Vacant Osborne Village eyed for redevelopment
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A fenced-off parking lot in the heart of Osborne Village could finally be getting a new lease on life.
A fenced-off parking lot in the heart of Osborne Village could finally be getting a new lease on life.
The city is in a new round of negotiations to sell the property at Stradbrook and Osborne for redevelopment.
A fence has blocked off it for the last couple of years, creating an eyesore for neighbours like Leanora Miller.
It’s just an empty space that’s wasted,” Miller told CTV News.
The wasted space is also inconvenient for drivers like Marianna Barabash, who tried to pull into the lot to pick up food from a restaurant.
"I was looking for parking, I pulled into here and there's a fence,” Barabash said.
The city acquired the corner in 1965, and it became a 20 space surface parking lot. In 2021, the city's property committee agreed to sell it for $1.6 million to a private business for a redevelopment.
