Posts Tagged ‘construction’
Posted by Norm Fisher on December 9, 2010
City council approved a rezoning application from the Saskatoon Co-operative Association Monday that will allow for construction of a 30,000 square foot grocery store to be located to the south of the existing Co-op convenience store and gas station at Stonebridge Boulevard and Clarence Avenue. The major Saskatoon grocer will undoubtedly be welcome in the [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on December 4, 2010
Following what seemed like an endless string of starts and stumbles for the troubled River Landing Village project, local developer Victory Majors Investments Corp. seems to be delivering with a third forward step after taking the reins in late October when they purchased Lake Placid Development’s equity in the project. At that time, they produced [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on December 2, 2010
A $3.7 million plan to beautify the 25th Street entrance to Saskatoon’s Central Business District has been approved by the city’s planning and operations committee and received strong support from city councillors Tuesday. The project, which is scheduled to take shape over two years following the extension of 25th Street to Idylwyld Drive calls for [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 27, 2010
A group of Saskatoon churches have pledged support to work together to assist in fundraising for the proposed “Good Food Junction,” a full service co-operative supermarket that would operate at Station 20 West, assuming that private funding goals are met and the “cluster of community services” becomes a reality. Pleasant Hill and Riversdale, two of [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 16, 2010
According to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Saskatoon housing starts and MLS® resale activity will move in opposite directions, this year and next. In their fall Housing Market Outlook for the Saskatoon area, CMHC is forecasting that Saskatoon housing starts will finish 2010 at 2,125 units, up from 1,936 in 2009, before falling to [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 16, 2010
Saskatoon’s largest park, together with the sites of the Mendel Art Gallery, Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan and the Shearwater boat tour docks are the target of a massive renewal project and the city of Saskatoon is ready to begin a two-year planning process to ensure that the public amenities best meet the future needs of [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 13, 2010
In its last major plan for downtown Saskatoon, the city set a goal to increase the population of residents in the city centre to 10,000 by 2,025. The past few years have seen the development of roughly 450 housing units across several condominium projects but growth is sluggish and falling short of meeting objectives. Could [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 12, 2010
After a couple of years of starts, stops and stumbles, two forward steps looks like a lot of progress. Saskatoon city council, in a special meeting Wednesday, placed its final approval on the sale of Parcel Y after independent auditors confirmed that adequate financing had been secured to bring the proposed River Landing Village project [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 4, 2010
Saskatoon developer Gary Gaudet is planning an “estate-style” residential development that would see the Greenbryre Golf & Country Club reduced to a nine-hole course to make way for 143 half-acre lots that are practically at the city’s southeast edge. While the plan still needs a stamp of approval from the RM of Corman Park, it’s [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 1, 2010
River Landing Village appears to have taken one large, perhaps unexpected step forward today as project investors met the city’s deadline to provide proof that financing is in place to complete the first phase of development of the $200 million dollar hotel and condominium project proposed for Parcel Y in the south downtown area. The [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on October 19, 2010
Dundee Realty Corp. has taken initial steps for a rezoning of the eight-acre parcel it owns within Arbor Creek that was originally set aside to accommodate an elementary school in each school system. The city will hold a public meeting on October 27 to discuss the developer’s plan to build more single-family homes on the [...]