At $10M, house is one of the priciest ever listed in Halifax

HALIFAX • Toronto has the Bridle Path. In Vancouver, it’s Shaughnessy. Montreal boasts Westmount.

In Halifax, you’ll find the multimillionaires along an exclusive strip of waterfront properties on the Northwest Arm, a picturesque inlet that branches off from the main harbour.

Last week, local real estate agent Mariana Cowan posted an online listing for a seven- storey home there that has so far received more than two million views. Asking price? $10 million. The ultra- modern, fivebedroom, 11,000-square-foot home — owned by the chief executive of a gold- mining company — is among the most expensive properties ever offered for sale in the historic port city, Cowan says.

“It’s one of the most magnificent properties ... and it has one of the largest private marinas,” she says. “It’s a one of a kind property that you might see in Miami or Vancouver.”

The angular, concrete and glass building at 6400 Oakland Rd., with its floorto-ceiling windows and multiple docks, stands in stark contrast to the other homes in the area, including stately mansions that predate Confederation.

In a humble, historic city where the average price for a home sold in July was $292,000, this mansion is an in- your- face brute — gaudy jewelry and all.

Built in 2010, the openconcept house has 10 bathrooms, an elevator, executive office suite, a two- bedroom guest house and a popcorn bar in a large cinema room that includes in- floor subwoofers.

There’s also a two- bedroom pool house, a greenhouse, in-ground swimming pool and a fitness area that features a sauna, steam room, wet bar and indoor pool.

The mansion comes with its own awkward past: it was the location for two kidnapping attempts.

In 2014, a young Halifaxarea man was sentenced to five years in prison for twice breaking into the house in 2012 to abduct the owner, GoGold Resources Inc. CEO Brad Langille.

Aaron Patrick MacDonald, then 20, pleaded guilty to four charges, including attempted abduction, pointing a firearm and wearing a mask in the commission of an indictable offence.