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City holds the line on lot sizes
St. Albert won’t change how many lots of different sizes it will require of residential developers.
Councillors on Monday voted down first reading of an amendment that would have changed the lot width mix in low-density residential developments, or R1 areas.
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Realignment route for 127 Street set beside Riverlot
On the books for years, Sturgeon County recently settled on a specific route for the realignment of 127 Street.
The future road, which currently dead-ends north of Edmonton, is supposed to hook into the Anthony Henday and connect to Highway 2 north of St. Albert.
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Alberta town selling downtown lots for $1
The town of Mundare is selling downtown lots for a loonie to attract new businesses.
“This is absolutely legit,” said Mundare mayor Mike Saric.
“We’ll be happy to give anyone the lot for free — well, actually a dollar — if they’re willing to come to our community and set up their business.”
And that’s not all.
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Innisfail wants more home lots
The Town of Innisfail is taking steps to replenish its dwindling inventory of residential lots.
It’s preparing to subdivide an approximately 12-acre parcel east of Napoleon Lake, in the community’s northwest corner.
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Lot sizes spark debate
Monday night’s public hearing on how many lots of what size residential developers are allowed to build should have been straightforward and relatively quick.
Mayor Nolan Crouse is the chair of the Capital Region Board, which pushes the communities around Edmonton to increase their population densities, meaning the number of dwelling units built in a given hectare.
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Edmonton ties green strings to new suburban lot sales
EDMONTON – The City of Edmonton is selling 40 residential lots, but with strings attached.
Anyone who wants to build on these lots in the new Oxford neighbourhood, has to post a $10,000 guarantee up front and commit to reaching an energy efficiency rating of at least 78 on Canada’s EnerGuide system.
Another 40 homes will be built to the same standard by four certified home building companies.
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Channelside residents ask City council to clean up neighbourhood
About 20 residents attended a council meeting to discuss concerns about the Channelside neighbourhood, located in Airdrie’s northwest, Nov. 5.
The group stood in solidarity behind resident and local Realtor Matt Carre, who gave a presentation complete with pictures showing garbage, old furniture, broken-down vehicles, improperly parked RVs, unkempt yards and vacant lots scattered throughout the neighbourhood.
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Staples: Old neighbourhoods must loosen up to attract new families
Edmonton’s old neighbourhoods need young families to keep their schools full of children and to create ready customers who spend at local businesses. But land prices are far cheaper on the outskirts. Young families can get more house for their dollar as a result, so the lure of the suburbs will pull new homebuyers in that direction.
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Developer blasts city over approvals
Due to city hall red tape, Calgary has gone from one of the best to one of the worst places in Canada to develop and build homes — boosting prices for new home buyers, said a local developer.
“The approval process has become an incredible challenge,” Lesley Conway, president of Hopewell Residential Communities, told the recent Calgary Real Estate Forum.
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