The City of Fredericton’s chance of success taking over the Exhibition Grounds on the edge of the downtown depends on a variety of factors, says a lawyer who specializes in expropriation.
Interested parties have until Sunday to make objections known to expropriation officer
Oliver Pearson · CBC News
· Posted: Nov 07, 2025 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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The city is moving forward with its plan to take control of the Exhibition Grounds, with hopes housing and a middle school will go in there. (Michael Heenan/CBC)
The City of Fredericton is moving ahead with its plan to kick a handful of businesses and the New Brunswick Exhibition off the Exhibition Grounds.
But the city’s chances of success are a “toss-up,” says Robert Pineo, a Halifax-based expropriation and litigation lawyer with more two decades of experience in the field.
The city’s decision to expropriate was announced on Sept. 22 during a council meeting.
The notice became official on Oct. 9, giving interested parties until Nov. 9 to object.
Pineo described this as a “rare” case because the city and the exhibition group both have a public purpose on the property at the edge of downtown Fredericton,
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