The 175-page document known as the City Park Local Area Plan was adopted by council at last night’s meeting, the first major step towards implementation of 38 recommendations which were developed in consultation with community stakeholders including area residents, business owners, and property owners.
Traffic, circulation and parking issues top the list of concerns in Saskatoon’s [...]
Chickens have great personalities, according to one Willowgrove resident who petitioned council to allow her to raise a few in her yard, but they won’t be living amongst us anytime soon.
In an 8-2 vote, council voted in favour of receiving Debbie Johnston’s three-page request as information instead of referring it to city administration for a [...]
Walmart’s move towards free standing outlets has left some gaping holes to fill in shopping centres across the country. Confederation Mall was faced with the prospect of filling 130,000 square feet of retail space when its longstanding anchor tenant built a new store in the Blairmore Suburban Centre and moved earlier this year.
The Confederation Park [...]
Saskatoon real estate sales continued to push towards the high end of the range of unit sales that we’ve been seeing lately. Eighty-eight single-family homes and condominiums traded hands through the course of the week, seven fewer than last week, but right on par with the same period last year.
After posting two consecutive record weeks [...]
You don’t have to be an environmental activist to understand that reducing your use of energy at home is good for the earth, and it’s good for the pocketbook. Even small changes can have a significant impact if everyone chips in.
Perhaps you’re already well on your way down this path, but if not, here are [...]
According to the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, developer Ken Achs is gearing up for what he sees as “kind of a last hurrah here.” Achs is preparing for a massive renovation of the Modern Press building on Second Avenue including the addition of a four-storey office building on the corner. Together, the completed project will boast [...]
Silverspring home owners joined forces today to protect their homes from a grass fire that started at Wanuskewin Heritage Park and spread to the outer edge of the residential neighbourhood.
The Star Phoenix story is here.
Update: Police have charged two men with arson in connection with a grassfire that swept the Silverspring area of Saskatoon Monday.
The [...]
Facebook is now one of the world’s most visited websites and it’s clearly a space where our team should be sharing information. We’ve spent a little time building TeamFisher’s Saskatoon Real Estate Page and we’d like to invite you to “Like” our the page. For those that don’t know, liking a page causes its updates [...]
Saskatoon real estate sales bounced back in a big way as local agents reported the highest volume of houses and condos sold for any week this year at ninety-five units, topping last week’s numbers by twenty-eight and beating sales recorded during the same week in 2009 by four.
Home sellers came on equally strong and pushed [...]
In a 10-1 vote last night, Saskatoon city council voted in favour of re-opening negotiations with Lake Placid Developments for the purchase of “Parcel Y” at River Landing in the Central Business District.
There are two major questions that still need to be answered.
1. Does Lake Placid have sufficient financing to complete the project?
City administrators will [...]
City council gave the proposed South Caswell Concept Plan the nod at last night’s meeting. If the remaining obstacles are overcome the seven million dollar plan will see a relocation of the Saskatoon Transit barns to make way for the redevelopment of two whole city blocks. The plan proposes affordable housing initiatives, some commercial space, [...]
