Group questions why City of Calgary is selling parkland near Glenmore Landing

A group in southwest Calgary is raising questions about why the City of Calgary wants to sell land that it designated as park space four decades ago. The city recently advertised its intention to dispose of the land on two sides of Glenmore Landing. The city acquired the land in the 1980s and at the time, signed an agreement with the then owner of the ten-acre shopping area, who agreed to maintain the city's land. Several years ago, the city declared the 5.5 acres of land on the south and east sides of the shopping area to be surplus. In 2015, city council voted to explore disposing of the land with the owner of Glenmore Landing, RioCan. Now, the company is planning a major redevelopment of the site. RioCan envisions a major transit oriented development project at that location which would ultimately include several residential high-rises as well as more commercial and mixed-use spaces.