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Saskatoon will require 10,000 new homes in the next three years

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.

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Saskatoon housing sales remains strong in face a shrinking labour market

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 [...]

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Rivergreen Ecovillage fails to secure financing – developer cancels plans

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 [...]

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Saskatoon city council approves River Landing office building

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 [...]

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Major grocer plans to open shop in Stonebridge area of Saskatoon

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 [...]

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Paid in full – three steps forward for Saskatoon’s River Landing Village

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 [...]

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Plan to beautify 25th Street entrance to downtown Saskatoon approved

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 [...]

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Saskatoon churches pledge fundraising support for inner city grocery store

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 [...]

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Saskatoon housing starts & MLS sales to move in opposite directions: CMHC

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 [...]

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Kinsmen Park and Mendel Art Gallery site targeted for renewal

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 [...]

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Checking in on the progress in revitalizing downtown Saskatoon

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 [...]

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