Saskatoon Construction II

[Brutopian]

Montgomery development gets final approval from council

Despite lack of site plans, unsatisfied community associations council gives green light to North Ridge Development

Reported by François Biber, NewsTalk 650 CKOM

June 25, 2013

Despite not having a defined plan for a new multi-unit residential development in Montgomery Place, city council has given the final green light to North Ridge Development.

Monday council debated whether or not to give final approval to North Ridge Development to build multi-unit housing on a 13-acre parcel of land in Montgomery at 11th Street and Lancaster Boulevard.

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Read more:
http://ckom.com/story/montgomery-development-gets-final-approval-council/117118

[Brutopian]

Gluten, nut free café to open in Saskatoon

Leyda's will offer fresh local, seasonal, organic food in Riversdale

Reported by Karin Yeske, NewsTalk 650 CKOM

June 26, 2013

One of Saskatoon’s family doctors is trading syringes for spatulas.

Dr. Dee Dee Maltman is opening Leyda’s, the city’s first gluten and nut free café in Riversdale Friday.

With 28 years experience as a family physician in Saskatoon, Dr. Maltman went back to school a few years ago to become a specialist in integrative medicine—a concept that brings traditional doctors together with alternative and complementary practices.

The idea of a gluten and nut free restaurant started as a tongue-in-cheek joke until Dr. Maltman started to seriously consider it.

"I really started to think about how could I get the information that I was learning, which was so profound, out to the community?” said Dr. Maltman, a celiac with a nut allergy.

"It's so much more than eating less and moving more. It's so much more about the quality of the food we are eating," said Dr. Maltman, who teaches at the University of Saskatchewan and runs a practice in Saskatoon.

The team at Leyda’s has created a signature bread. The four-season menu will feature items like local trout, black cod, grass-fed beef and bison, free range organic chicken and eggs, organic milk and butter, Saskatchewan organic seabuckthorn berries, gluten-free pizza made in a woodstone oven.

"Who with celiac hasn't craved a good pizza?"

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Read more:
http://ckom.com/story/gluten-nut-free-caf-open-saskatoon/117360

[Echoes]

Originally Posted by Brutopian

Gluten, nut free café to open in Saskatoon

Leyda's will offer fresh local, seasonal, organic food in Riversdale

Reported by Karin Yeske, NewsTalk 650 CKOM

June 26, 2013



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Read more:
http://ckom.com/story/gluten-nut-free-caf-open-saskatoon/117360

A nice addition to Riversdale!





http://ckom.com/story/gluten-nut-free-caf-open-saskatoon/117360

[Morogolus]

Originally Posted by GoTrans

Its not that the feds can't afford to have better rail service in Canada, its that they don't want to afford it. There is no reason why there could not be daily service between Regina - Saskatoon - North Battleford - Edmonton and between Saskatoon - Regina - Brandon - Winnipeg. As usual the big hold up is equipment as there isn't enough now to expand Via's service at all. What is required is new rail diesel cars like what is being purchased for the Union Pearson rail link. But the government won't purchase that because they would then be committed to maintaining expanded service for some time to come. I can think of many routes that could use RDC's such as Vancouver Island, Lethbridge - Calgary-Edmonton, Toronto - London via Kitchener, St John- Moncton-Halifax to name a few; but I digress ( or dream ).

It is highly unlikely that we will see serious investment in passenger rail service in the near future until there is a more equitable allocation of funding and taxation between modes.

What would do when you got off the train is the problem. Saskatchewan cities all have overpriced inefficient transit.

[casper]

Originally Posted by Morogolus

What would do when you got off the train is the problem. Saskatchewan cities all have overpriced inefficient transit.

Honestly if we did have some BUD cars running a commuter rail service from the bedroom communities to the north of the city you have the train stop at the old CP Rail station (now a Tomas Cook restaurant), the platforms are still there and you likely don’t need more that a small waiting room and ticket both. That puts you downtown and many destinations within walking distance.

You then have the trains continue and terminate at the current Via rail station. That provides a place to store, clean and service the trains before they head back out in the opposite direction.

If you had sufficient spare time between the morning and afternoon commute, you could send one of the trains down to Regina and back during the day.

Downtown is basically a station stop that happens to be where most passengers board and leave the train.

If it was done by STC and integrated into the schedule for inter-city bus service it may be viable and augment the existing system.


Still financially a high risk proposition.

[Brutopian]

Target may stabilize retail market

Strong anchors for malls

By Jonathan Charlton, The StarPhoenix, June 27, 2013

Target's Canadian launch, including two Saskatoon locations set to open in July, represents a bold move for the well-known retailer, says an informed observer.

"This is a gigantic play for Target ... this is literally their first step outside the borders of the U.S.," said William Murphy, an associate professor of marketing at the University of Saskatchewan.

The Target stores could stabilize the local economy, he said.

"We had a struggling Canadian brand (Zellers), and that struggling meant layoffs, that struggling meant we had a mall, in our case Lawson Mall, that is greatly weakened by not having a strong anchor," he said. "The entrepreneurial aspect of starting small businesses, and small retail, is fantastic. But if you're talking about large numbers of jobs ... you bring goods, the merchandise, the supply chain issues that kick in for serving a Target, it's just a wonderful force for an economy.

"Now, I don't want to see big box destroy small retail but I don't think that's going to be the case either ... by now it's pretty well sifted out as far as I can see, that people who are fond of going to the small retailers, they do that, and the folks that go to the big box go to big box."

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Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/T...+market/8584812/story.html#ixzz2XR0V4JzK

[Brutopian]

Average commute rises to 20 minutes

By Charles Hamilton, The StarPhoenix, June 28, 2013

Brent Timmerman spends a lot of time each day behind the wheel, commuting from his Nutana home to his office in the city's north industrial area.

Even though Saskatoon's average commute time pales in comparison to Toronto's 32-minute traffic crush, the time-consuming drive still wears on people such as Timmerman.

"I just sit and wait. I get on Idylw-yld and I wait," Timmerman said.

"I can't wait until the weekend when I can just leave my car at home."

The average commute in Saskatoon is now close to 20 minutes, ranking the 10th fastest among major cities in the country, according to the results of the National Household Survey released this week by Statistics Canada.

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Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Average+commute+rises+minutes/8590807/story.html#ixzz2XWmBuy8P

[SpongeG]

target saskatoon!

[dsim249]

Originally Posted by SpongeG

target saskatoon!

Hah, nice. Where'd you find that?

[SkydivePilot]

That is cool! I'd bet that they do renderings like that for all cities which they do initial Grand Openings.

[SpongeG]

it was on target Canada's facebook page and yes they have made those for most of the bigger cities in canada just before they opened

[3minutes]

Originally Posted by Brutopian

Gluten, nut free café to open in Saskatoon

Leyda's will offer fresh local, seasonal, organic food in Riversdale

Reported by Karin Yeske, NewsTalk 650 CKOM

June 26, 2013

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Great find! I visited Leyda's this evening and really enjoyed it. If you are craving fresh food, you'll definitely want to check out this place.

I found a video online that showcases the terrific decor of this bistro: http://vimeo.com/69136674

[Echoes]

The Olympia Restaurant is officially closed for business and the space is being renovated for a new restaurant under new owners of much better repute.

It's interesting how quickly things changed on that part of 2nd Ave, beginning with the closure of the McDonald's, followed by the closure of this problem establishment less than a week later. There will be a marked improvement to the area.

Hopefully Ken Achs' redevelopment plans for that corner come sooner than later, and that we're not left with a parking lot for too long.

[shmakim]

Originally Posted by Echoes

Hopefully Ken Achs' redevelopment plans for that corner come sooner than later, and that we're not left with a parking lot for too long.

I hope a tower of some magnitude gets built there, with some ground floor retail and a restaurant, and maybe a drop in centre for the crowd just outside who obviously need one. Put the doors for that around the corner from the corporate entrance if the suits don't want to deal with inner city types.

Achs could be a hero with this one...

[dsmmace]

Achs' will build for the area and the tenant, I would bet that it would be a two floor building with retail on the main level and offices above like the rest of the downtown area. The temporary parking lot is a welcome addition in my mind, I have young kids and walking 4 blocks isn't exactly ideal.

[drm310]

Third Ave. Church back on the auction block

By Charles Hamilton, The StarPhoenix
July 2, 2013 12:06 PM

Anyone wanting to turn Saskatoon’s Third Avenue United Church into a performing arts space will have to buy the building outright.

There is currently no public price tag for the church, but the Third Avenue United Church board said it wants the building sold outright by September meaning once again the iconic downtown church is on the auction block.

“The main difference is that it does require an outright purchase by the end of September,” Peter Barnacle, the church’s board chair said. [...]

Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Third+Church+back+auction+block/8606021/story.html#ixzz2XuVH6R00

[Ruckus]

Some of the Saskatoon projects underway:

- Westview food store, gas bar, and that car wash in the nw corner will be bulldozed. New gas bar, touchless wash, and food
store (largest outside of Calgary Co-op), and an Affinity Credit Union to be built. 2-3 year timeline
- Warman food store has broke ground. Slightly smaller than Stonebridge. Opening ~ May 2014
- Martensville will soon get a new gas bar/convenience store
- Blairmore Co-op liquor store to be built adjacent to new gas bar. 10,000 sq/ft

[Ruckus]

Escape Sports





River Landing



Remai Art Gallery of Saskatchewan

[urbandesigner]

Does anybody know what plans are in place at the Escape Sports?

[Echoes]

Controversial downtown eatery Olympia closes

By Charles Hamilton, The StarPhoenix July 2, 2013

Debbie Lozinsky arrived at Olympia Family Restaurant Tuesday morning to find one of her favourite haunts had shut its doors for good.

“I’m shocked. Totally shocked. I used to be a regular there,” Lozinsky said, sitting on a Second Avenue bench just a few doors down from the now-infamous 24-hour downtown restaurant.

The building’s owner, Syed Shah, says the place will be converted into a casual-fine Italian dining establishment with a $200,000 facelift.

“We have a lot of problems over there on the corner. It was hard for business,” Shah said in an interview, adding the restaurant got a worse reputation than it deserved, mainly because the troublemakers in the area were underage and couldn’t legally drink.

The corner of Second Avenue and 22nd Street has come under the public spotlight this summer.

Saskatoon police say the area is the scene of drug deals, assaults and other kinds of criminal activity. City council considered removing the benches at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and 22nd Street to make the area less prone to unwanted activity. That request was denied, but the adjacent McDonald’s was abruptly closed, and that building’s owner has plans to demolish it.

“They could have at least warned us,” said Lozinsky, noting that the sudden closure of the McDonald’s also took people by surprise.

While Lozinsky and others lament the closure of the Olympia and the changing face of their favourite corner, business owners are welcoming the news.

“It will be absolutely huge. Mothers were afraid to come here after dark,” said Sheldon Evacheski of Undergrind Skates, a skateboard shop a few doors from the restaurant.

Evacheski said he will consider staying open later now that the restaurant and its adjoining lounge are gone.

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Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Controvers...+closes/8608223/story.html#ixzz2XwsdDUjW


^ I'm still astounded by how quickly things changed on this corner.