The former Pizza Delight property on Mallard Drive in Sackville has been sold.
A new numbered company (752259 NB Inc.) bought the property, and according to Service New Brunswick’s property online service, paid $645,000 for the building and land. That’s $95,000 more than was paid two years ago, in the summer of 2022.
The directors of the new company are Surendra Prasad Semwal of Stratford, PEI and Preetpal Sohi of McLeod Hill, just outside of Fredericton. They registered their New Brunswick company in January 2024, and also operate a New Brunswick company called Namaste FGC, which is opening a bar and grill at the Fredericton Golf Club.
According to the website NamasteBistro.ca, the pair also run restaurants in Miramichi and Charlottetown, under the names Namaste Miramichi and Taste of India.
CHMA has reached out to the new owners to learn about their plans for their Sackville property.
The property at 24 Mallard Drive includes the former Pizza Delight building, and a triangular lot that stretches down to the parking lot at the Sackville Visitor Information Centre.
Since the property last changed hands, Tantramar council has voted twice to expand the possibilities for the property.
In 2023, council voted to allow drive-thru restaurants in Sackville’s highway-commercial zone, and this year they approved starting the process to get rid of a development agreement on the property, which limits possible development to a single restaurant.
Without a development agreement, the property falls under the highway commercial zone, which allows a variety of uses from service stations to retail shops to tourist accommodations and daycare centres.
Correction: A previous version of this story indicated the Development Agreement for 24 Mallard Drive had already been dissolved by council, when in fact the process to do so started this year.
