Regina Construction IV

[gecho111]

Originally Posted by Stormer

Building permit report this week includes a 90 unit multifamily project at 8325 WASACASE BOULEVARD in Westerra. That street is not even on Google maps yet.

Also, a $2.3 million permit for a 12 unit build on the empty lot on the NE corner of 12th and Toronto.

They got the utilities for Wasacase Blvd buried last fall all the way over to the Courtney Street realignment. I wonder if the single story units will be street facing townhouses. All the permits have the same address so they could be a block of units in a complex off the road.

While searching for info I came across this unrelated proposal at the intersection with the realigned Courtney. https://mns.ca/uploads/wp-content/upload...-MN-S-Transitional-Housing-Regina-55.pdf

[cityboy]

Originally Posted by Stormer

300 units is big. I assume there is no underground parking. This is going to add to the parking woes in HL. As it appears certain there will be less than 1 spot per unit. You also need parking for guests and commercial.

Press release mentions underground parking.

[one_brick_at_a_time]

Originally Posted by Festivus

Noticed this morning that there is some utility work being done in the last remaining empty area of Grasslands in Harbour Landing. Anyone have any idea if stuff is going in there? The original plan (way, way back) was apparently a theatre, but that was being Landmark opened in the east end.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by cityboy

Press release mentions underground parking.

Fantastic.



Press reports put the cost at about $100 million.

I see an u/g parking entrance in the lower left of the middle picture.

[Stormer]

New HL school is going to need a lot of portables on day 1. Crazy that the new school is only a few hundred metres from the existing one. They really underbuilt the first one. In fairness, no one predicted the density in HL. I believe there are twice as many residents as originally conceived.

[ceedub1170]

Underbuilt? Between to the 2 schools there is well over 1600 students in that building. I don't think building bigger would have made any sense. They needed to either slow the development in that area or build a second school from the start.

[Festivus]

Originally Posted by ceedub1170

Underbuilt? Between to the 2 schools there is well over 1600 students in that building. I don't think building bigger would have made any sense. They needed to either slow the development in that area or build a second school from the start.

Or, preferably, the developers should have been honest and upfront with the city about their plans. They had one design approved, then once development started, increased the density massively. And I'm actually in favour of increased density...but you need to have everyone informed so things can be planned. There should have been two schools from day one, in this case.

It's actually a good thing that HLW is being delayed by the city, because the new school wouldn't be able to handle the extra thousand+ kids from that development.

[The mayor]

New national retailers on the way
Bachynski told the crowd he’s pleased to see several infill projects that are adding to the city’s tax base without requiring additional infrastructure. He cited the West Oaks proposal for more than 100 units at Broad and Broadway as well as projects in neighbourhoods like Heritage and Hillsdale.

“And at the same time, we are also expanding east and west with over 100,000 square feet of deals completed in both the Aurora and Horizons neighbourhoods,” he said. He mentioned the new Winners/Homesense at Aurora, which set an opening week record for the chain’s combo stores.

“We’re also seeing positive signs of growth and desired investment in our city with additional stores being added to our community, such as Regina’s very first IHOP – International House of Pancakes,” he said.

The mayor also identified a larger Sketchers store and an Under Armour store in the pipeline, as well as a Crumbl Cookie shop planned to open in Aurora later in the summer.
https://www.cjme.com/2026/03/13/economic...ewed-by-reginas-mayor-in-annual-address/

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by Festivus

Or, preferably, the developers should have been honest and upfront with the city about their plans. They had one design approved, then once development started, increased the density massively. And I'm actually in favour of increased density...but you need to have everyone informed so things can be planned. There should have been two schools from day one, in this case.

It's actually a good thing that HLW is being delayed by the city, because the new school wouldn't be able to handle the extra thousand+ kids from that development.

In most cases the original subdivision developer is not the one developing individual parcels and applying for zoning changes. They sell blocks of land to others and they build. In fact, I don't think Dream develops multi-family at all in Regina.

[Stormer]

The City is rezoning its property at the SE corner of Parliament and Pasqua to Mixed High-Rise Zone. It looks as though they are preparing to sell it.

[Festivus]

Originally Posted by Stormer

The City is rezoning its property at the SE corner of Parliament and Pasqua to Mixed High-Rise Zone. It looks as though they are preparing to sell it.

You're talking about this area below? Interesting - that whole empty field is being developed then in the next few years:

• Red - what you're talking about (high rise mixed)
• Pink - commercial
• Blue - Cricket field and path

[ceedub1170]

That's a direct flight path to the airport at close proximity. Seems weird to zone at High Rise. What is the definition of High Rise?

[Festivus]

Originally Posted by ceedub1170

That's a direct flight path to the airport at close proximity. Seems weird to zone at High Rise. What is the definition of High Rise?

Yeah that part doesn't make sense, as the airport authority strongly opposed a 3-storey condo 1km further southeast of that point. I'm guessing that in Regina, high rise means 3-4 storeys?

[gecho111]

Got around to several places today. The drone is more stable after calibrating its inertial sensing unit, it had been drifting while hovering when bringing it down to land, also a little twitchy. The software has never prompted me to perform a calibration on any of the drones I've had. Apparently its good to do before the first flight or when flying over 100 km from the previous location (initial calibration was presumably in China).

The aquatic centre site plan in the zoning variance application was definitely wrong as it had the olympic pools on the east end. There was a sign up saying North Railway Street was closed, though I don't think it was yet. Work started directly south of Trinity Manor in Westerra, I guess that would be the Wasacase Blvd permits area.

North Albert Ring Road Bridge project lists March 27 to 29 and April 3 to 5 as the dates for the bridge demolition. Hoping for better weather than last year to get some videos. New drone has better low light performance so I might be able to get some decent night videos. It can also create videos from a series of long exposure photos, but those videos are short and very sped up, around 60x since you need 24 images per second of video with 1-3 seconds between photos.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/reginaconstruction/

[The mayor]

Originally Posted by Stormer

Fantastic.



Press reports put the cost at about $100 million.

I see an u/g parking entrance in the lower left of the middle picture.

Massive investment so many rentals going up

[Stormer]

Bell finally confirming their data centre next to the City limits. $1.7 Billion, 800 construction jobs, no municipal water use.

https://www.bce.ca/news-and-media/newsro...-with-300-mw-data-centre-in-saskatchewan

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by Festivus

You're talking about this area below? Interesting - that whole empty field is being developed then in the next few years:

• Red - what you're talking about (high rise mixed)
• Pink - commercial
• Blue - Cricket field and path

It's just the red and pink areas. This is just a broad zoning category that allows all sorts of commercial uses including buildings up to 6 storeys with no further approvals

[The mayor]

Thanks Stormer this is massive
https://www.ckom.com/2026/03/16/bell-can...r-on-data-centre-project-outside-regina/
Bell Canada, Saskatchewan government partner on data centre project outside Regina

By CJME News
Mar 16, 2026 | 9:44 AM
The Government of Saskatchewan has partnered with Bell Canada on a 300 megawatt data centre project just outside of Regina.

Construction on the facility in the RM of Sherwood is expected to begin this spring, with the first stage of the centre expected to be up and running in the first half of 2027.

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“This project is Bell’s largest-ever investment in Saskatchewan – an unprecedented commitment to Saskatchewan’s technology ecosystem that places the province at the centre of Canada’s AI-driven economic growth,” the company and provincial government said in a joint statement.

“Once complete, it will be the largest purpose-built AI data centre development anywhere in Canada.”

The centre is expected to generate as much as $12 billion in economic value for the province over time, the two groups noted in their statement, through job creation, tax revenues and broader benefits to the economy. The centre will have at least 80 full-time employees, with Bell noting that its research indicates as many as 750 additional jobs could result from the creation of the centre.

“The announcement of this facility is great news for Saskatchewan’s economy,” Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said in the joint statement.

“This investment by Bell will create jobs, strengthen provincial research capacity, and facilitate the creation of new businesses built on advanced capabilities.”

Bell noted that the data centre is expected to bring benefits to Canadian governments, researchers and the private sector, as well as SaskTel customers.

“Importantly, a significant portion of the facility’s power will be dedicated to sovereign AI compute, ensuring that government agencies, researchers and enterprises in Canada can access top-tier AI power while guaranteeing their data remains within Canada, meeting strict chain-of-custody and residency requirements,” the joint statement re

[Stormer]

This Bell data centre is incredible for the Regina region. I just don't get the naysayers. You hear stuff like: AI is a flash in the pan and we will be stuck with a white elephant. Who cares, Zero public dollars in this. Also people read too much irrelevant garbage on social and make assumptions. This won't use water for cooling. Yes, it uses tons of power, but SaskPower is good with it and they will make a fortune selling them the power. This will pay massive property taxes, PST and other taxes.

I see no negatives here.

[Stormer]

Picture of part of the data centre from the Saskatoon Chamber: