COMMUNITY PRESENTATION
Felker Hall
734 Broadway Ave, Cornwallis Park, Annapolis County

August 14, 6 PM

Featuring: James Wallace
Developer, Sunset Tides Development Ltd.

James Wallace recently acquired the former ABDS lands in
Cornwallis Park and is excited to share his vision for the future of
the site.

Topic:
Proposed Housing Development Plans for Cornwallis Park

James will present initial concepts and ideas for residential
development across the newly acquired properties.

Community Q&A to follow

All residents and neighbours welcome! Come and learn more and
ask questions about what’s being planned for our community.

Hosted by Councillor Jon Welch 902 250-0120
jwelch@annapoliscounty.ca

Developer sets sights on adding to housing stock in Cornwallis Park

Author of the article:

By Jason Malloy

Published Aug 11, 2025

James Wallace has big plans for the former CFB Cornwallis property.

The owner and president of Sunset Tides Developments Ltd. purchased 20 buildings and roughly 55 acres of land from the Annapolis Basin Development Society in early July. Most of the property is located north of Highway 1 and mostly west of Broadway Avenue.

“Our initial attack is going to be on creating as much rental as we can, as quickly as we can,” Wallace said during a recent interview.

Work has already begun on turning the barracks on the north and south side of the former Annapolis Basin Conference Centre into apartments. And Wallace has an ambitious timeline for those two buildings.

“In a perfect world, I’d like to be done so people can celebrate Christmas in their new units.”

But those two buildings are only the start. He envisions a mix of 400 units, including apartments and townhouses, some new construction and possibly row housing, with the project happening in multiple phases and costing $100 million.

He said the company will have highly energy-efficient buildings. And he wants them to be affordable as he has heard people want to work at the region’s health-care facilities and schools, but finding housing is an issue.

“There’s nowhere for them to live. There’s no housing,” Wallace said.

He hopes the newly named Sunset Tides Village will help solve some of the issues.

“We’re creating housing, but we’re also creating jobs and we’re creating a village,” Wallace said.

He’s enlisted the help of locals, including siblings Quinn and Anna Emery.

“Their brilliance exceeds their age,” Wallace said.

Quinn, who is superintendent for the construction company Earth Flow Building Ltd., is grateful to be able to work on a project that could help slow the flow of his peers to western Canada.

“This is home,” he said. “I can’t wait to see more rental, more housing hit the market because I think that’s what this place needs.”