Green Line LRT station deal will entail Eau Claire Market's demolition

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 Herald, 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.

I love the theatre and The Garage.

realnoahadler99 So long Eau Claire. Some of the best years of my life working at the ol' HRC

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

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Eau Claire Market to be demolished for Calgary's Green Line transit projectThe City of Calgary says it has reached an agreement in principle for a key part of the city's Green Line transit project that has put a definitive end date to the Eau Claire Market shopping centre. The question that should be asked, is, who are the developers who will build condo towers on the site, and, how were they chosen? Hmmmm .... hailzbronson Loss of an Icon. Loved that place as Sous Chef at Cajun Charlie's- so sad to see the city made no effort to preserve what was a cultural landmark of fun and life.
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