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Troubled Glenora Skyline redevelopment approved by city

The Skyline eyesore in west Edmonton is about to disappear.

The derelict construction site once known as the Glenora Skyline condo project is finally getting back on track, under new ownership and a new name.

InHouse — a branch of Beaverbrook Developments — has the green light to move ahead with its redevelopment plans for the abandoned site.

In a unanimous decision, Monday, city council approved rezoning of the site.

"A sigh of relief," Salima Kheraj, a principal with InHouse, said in an interview Wednesday on Edmonton AM. "It's a big milestone for us to be able to turn this project around."

The project, at Stony Plain Road and 142nd Street, has undergone a significant redesign.

The 3½-acre site is about to become home to West Block, three residential towers alongside a mix of town homes and commercial and retail space.

Construction of the first phase of the project, projected to cost over $50 million and due to begin in October, will turn the existing concrete structure into a luxury 16-storey tower with floor-to-ceiling windows, large terraces and views of the river valley.

The phase will also include a three-storey commercial building.

The base of each of the buildings will includes retail space centred on an urban square designed with landscaping and seating areas for passersby or patios.