TRENDING | EXPLORE EAST VILLAGE
EASTERN EVOLUTION
St. Patrick’s Bridge. Photo courtesy, CMLC. 20 New Home + Condo Guide | Feb. 4–March 4, 2022
The promise that the eastern edge of Calgary’s downtown had always held is being fulfilled now, as East Village becomes the cosmopolitan heart and the future of Victoria Park comes at hand. In just over a decade, what used to be a disused and overlooked portion of Calgary’s inner-city has been transformed into a dynamic residential and commercial core that brings new energy to the area. There were only about a thousand residents in East Village when the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation was given the reigns to foster its growth. Now, there are over 4,000 residents in more than 1,500 residential homes – both condos and rentals – and more are coming. “We have two residential projects underway (one in construction that is rental and another that is underway with a development permit) that will offer another 350 new homes to the
community,” says Clare LePan, CMLC vice-president for marketing and communications. The redevelopment of Victoria Park is now also under CMLC’s purview and growth is already budding. “Victoria Park is home to about 2,800 residents and the master plan calls for 8,000 residents as development progresses over the next 20 years,” she tells Calgary New Home + Condo Guide. CMLC is going on 15 years of its 20-year redevelopment plan for East Village that began in 2009, and it has met the vision of creating a desirable, walkable, livable riverside destination. “East Village has transformed into one of the most dynamic inner-city communities in Calgary. There are few neighbourhoods that offer the range of amenities that are now in East Village and neighbouring communities like Victoria Park are poised for the same level of growth,” LePan says.
