Blatchford

[fjordgard]

For Sale - Blatchford Residential Land
5504 - 34 Floats Landing NW
$1,300,000




The City of Edmonton is selling sixteen fully serviced 14-foot-wide fee-simple townhouse lots in the Blatchford Community. The sites are zoned BRH - Blatchford Row Housing. Nearby amenities include The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), Kingsway Centre, Kingsway Mall, and the NAIT/Blatchford Market LRT Station. The central location of this site and proximity to Yellowhead Trail and public transit make access to anywhere in the City convenient. Additionally, the site is located less than 200 meters from the community's central park and is located steps away from two additional future park spaces.
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Please note that this land consists of sixteen 14-foot lots. These narrow lots offer the buyer an opportunity for a different product type in the community. An ideal builder for this development will be those who have experience in rowhouse/townhouse development and are able to provide innovative floor plans aligning with the Blatchford specific zoning and guidelines.
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All interested parties must submit a Buyer’s Application Form to the City. If your submission is deemed acceptable, the City may contact you to further negotiate and formalize a sale agreement.

For more information, please visit the City of Edmonton Property Sales website at edmonton.ca/propertysales.

My take on these listings? Streetside convinced the city to change the zoning rules to allow 14-foot-wide townhomes and probably had a hold on these lots but their sales have flopped so they are pulling back from Blatchford. Hopefully another builder can step in here!

 

[policyenthusiast]

My take on these listings? Streetside convinced the city to change the zoning rules to allow 14-foot-wide townhomes and probably had a hold on these lots but their sales have flopped so they are pulling back from Blatchford. Hopefully another builder can step in here!

They're priced too high for lower-budget buyers, but the finishings and features are too limited to attract higher-budget buyers. Hopefully whoever shows interest in these lots (fingers crossed for NDura) understands where the shortage of demand is coming from.

 

[CplKlinger]

My take on these listings? Streetside convinced the city to change the zoning rules to allow 14-foot-wide townhomes and probably had a hold on these lots but their sales have flopped so they are pulling back from Blatchford. Hopefully another builder can step in here!

I talked with Streetside's area manager, and she said that they're actually looking at another plot in Blatchford. The city was trying to impose some additional conditions that would bump up the prices of the homes, and Streetside is currently trying to push back on that to keep the homes in the same price range as their current offerings. FWIW, their sales have really picked up; there are only eight three-storey townhomes left (and six of those are in the rowhouse still under construction), and a couple of bungalows have sold so far. I know they get criticized for their looks, but they're an important option to have - if I were to buy a home in Blatchford, the three-storey streetside homes are the only ones there I could actually afford. Earlier in the thread, people were talking about the differences between how these look, versus the older townhomes in Blatchford. It's worth noting that there's also a $500k price gap between them.

 

[CplKlinger]

For Sale - Blatchford Residential Land
5504 - 34 Floats Landing NW
$1,300,000




The City of Edmonton is selling sixteen fully serviced 14-foot-wide fee-simple townhouse lots in the Blatchford Community. The sites are zoned BRH - Blatchford Row Housing. Nearby amenities include The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), Kingsway Centre, Kingsway Mall, and the NAIT/Blatchford Market LRT Station. The central location of this site and proximity to Yellowhead Trail and public transit make access to anywhere in the City convenient. Additionally, the site is located less than 200 meters from the community's central park and is located steps away from two additional future park spaces.
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Please note that this land consists of sixteen 14-foot lots. These narrow lots offer the buyer an opportunity for a different product type in the community. An ideal builder for this development will be those who have experience in rowhouse/townhouse development and are able to provide innovative floor plans aligning with the Blatchford specific zoning and guidelines.
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All interested parties must submit a Buyer’s Application Form to the City. If your submission is deemed acceptable, the City may contact you to further negotiate and formalize a sale agreement.

For more information, please visit the City of Edmonton Property Sales website at edmonton.ca/propertysales.

Interesting, looks like there's two plots for sale across the street from each other. 16 plots each, meaning 32 in total. Listing one and listing two.

 

[TAS]

I talked with Streetside's area manager, and she said that they're actually looking at another plot in Blatchford. The city was trying to impose some additional conditions that would bump up the prices of the homes, and Streetside is currently trying to push back on that to keep the homes affordable. FWIW, their sales have really picked up; there are only eight three-storey townhomes left (and six of those are in the rowhouse still under construction), and a couple of bungalows have sold so far. I know they get criticized for their looks, but they're an important option to have - if I were to buy a home in Blatchford, the three-storey streetside homes are the only ones there I could actually afford. Earlier in the thread, people were talking about the differences between how these look, versus the older townhomes in Blatchford. It's worth noting that there's also a $500k price gap between them.
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Wow, sales have picked up on those units.

 

[CplKlinger]

Wow, sales have picked up on those units.

They're surprisingly spacious on the inside too. As a single guy with a couple of cats, they'd make for an excellent starter home. The staffer credited the increase in sales to perceptions about Blatchford changing, with more people seeing it as a desirable neighbourhood to live in.

 

[policyenthusiast]

They're surprisingly spacious on the inside too. As a single guy with a couple of cats, they'd make for an excellent starter home. The staffer credited the increase in sales to perceptions about Blatchford changing, with more people seeing it as a desirable neighbourhood to live in.

It's my first choice neighborhood, but I simply cannot afford to live there. I do like the bungalows too, despite the unusual setbacks.

 

[TAS]

I came across this Dub proposal for Blatchford from 2015.

From his site:

"The Commonwealth Games Village was planned as part of Edmonton’s bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The 42 hectare site is integrated into the master plan for the ongoing 217 hectare Blatchford redevelopment area."

(So where abouts was this site supposed to be in Blatchford? Does Dub still own land there?)

 

[Coprolite]

I came across this Dub proposal for Blatchford from 2015.

From his site:

"The Commonwealth Games Village was planned as part of Edmonton’s bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The 42 hectare site is integrated into the master plan for the ongoing 217 hectare Blatchford redevelopment area."

(So where abouts was this site supposed to be in Blatchford? Does Dub still own land there?)
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Like so many Dub proposals, this appears to be vapourware. The locations shown in the concept art are either NAIT land or City owned. The lake is from the original design competition and this plan would seem to require that Bravo Boulevard not exist and something weird be done with the LRT line.

 

[archited]

^ Don't knock him... at least he has architectural standards that are lacking in so many other Edmonton developers.