Housing
Recent stories about housing
On the agenda: Parking audit, lodging houses, McKernan rezoning
This week, councillors will review an audit of city parking operations, consider tighter rules for lodging houses, and evaluate a rezoning in McKernan across from the Cross Cancer Institute.
Ardrossan woos Edmonton workers with throne stunt
Berlin Communications is planning to erect a nine-foot throne in the lobbies of several downtown Edmonton office buildings to promote living in Ardrossan.
Honey, I shrunk downtown: Edmonton developers eye shorter buildings
Developers once envisioned an Edmonton skyline with many more towers, but that vision is disappearing, lot by lot.
Your turn: Land use updates in the region
This week's roundup of calls for public engagement includes a public hearing about proposed changes to St. Albert's land use bylaw that would make it easier to build small-scale infill in mature neighbourhoods, as well as transit-oriented development along St. Albert Trail.
City to analyze how infill impacts property values
Edmonton's city council has requested information on how infill development affects the property values of surrounding homes in the small-scale residential zone.
Developer looks for city's help with Edmonton City Centre
Westrich Pacific is looking for as much help from the city as it can get as it looks to redevelop Edmonton City Centre.
Your turn: BGC Leduc, resilient landscaping
This week's batch of calls for public engagement includes outreach about a proposed youth centre from Boys and Girls Club Leduc and climate-resilient landscaping in Edmonton.
Treaty 6 nations aim to redevelop contentious Rossdale lots
The Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations says it wants to turn vacant land in Rossdale into Alberta's first major Indigenous-led redevelopment.
Developers aim to downzone near downtown
Edmonton city council is set to debate three rezoning applications on July 6 that would see ambitious direct control zones shrunk to allow buildings between eight and 18 storeys.