Posts Tagged ‘river landing’
Posted by Norm Fisher on December 22, 2011
The design for the Remai Art Gallery of Saskatchewan has been selected as one of eight 2011 Award of Excellence recipients by Canadian Architect magazine and is featured on the cover of this month’s issue. According to the story in the Star Phoenix, the $84 million gallery was selected from “163 submissions judged by a [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on December 5, 2011
Zoning changes proposed by Victory Majors Investments that make River Landing Village “economical” were approved by Saskatoon city council at their November 22nd meeting. The Meewasin Valley Authority (MVA) followed with their approval on Friday, paving the way for a potential spring of 2012 ground breaking. Victory Major Investments took over the project from Lake [...]
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 January 20, 2011
City manager Murray Totland says the proposed $50-million Art Gallery of Saskatchewan is now “rock solid” with all funding agreements between Saskatoon and the provincial and federal governments completed. Announced two-years ago, the art gallery is still in the design stage but construction should begin as early as 2012. The gallery will be built next [...]
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 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 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 July 8, 2010
Rivergreen Ecovillage Inc. and the City of Saskatoon have signed an agreement for the sale of the parcel of land at the corner of Avenue C and 19th Street near the Saskatoon Farmer’s Market in Riversdale. The developer placed a deposit equal to ten percent of the $1.5 million dollar purchase price and must still secure [...]
Posted by Norm Fisher on June 24, 2010
Toronto-based Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB) and Winnipeg-based Smith-Carter Architects, have been named the design team for the Art Gallery of Saskatchewan. The $58 million project is to be located at River Landing in Saskatoon’s Central Business District. Read more from the Star Phoenix here.