Posts Tagged ‘construction’
Posted by Norm Fisher on December 3, 2011
Saskatoon will require 10,000 new homes in the next three years, and the vast majority will be built in new suburbs, stated a report going to city council Monday. Concerns about urban sprawl are raised. Read more from the Saskatoon Star Phoenix here.
Posted by Norm Fisher on November 28, 2011
Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation (CMHC) released their third quarter update on the Saskatoon housing market late last week. It takes a look at third quarter and year-to-date activity in new homes as well as resale activity. Here are some highlights from the report. Third quarter housing starts slipped lower to 735 units, down 4 [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on March 16, 2011
David Hutton is reporting some disappointing news about the Rivergreen Ecovillage, a “green” condominium development that had been proposed for Phase 2 of River Landing. The 65-unit condo complex was to be built at the corner of 19th Street and Avenue C in Riversdale but the developer has announced the cancellation of the project after [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on March 12, 2011
City council has unanimously approved construction of a 71,000 square foot office building that will likely become the first private-sector development to get under way at Saskatoon’s River Landing. The five-storey office building, to be located at 475 2nd Avenue South across from the Remai Arts Centre, will include some retail space, a restaurant, a [...]
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 [...]