The BC developer will build 4 story apartment buildings on the black section of land. There will be approximately 200 rental apartments.
Northridge Developments has yet to reveal their exact plans for the 5 acres of land to the west. They say they have not decided what to do with the land yet (lol). While they say it is possible they will build a care home there or a seniors' complex, it is most likely that they will carry through with a plan to 4 story apartments on the northern edge of the land and 2 story apartments on the southern edge of the land.
The owner of Northridge Developments, Wally Mah, bought the land, which used to be a dog park, for 470k plus a donation of 32k. I would've paid that much just to keep it vacant. Talk about a good deal!
In any case, all of the possible apartment buildings are ugly, single use, and far enough away from most jobs that everyone in them will have to use a car. How the local roads and how the sewage infrastucture will deal with anywhere between 1000 - 2000 more people living in this area is my question (the older portions of Montgomery use culverts to hold the rainwater until the land absorbs it). On the bright side, Montgomery's two schools will now be packed to the brim (each had about ~300 students 10 - 15 years ago but now are much emptier since the children have grown up but their parents have not moved out of the neighborhood) and the city might be able to serve the area with a bus more often than once an hour.
But really, I think it'll end up being Saskatoon's newest ghetto in 10 - 15 years, if not sooner. But I hope I am wrong!
It is possible these apartments could end up housing more residents than all of Montgomery itself.
I wish I could've attended the open house tonight (which had 100+ residents, I'm told) so I could've taken pictures of the actual plans.
e: correction, the Northridge land is 11 acres, the BC land is 5 acres.
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