The Uptown Market, Saskatoon’s only downtown grocery store has closed its doors after less than three months of operation.
The store, operated by British Columbia businessman Rexy Silva and his daughter Tabitha, opened its doors on April 5th of this year in the retail level of the 2nd Avenue Lofts. Saskatoon had been without a downtown [...]
Social Services Minister Donna Harpauer announced an expansion of the Lighthouse that will add 65 affordable housing units by December of 2011, essentially doubling the capacity of the supported living facility. The $11.5 million dollar addition will be funded with an investment from the federal and provincial Affordable Housing Trust.
Once completed, the facility will offer [...]
The owners of Christie’s Mayfair Bakery have announced that they will expand their operation this summer with the addition of a retail store at the corner of Broadway and 10th. The new store will be known as Christie’s il Secondo.
Expect to find all of the wonderful creations currently available at Christie’s 33rd Street location plus [...]
The North Park “graffiti wall” takes on a new life as artists work at a theme change from Where the Wild Things Are to “Old Town Cartoons.” Every other year, the home owner who erected the privately owned concrete sound attenuation wall at Warman Road and Empress invites select graffiti artists to ply their skills [...]
The Saskatoon Heath Region has selected the Royal University Hospital (RUH) to house the new Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan following the recommendation of a site validation committee appointed to review four location options.
The committee explains the rationale that led to a unanimous recommendation in a YouTube video here.
The Royal University Hospital is located on the [...]
A Class-A office vacancy rate of less than 1 percent is driving developers to continue expanding the inventory in downtown Saskatoon.
Discovery Plaza is Saskatoon’s latest Class-A project. Completed in 2009 it brought more than 50,000 square feet to the market, all of which was quickly scooped up by BHP Billiton.
The redevelopment of the Capitol [...]
“The future is written for Riversdale” and at least one Saskatoon business leader sees better times ahead.
Curtis Olson, of Shift Development Inc. recently purchased the old Joe’s Cycle Building at 220 20th Street West. When renovations are complete the building will become his company’s head office and a business hub for other “forward thinking businesses” [...]
A plan to extend 25th Street from 1st Avenue North to Idylwyld Drive will move forward despite a doubling of costs since plans for the project were first approved by city council a year ago. On Monday, council approved a $17 million dollar budget paving the way for work to begin. Utility work will start [...]
The City Park Community Association hopes to find financial backing that might allow them to purchase and take control of the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) campus, which will soon be offered for sale due to a financial restructuring that became necessary when federal funding for the university was lost.
Various concerns have been voiced [...]
From today’s Star Phoenix regarding River Landing and Parcel Y in the Central Business District of Saskatoon.
The deadline for city council’s final decision on whether to sell River Landing’s anchor property to Lake Placid Developments or open it up to other developers has been pushed back to June.
Read more here.
I’m always happy to answer your [...]
Troubled by the sight of weeds growing out of control across the street from his City Park photography business, Imagery owner Milt Taylor set out to solve the problem and at the same time ended up delivering a gift to the community. Five years ago, Taylor planted a small patch of potatoes on the north [...]
