Regina | 1222 15th Ave | 6 Stories | 20 M | Rental Housing
 

Arwel Living has proposed a 38 Unit Residential Rentals w/ u/g parking at the corner of 15th and Toronto.

The project passed by a vote of 8-1 from Regina Planning Commission and is before Council on April 26th for Approval.

If Council Approves the project Construction is slated to start in September.

Gorgeous project. We need about 30 more of these in our inner city.

Glad to see some Regina post but can you plz post some renders or give a link where I can see the project?

And also for the other 2 projects u posted about.

Reposting from Regina Housing Discussion :)

Proposed 6-storey, 38-unit residential building - 1222 15th Avenue (by the General Hospital and Malty National)

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Current building

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Very excited that this project got approved.

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Really nice looking building.

Build something like this on 13th Avenue with a store on the main floor and I'll buy you a beer.

Superlative! Indubitable! Excalibur!

In all seriousness though, I completely agree with your sentiment. Looks like a lovely project and I wish that Arwell Living was active in Saskatoon (maybe they are?)

We aren’t currently however as this and a couple other projects get underway we will be exploring some of the opportunities that may be there in Saskatoon!

Please buy the former Extra Foods lot on Broadway

Are all units 1 bedroom? What are you expecting asking rent to be? Cautiously optimistic but appreciate the development in the core

Excellent to see some signs of progress. In Regina, we've seen too many proposals come forward, only to never actually get built.

You can add this one to the list. Fence up months ago and literally nothing done since then. With winter coming there is no way any real work gets done till spring 2024 at the earliest

Shocking...

The fencing went up at the end of August after the final tenant moved out :)

Once tenants are out, the building doesn't come down immediately, services have to be disconnected! Which is almost complete.

Asbestos and Hazardous Materials Abatement has started this week and will be a slow go to ensure safety of workers and the broader community. We are anticipating the building demolition by the end of the year!

Building Permit Drawings have been worked on by our consultant team and foundation permits are being submitted for review and approval later this month. I would expect to see excavation starting early in the new year!

While a little later than we wanted the challenge of ensuring our previous tenants had someone safe to move too took longer through the summer than we would have liked, all things continue to move forward. In terms of a Regina project I'd say not bad progress considering the Rezoning And Discretionary Use Application was only submitted December 23rd last year :)

So exciting! Thank you for the detailed response and totally understandable regarding tenant issues and the demo process steps. This is going to be a fantastic project for the area.

Are you planning on preserving the mature elm and what looks like ash trees on the perimeter of the site? I hope so, will add to the curb appeal of the building.

That is still being assessed. If we can save them, then we will save them. The current concern is that the root system will be compromised during the excavation for the underground parkade. It will be assessed further as we get closer to digging and understanding where the root system is going.

In other news, the old building was demolished today as part of an emergency demolition as it was determined that the building was not structurally sound once the stucco was removed. The building is now on the ground.

ArwellLiving, any update on this project? You removed your “structural” stucco 6 months ago and last I checked, haven’t done any work cleaning up the site. I understand that things take time, but it’s been a year and a half and the site cleanup hasn’t even begun. Lots of frustration from businesses and residents of Heritage at the lack of effort.

Sure hope you don’t demolish St. Matthew’s without actually having a clear, even somewhat efficient plan in place.

Site has been cleared.

Site Preparations are underway and full construction start is anticipated in the next couple weeks!

Great news!

Has this project been officially cancelled yet? Been nearly two years and the foundation work hasn’t started yet. The site is flooded and doesn’t look like literally anything has happened since delivery of materials months ago.

In comparison, 2172 Rae is due to start framing shortly and the prior structure was only torn down this summer

Good looking project. Good luck. It's not always easy developing and building and selling. That Littleboy must be about eight....

Yeah I drove by the site the other day and noticed the same thing. There are big weeds growing and a look of an abandoned lot. It feels like Capitial Pointe all over again with the developer continously claiming work is starting/progressing but it doesn't really. I hope I am wrong but maybe Arwell can provide an update on why nothing is happenning.

Watch out. You're going to called an 8 year old by someone from Saskatoon who has no clue.

I believe all their efforts are going into the rapid housing build in North Central. I agree though that it doesn't look great when their other sites look abandoned.

A combination of factors, we should have the weeds dealt with in short order.

Efforts have been poured into NCFC RHI Project is certainly a part of it.

In late May 2024 CMHC changed the rules to the Insured Mortgage Program which led to a flood of applications across Canada which turned a quick approval for Certificates of Insurance to our lenders from a couple weeks to upwards of 12 weeks.

We had an update from CMHC this week and are hopefully that the COI is approved in short order and we will be able to commence Construction as the Building Permit has been issued and the shoring piles installed. We are ready to go.

If we had, had our way the original building would have been standing until all the ducks are in a row. We are excited to get the excavation and building underway!

We are thrilled to share that Construction is now fully underway, a few months later than planned, but with CMHC and Lender approval in place Excavation of the Parkade started this morning! Follow us on Instagram at Arwelliving to keep up to date with the progress of Construction! We look forward to welcome residents in the Spring of 2026!

That's good news, thanks for the update.

Can you provide an update on Urban East as well? You website lists it as an active project, has construction on that started?

There seems to be several multifamily builds going up simultaneously in the area including 12th and Toronto, 1510 College, College and Broad, 1222 15th and I believe there is another mid-block one but I cannot recall the address.

As there should be. Great to hear.

We are still working on the Building Permit for that project. We expect the building permit issue in Q1 of 2025.

We will assess the trade availability as to the start up of Urban East, as it currently stands we expect sometime later in Q2 for Construction Start of the 1st building.

Rumor in the biz that a certain developer is gobbling up all the trades?!

Could you provide a link for that project thank you

www.arwelliving.ca has it on there.

We will be launching project specific pages in Q1 2025 for both Crosstown and UrbanEast.

Thus far the activities of other developers haven't slowed us down. Regina lost a lot of good trades to Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg when there was little to no activity here. Our projects being under ground parkades and 6 story in form are a bit more complicated in a structural standpoint so managing our workflow for the trades that are needed for those components is critical on our end, We wouldn't say the activities of other developers are affecting our ability to move projects forward.

Good to hear.

Took a picture of the site today.

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It looks like good progress has been made recently. They could conceivably be done for next fall.

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Our current goal is Occupancy Q2 of 2026. We will update that based on the structure completion this summer. This build will be out of insulated concrete forms once out of the parkade level.

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A Good Life Corp, is this project still active? There hasn't been much visible activity recently.

Hi PrairiePrince.

Yes the project has been moving along. While our Social Media has been a bit quiet lately, action on site has continued, including the 2nd floor suspended slab pour along with most exterior ICF Walls being erected with a pour of those walls slated right before Christmas. Two floors of interior walls have been pre-fabricated off site as well!

Thanks for the update. I am happy to hear that it is moving along and look forward to it taking shape.

Weeks worth of work have occured this year. At this rate, it should be ready for occupancy by 2040.