It comprises a hotel, two office buildings, the Halifax Convention Centre, commercial space, and Rogers Square, a public pedestrian arcade that was formerly part of Grafton Street.

[10] In 2014, Halifax Regional Council approved the sale of a section of Grafton Street, running through the Nova Centre site, to Argyle Developments at a cost of $1.9 million.

In October 2015, the Bank of Montreal signed a 10-year lease agreement and naming rights deal to relocate their Atlantic Canadian headquarters to complex.

[11] In April 2017, it was announced that Grant Thornton had signed a lease for 36,000 square feet (3,300 m2) of space in the complex and would move there from the Cogswell Tower.

[14] The section of Grafton Street purchased by the developer functions as both a pedestrian passageway and as an 18,000 square foot events space.