The Blatchford development is transforming another historic part of Edmonton — the old municipal airport lands — into a residential community with its own geothermal district energy facility.
The city said while materials for the Northlands redevelopment will cost more, it did not have to increase its budget ask. “We can actually put dollars behind the groundwork and infrastructure that needs to happen, in order to get parcels ready to go and that’s $53 million worth,” Salvador said. The city said it plans to start selling parcels of land on the south part of the site in the new year. Next, developers will focus on the space south of the Expo Centre before finally tackling the area where the Coliseum now stands.
“It’s definitely a priority, it’s not very often you get a large infill site like this one in the central city directly connected to transit close to our downtown, so it is really important to start to see progress,” Salvador said.City of Edmonton to begin selling parcels of land as part of Exhibition Lands Redevelopment Project“It seems far away and within my lifetime I’d certainly like to see some develops go up and growth of our community,” Oliver said.
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