January 2011 for $2.8 million amidst Coast Guard relocation plans.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saint John moves closer to $100M development deal |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-moves-closer-to-100m-development-deal-1.1307058 |access-date=March 3, 2026 |work=CBC News |date=July 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Saint John plans waterfront redevelopment |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-plans-waterfront-redevelopment-1.1188358 |access-date=March 3, 2026 |work=CBC News |date=July 3, 2012}}</ref>
=== Failed proposals (2005-2018) === In early 2005, the Saint John Development Corporation issued a call for proposals,<ref name="Gill-1">{{cite news |last1=Gill |first1=Jordan |title=Just around the corner: 13 years of arrested development at former Saint John Coast Guard site |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/coast-guard-site-failures-1.3921228 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |work=CBC News |date=January 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Linke |first1=Rob |last2=Kerr |first2=Grant |title=Project to be advanced in spring |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/telegraph-journal/192553279/ |access-date=March 3, 2026 |work=Telegraph-Journal |date=January 10, 2005 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=MacKinnon |first1=Bobbi-Jean |title=City ready to accept proposals for Coast Guard location |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/telegraph-journal/192553341/ |access-date=March 3, 2026 |work=Telegraph-Journal |date=January 18, 2005 |page=5}}</ref> selecting the Hardman Group's $75 million hotel and condominium proposal in November.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chilibeck |first1=John |title=Major project on the way for waterfont |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/telegraph-journal/192553752/ |access-date=March 3, 2026 |work=Telegraph-Journal |date=November 30, 2005 |page=11}}</ref> The project was scrapped in 2011 due to lengthy delays in the land transfer process.<ref name="Gill-1"/> Proposals of a project on the site under the "Fundy Quay" name began as early as 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Southwick |first1=Reid |title=Waterfront Deal In The Works: Development Realtor looking worldwide and close to home in a bid to transform the Coast Guard site |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/923360737/6F8DD8AB4A1448F2PQ/1 |access-date=July 28, 2024 |work=Telegraph-Journal |date=February 25, 2012 |page=B1}}</ref> In 2016, Moosehead Breweries announced plans to build a small-batch brewery on the site, but the project was cancelled the following year due to budgeting shortfalls.<ref name="Gill-1"/> In 2018, the city subdivided and sold a portion of the site to the province for a new New Brunswick Museum location, though the project was also cancelled.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fundy Quay - Project Launch |url=https://pub-saintjohn.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=8008 |website=City of Saint John |access-date=March 3, 2026 |date=June 14, 2021}}</ref> Old Coast Guard buildings were periodically demolished,<ref name="Power-1"/> including the administrative building in 2018.<ref name="Urquhart-1"/>
=== Fundy Harbour Group (2019-present) === In 2019, it was announced that David Elias would be developing the project.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Letson |first1=Cherise |title=Fundy Quay Development Gets Green Light From Council |url=https://www.country94.ca/2019/12/03/fundy-quay-development-gets-green-light-from-council/ |access-date=August 8, 2024 |work=Country 94 |date=December 3, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
In April 2022, construction began to revitalize the site's seawall.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lyall |first1=Laura |title=Fundy Quay project underway at Saint John waterfront |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/fundy-quay-project-underway-at-saint-john-waterfront/ |access-date=August 8, 2024 |work=CTV Atlantic |date=April 26, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> In January 2023, the Saint John City Council unanimously voted to approve the construction of the second of the five buildings.<ref name="Huddle-2"/> That same year, as part of the project, construction also began on outdoor patios for business in the neighbouring Market Square.<ref>{{cite news |last1=MacRae |first1=Avery |title=Fundy Quay development continues, creating a 'central gathering place' in Uptown Saint John, N.B. |url=https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/fundy-quay-development-continues-creating-a-central-gathering-place-in-uptown-saint-john-n-b-1.6385026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514123829/https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/fundy-quay-development-continues-creating-a-central-gathering-place-in-uptown-saint-john-n-b-1.6385026 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 14, 2023 |access-date=August 1, 2024 |work=CTV Atlantic |date=May 4, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The first building began construction in late 2023.<ref name="Urquhart-2"/>
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== External links == *{{Official website|https://www.fundyquay.com/}} *[https://saintjohn.ca/en/community-dashboard/web-cam-directory/fundy-quay-web-cam Fundy Quay Web Cam]
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