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Staples: Council should have asked for more in Oliver redevelopment

 
Rezoning of the Molson brewery property, shown in 2010, has been approved by city council for the construction of a strip mall.
 
Oliver is a remarkable neighbourhood, so it stands to reason that many in the community are not at all happy that city council has just approved an unremarkable strip mall to be built there. Oliver, just west of downtown proper, is full of walk-ups and highrise apartments. It’s not built like the rest of Edmonton and many people there don’t think like other Edmontonians. For instance, most other neighbourhoods in the city cry out in anguish if it’s suggested a new highrise be erected. But when Oliver community leaders thought about what would be best for the redevelopment of the old Molson Brewery industrial lands from 119th to 121st streets along 104th Avenue, they hoped to see a dense, walkable development, with broad sidewalks and storefront retail, but also floors and floors of condos and apartments above.
 
 
 
 

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