Eau Claire Market to be torn down, making way for Green Line LRT station

On Thursday, the city and Harvard Developments announced they’d forged a pact in principle to build the station beneath the market at 2nd Avenue S.W., theSign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.

“It will then be turned over to the city for demolition to make way for station construction and future development.”This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.The 30-year-old market, with its nearly 170,000 sq. ft. of retail space, is seen by many as a struggling retail and entertainment venue that never achieved its goal of becoming a hub of activity in the city’s core.

Both the city and Harvard say the market’s more than 50 tenants were advised of the plans at an open house earlier this week.

Yet this city government can't find a way to connect the LRT to yyc ... despite the airport being almost spitting distance from Whitehorn

Will anyone notice?

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