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Another balcony guardrail replacement project, this time it's Lancaster House's turn


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soupcrate said:
40k a unit? Why so expensive? That's like 1/4 to a 1/5 of the unit value just to replace a guardrail.
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Lets just say a couple of people packed up. They ended up doing a complete replacement of the balcony slabs. They were built on qdeck and those have lost structural integrity. Its a classic example of putting off necessary repairs.
 
Some misc projects in Fort Saskatchewan that I checked out today:

1. Eagle Builders is constructing a three-storey seniors' connecting care facility, with other locations being built in Edmonton, Medicine Hat, and Airdrie.
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2. These townhouses were recently constructed, and the road next to them will soon be expanded to two lanes (since there's these, the seniors' facility, and the hospital using that road) which'll make the front feel less empty. There's already a multiuse path across the street, and a sidewalk will be added on the close side when the road is expanded.
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3. Along the edge of Fort Station Mall are two townhouses: a 3-plex with six units, and a four-plex with eight units. In total, if this old listing is still accurate, there are seven one-bedroom units and seven three-bedroom units. Construction is now underway on another 3-plex and 4-plex to fill in the gaps between the two original buildings. I spoke with someone on the site. He said framing should wrap up in around three weeks, and the entire process from start to finish should last 6 or 7 months if all goes well; the owners want to move fast on this.
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4. A couple streets down from these townhouses, some land is slated for a two-storey, eight-unit apartment.
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CplKlinger said:
Here are a couple of Fort Sask updates that I'll put under one post.

1. The downtown Husky station is boarded up and word on the street (AKA the informal community Facebook page) is that it had been losing money for years and head office finally decided to tear it down. I checked the city website and there are no pending or approved permits for redevelopment or rezoning as of yet, so it is either being torn down, or the rumours are wrong and it's being renovated. The Mayor commented on the Facebook thread about this, saying that she will ask the folks at the planning department about this on Monday. This google maps link is so that you can see it on Streetview, because the attached image (from Facebook) is very poor quality.

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If you're interested, here's a picture of the station in 1982, when it was still a Mohawk.

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2. A while back, the Square One professional Centre (google maps link, news article) had its rezoning request approved by council so that it could add three stories, and shift from a professional centre to a fifty-unit seniors residence with retail on the main floor. The existing pharmacy, daycare, and dentist were allowed to remain. Nothing new has happened since then, but a lot of businesses inside the centre have closed since then. This includes the Rexall pharmacy, which had been there for many years and was right across the street from a senior's home. Since there's been such an exodus, I wonder if the owners of the building have been letting leases expire so that they can do more with the building than they otherwise could have. No building permits are pending yet, and the name of the owners has not been released, so we can only speculate for now.
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CplKlinger said:
Update on the Husky station and a couple of other things:

1. Husky has promised to clean up the site this spring, and when it is redeveloped, the site can't have another gas station on it. The city hopes that a mixed-use project will go there, with businesses on the first floor and apartments above it. However, anything beyond the clean-up is merely speculation.

2. Fort Sask recently adopted a new Municipal Development Plan (MDP). This MDP will guide future plans and reports, and outlines how the city can reach 40,000 residents without developing any of the land it recently annexed from Strathcona County (which is great to hear, given all of the dead space we have in town). Overall, it's a guide on how the city will aim to reach 50,000 residents. However, as outlined in this editorial, future councils will need to push through significant opposition for the proposals to see light. You can access the full MDP here.

3. Mayor Katchur confirmed that the owners of Square One never submitted any development permits, and she believes that it was actually sold off sometime after their request for the zoning change was approved by council. So, at this point, nothing is (publicly) in the works for it.
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It's amazing how much larger the property looks, and how much potential it has, now that the gas station is gone. This is one of the properties listed under the brownfield development tax incentive proposal that I mentioned previously.
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Last year, I asked someone who works for Fort Saskatchewan if they'd consider adding a section on their website for projects and plans, similar to what Edmonton has. They told me that they'd work on it next construction season, and it was added this week as promised. It's definitely not as fancy as Edmonton's page, but it's a big step up from their stand-alone construction updates and it's worth keeping an eye on if you're interested in keeping tabs on what the Fort is up to.
 
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