The communities of Hillhurst, West Hillhurst and Sunnyside have established themselves as some of Calgary’s most eclectic, bustling and sought after places to call home.
The three communities are some of the city’s oldest with Sunnyside first established in 1904, followed by Hillhurst in 1914 and West Hillhurst in 1945, a community with the majority of its homes built as “Victory Homes” for soldiers returning from the Second World War.
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Edmonton homeowners living in the inner-city could be eligible for up to $20,000 to renovate their home as part of an effort to revitalize the city’s core neighbourhoods.
“This neighbourhood has so much potential and opportunity for growth,” says Central McDougall resident Manjit Singh. “It’s becoming a really sweet community so it’d be nice to have the houses come up as well.”
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CALGARY — Brookfield Residential is launching its second inner-city housing development in Bridgeland which will include 18 one-of-a-kind boutique-style town houses.
Working with Brookfield Homes, the company will build Mosaic Bridgeland at 731 McDougall Road N.E. It will feature two and three bedroom homes beginning in price in the $400,000s.
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CALGARY — A new inner-city condo development is being launched in the Bridgeland community.
STEPS Bridgeland is designed by award-winning Calgary architect Jeremy Sturgess and is described as a one-of-a-kind real estate development that will change the architectural landscape of Bridgeland.
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Two tales of one city – Part 1 of a 2-part series on the debate over inner-city versus suburb development in Calgary. Read the city’s perspective on Monday.
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Approved by Edmonton City Council in December 2010, the McCauley Revitalization Strategy is currently working to bring new life, culture and safety to one of Edmonton’s downtown neighbourhoods. The City has committed to investing $10.5 million in this strategy over the next three years to support community-led changes that will brighten the McCauley area.
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Even for the man who would eventually inherit the agency behind the city’s quarter-billion dollar facelift of the once-blighted East Village, it was hard not to be skeptical.
Despite being used successfully as a redevelopment tool in the United States for more than half a century, the decision to pour millions of dollars in loans into an area known primarily as a hangout for prostitutes and drug users in hopes of sparking urban renewal seemed risky for then-developer Michael Brown.
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Moving in is no longer out in Calgary’s real estate market.
After years of watching homebuyers flock to far flung suburban neighbourhoods on Calgary’s periphery, the inner city is finally getting some love.
“There has been a shift, we’ve noticed it as well — we’re seeing the inner city exploding,” said Becky Walters, president of the Calgary Real Estate Board.
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Long before it became a trendy urban oasis, Pat Abbott remembers a very different Inglewood.
“It was around 1962 and there were two really large homes on the street that were rooming houses — for my mom it used to be her evening entertainment,” said the longtime Inglewood resident and community volunteer, whose family moved into their home on the neighbourhood’s west end in 1916.
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CALGARY — A proposed $130-million redevelopment that includes Mount Royal Village and adjacent land is aimed at creating a community retail node in the Beltline and revitalize the area.
First Capital Realty Inc., owners of Mount Royal Village, have plans that include the $10-million redevelopment of the existing Mount Royal Village shopping/office centre, the $45-million construction of a three-storey retail/office building with a high-end grocery store as the main anchor, and the $75-million construction of a 32-storey residential condo tower, the Herald has learned.
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