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Development puts mayor in high spirits Staff Reporter
Mayor Ryan Bater was beaming Monday night over the development happening in the city of North Battleford. One reason Bater was enthusiastic was because of the proposed strip mall development for the 1500 block of 100th Street, for which a discretionary use application was approved at Monday’s council meeting.
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He called that project “great to see.” But the mayor made clear he was also enthusiastic about the public’s reaction to other construction activity in the city. “I’m excited. These are exciting times,” said Bater to reporters. “I have been stopped by so many people, I’ve received emails, people telling me how great the downtown looks, how exciting it is to see so much construction downtown, construction in the southeast quadrant. The whole city is seeing development right now, and it’s an amazing time to be here. This is during a time when most of the province is still in an economic downturn.” He adds the development activity is “really lifting the spirits of the people here, and I’m loving it, I’d like to see more of it.” The most notable development activity downtown has been the Magic Lantern four-screen theatre project at 11th Avenue and 101st Street, now into its fifth month of construction. In the southeast quadrant, the new Comfort Inn and Suites is now open, while another new hotel project is slated to go up, as well. Continued on Page 3
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Strip mall proposed for 100th St. By John Cairns Staff Reporter
If all goes as planned a vacant lot on 100th Street is slated to be the location of a new strip mall. At their regular meeting Monday city council approved a discretionary use application for a 5,100 square-foot strip mall at 1542 - 100th St., with accessory dwelling units, in
the C3 Arterial Commercial zone. The application was made by Aaron Cadrin on behalf of LPG Holdings. According to a letter from Cadrin to the City dated Aug. 27, six different occupants would be able to use the new building. Cadrin owns Aaron M. Cadrin Investment and Insurance Solutions Inc. Sun Life Financial at 1512
- 100th St. His intention is to move his business to the new location and also add some staff. His business would take two of the units in the building, the other four would be rented out. As for other potential tenants, Cadrin indicated in correspondence that he was in “very serious talks” with a new business from out of town that would result in
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10 to 15 jobs being created, and there have been other inquiries from restaurants and professional offices. The proposal also called for residential suites on the second floor to be used by caretakers and managers of the facility. That prompted considerable discussion about whether those might end up as rental suites in the future. Continued on Page 3
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