Real Estate

EDITORIAL: Employee housing has become one of the more polarizing topics in Canmore in recent months.

“I think this could change the housing landscape as we know it for tomorrow and 10 years down the road.”

“What we’re substantially saying is that the design of the creek mitigation is not adequate and it’s caused us to have water that we didn’t have before, and you’d have a hard time proving to any of us with this report that isn’t the case."

“The large majority of the 20 bed and breakfast licensed units MPC has approved over the last four years, most of them could have been housing. Many tourist accommodations used to be and could be once again basement suites, above-garage suites.”

Clarity for employee housing Canmore’s industrial areas will have to wait a little longer.

“Three of the buyers currently are residents in Ti’nu and currently we’re sitting at 100 per cent of all the units sold, with a wait list.”

The ninth version of an area structure plan (ASP) for Exshaw Mountain Gateway (EMG) passed third reading of council June 13, after four years of back and forth between the municipality and developers.

The polarizing issue of the future of employee housing in Canmore’s light industrial area is returning to council Tuesday (June 4).

“This is a pause, temporarily, on issuing new bed and breakfast home business licences until this council comes to consensus on the revised bylaw, it receives three readings and ministerial consent,” said Coun. Barb Pelham

“We’ve moved the needle significantly in the last decade, but now we’ve done the low hanging fruit and it’s time to go deeper."