Harbour Landing

Harbour Landing. "A community of choice - a community to live, work, and play" is the underlying theme inspiring the design of Harbour Landing, which is located in the southwest part of the city. "When designing a new community," says Ned Kosteniuk, Vice President in charge of land development for Harbour Landing, "developers must take into account the variety of needs in the market place and create housing choices that accommodate all types of lifestyles and affordability." Harbour Landing is all about providing those choices. Compact building designs are one of the guiding principles underlying systainable development. Originally designed with a 40/60 split between higher denisyt and mid-density housing, the Harbour Landing community concept plan has been modified to change this split to 60/40.

Higher density units include, Sky Harbour Estates which provides over 300 much needed rental units, in the northeast corner, where Reimer Crossing also features Cornerstone Heights, a four story luxury condominium complex, and Meadow View Estates, walkout town homes that back on to a beautiful green space. Adjacent to the Grasslands commercial area, Harbour Village features a 57 unit town home condominium complex and Willowdale Pointe, a three-story offering walk up apartment style condominiums. Just south of this development, another multi-unit housing complex includes attached bungalows, detached townhouses and three-story stacked condominiums. In this same area, Sage Developments features condos that are both townhouse and garden style. This brings us to The Landings in the far southeast corner of the community, designed for mid-density, single-detached homes. In addition, an area just south of Reimer Crossing, is dotted with lovely single detached homes on lots ranging from 38’ – 50’ wide, including some walkouts. These options are included to accommodate all aspects of the market.

Harbour Landing

The next phase of development will include brand new initiatives which will add significantly to the choice and character of urban living in Regina. After much discussion with the City, the go ahead was given to design on narrower lots, with reduced front yard setbacks, allowing for larger back yards, which back onto a lane. “The reduced lot sizes and front yard standards will facilitate wonderful opportunities for creative housing diversity and increased density,” says Paul Moroz, Land Development Manager for Harbour Landing. This type of urban design creates the opportunity for a streetscape that is more active, engaging and secure and will further facilitate a range of housing options that will meet a diversity of housing types and prices, and can certainly accommodate more “eyes on the street” type of developments. There will also be additional lane and non-lane product, including opportunities for those desiring single detached units. The concept plan is also undergoing modifications to capture the ever increasing demand for apartment-style condos and seniors’ housing. Altogether, when the community is complete, it will add 4,500 -5,000 new units to the city that will house about 12,000 residents!

In keeping with the theme of “live, work and play,” Harbour Landing has a web of connected off- street and on- street walking pathways. The on-street pathways are enhanced by street separation with a boulevard. Pathways that line the greenways and parks wind through this new community connecting with the city’s existing system. By 2012, Harbour Landing will have contributed four new parks to the city with over 120 acres of parks and open space. Roadways have been created to accommodate public transportation and all paths and roads connect with a business section in the north, and a large commercial area to the east. The Grasslands commercial area includes a Walmart, Lowe’s, and many other retail and service amenities. Grasslands Village, a unique project in the commercial area,; is an urban village design that will house independent retail, office and restaurant type businesses on the main and second levels, in a town square format that emphasizes the pedestrian realm, with a “main street” feel and parking at the rear. This Town Square will serve as a community gathering place, making this development is a quintessential example of new urban design. The business section in the north area of Harbour Landing will front on to a plaza and, once developed, will be the icing on the cake for making this new neighbourhood truly a complete community.

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