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July 26, 2012 | Cody Stuart
City Approves Massive Keystone Hills Plan
Sitting on 1,080 hectares bordered by 160 Ave N, Stoney Trail, 14 St NW and the expanding Calgary airport, the Keystone Hills Area Structure Plan calls for a mixed use development that will eventually be home to as many as 60,000 people and employ as many as 18,000.
July 26, 2012 | CREBNow
Wheatland County
Wheatland County includes the communities of Strathmore, Gleichen, Cluny, Dalemead, Carseland, Lyalta, Rosebud, Hussar, Rockyford, Chancellor, Dalum and more.
July 26, 2012 | Cody Stuart
Calgary Holding Strong
Although multiple sources have singled out the housing markets in Toronto and Vancouver as proof of a greater Canada-wide trend, Calgary has yet to see the sort of rapid price fluctuations and sales declines evident in those cities.
July 25, 2012 | Cody Stuart
Cranston
Situated on Calgary's southern perimeter and named for the family that originally homesteaded the area, Cranston offers residents a lifestyle not easily equaled by many of the city's neighbourhoods. With Downtown Calgary and the Rocky Mountains both easily accessible via Deerfoot Trail or Highway 22X, and with a bevy of amenities in and around the community itself, Cranston residents can take full advantage of both the natural and manmade attractions in the area.
July 23, 2012 | Cody Stuart
A Century Celebration on Centre Street
Constructed at a cost of $365,000 in 1916, to replace the old steel truss MacArthur Bridge that was destroyed in a flood, Calgary's Centre Street Bridge has linked the city's north and south for nearly a century.
July 23, 2012 | CREBNow
Test Your Knowledge
Calgary has always been a city of vast progress and growth. When fire engulfed much of the city's core — comprised of primarily wooden structures — in 1886, City Council decided sandstone would be used as a safer building material and the "Sandstone City" was born.
July 23, 2012 | CREBNow
Lougheed House
"At the time it was built in 1891, the population of Calgary was 4,000 people and this palace . . . was then out on the prairie, people thought (James Lougheed) was crazy," said Blane Hogue, executive director, Lougheed House.
July 23, 2012 | CREBNow
Thorpe House
"The Thorpe house was chosen to represent the lifestyle of a moderately well off early Calgary family," said Barb Munro, communications specialist, Heritage Park Historical Village. "It's important to have a building like the Thorpe house on display at Heritage park to provide a glimpse into our past.
July 23, 2012 | Cody Stuart
Building Permits Up in Calgary
The estimated construction value of building permit applications in Calgary for the month of June 2012 was $355 million, a decrease of 15 per cent compared to June 2011, bringing the year-to-date total to $2.49 billion.
