New vision for Montrose site sought

City councillors have agreed to prioritize and set up a new vision for the vacant lot located south of the Montrose Cultural Centre.

At Thursday’s committee of the whole meeting councillors directed administration to come up with a vision for the site that will later be approved by council. Council also directed administration to create a priority-based list of items.

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Shipping containers to transform vacant lot in Sunnyside

Much like khaki pants — bland and utilitarian — shipping containers typically don’t turn heads.

Yet, in recent years, shipping containers, or “sea cans,” have become the darlings of architects, designers and artisans. With a little ingenuity, containers have been modified into multi-storey houses, backyard offices and popular “container villages” such as Brooklyn’s Dekalb Market.

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New building for vacant lot

The last vacant lot downtown is sold. And Jeff Richards, president of St. Albert-based JDR Insurance, said it will be filled by one handsome building.

“It’s a brand new office building … It’s going to be a modern yet old-looking structure. It’s all brick and glass, there is no stucco,” he said.

Richards said after leasing office space above Vineyard Wine Market on 41 St. Thomas St. for 10 years, he decided it was time for a move.

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Unidentified company shows interest in old Walmart property

Although few details have been released, someone may soon buy and move into the former Walmart location.

The old Walmart store has sat vacant at the corner of Dunmore Road and the Trans-Canada Highway for about three years but that may soon change, a city official says. Someone came along in recent weeks and slapped ‘Pending’ signs on one of the two extra large ‘For Sale’ signs standing on the property.

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