Rezoning for proposed Inglewood fire hall approved at Calgary city hall
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Some businesses in the southeast Calgary neighbourhood are concerned about the impact to parking if the proposed 12-storey development is built as planned.
A proposed mixed-use fire station in the southeast community of Inglewood has cleared its first hurdle at city hall, but nearby businesses hope their concerns will be reflected when shovels go into the ground.
On Tuesday, city council unanimously approved zoning changes for the city-owned land on the corner of 12 Street and 11 Avenue S.E., to make way for the development.
The City of Calgary has partnered with developer RNDSQR to build a 12-storey structure with a ground-floor fire hall, retail and commercial space, public access space and 213 residential units on the upper levels.
“We have to start getting maximum bang for our public dollar,” Ward 9 Coun. Gian-Carlo Carra said. “The idea of building a standalone fire hall is no longer what we want to do. We want to build a fire hall with a bunch of other things, and it took us a long time to get there.”
Half the site, which is home to a park and a basketball court, was purchased by the city in 1986, while the other half was acquired in 2010.
According to Carra, the intent is to build the new fire station in Inglewood to replace the aging Fire Station No. 1 in the downtown core.
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