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Residential Housing & Retail
Housing is a key ingredient for River Landing and a range of housing forms is proposed.
Low-rise Waterfront
Four-storey housing is proposed on the waterfront between Avenues A and B. This will likely be a condominium apartment building. There is similar and attractive housing adjacent to the riverfront on the south side of the river.
Mid-rise Apartments
Fourteen-storey housing is proposed between Avenue A, the Buckwold Bridge and south of the Allstream building. The juxtaposition of the bridge and highway traffic requires that a building have height and density if it is to be successful.
" Live/Work"
Centered between Avenues A and B and south of the Farmers’ Market and the village square is an area where live/work housing is to be encouraged. Across Canada, small live/work developments are being constructed. Many small entrepreneurs, artisans and professionals work out of their own homes. Purpose-designing this housing may include a workshop, office or small sales outlet on the ground floor along with interesting individual signage. If successful, this kind of housing, together with Market Walk, can create an interesting environment as a destination for residents and visitors.
There are a number of residential and commerical opportunities being developed on River Landing Phase II - townhouse style condomimiums on the riverfront, apartment style residential next to the Senator Sid Buckwold Bridge, and a "Live/Work" development immediately south of the Farmer's Market/Ideas Inc. building.
The City will begin the process of choosing the appropriate private developers who will then design and construct the residential and commercial opportunities. As such, further information including floor-plans and costs will likely not be available until fall 2011 at the earliest, and will be undertaken by private developers.
Last updated March 5, 2008
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