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28-storey condo tower proposed for Wild Earth Bakery site on 99 Street
The family of longtime Old Strathcona grocer Tubby Bateman is proposing to demolish the store he once owned and a nearby cafe to build a 28-storey condo tower.
Bateman started what became a chain of IGA outlets in 1932 with a shop at 99 Street and 89 Avenue, a corner that now has Wild Earth Bakery and Cafe, and Wild Earth Foods next door.
The bakery structure was put up in the 1940s and Bateman constructed the food store in 1957, Tom Burr, One Properties’ vice-president of multi-family development, said Tuesday.
“The existing buildings on the site are really nearing the end of their economic life, and it’s at a point where redevelopment is the only viable option.”
Family-owned Bateman Properties and One Properties want to erect a tower with about 220 units ranging in size from studios to nine three-bedroom suites, Burr said.
http://edmontonjournal.com/business...posed-for-wild-earth-bakery-site-on-99-street