Deanna Walker, manager of realty services for the City of Thunder Bay, says the city has already received significant feedback on eight properties being considered as surplus lands. Public comments must be submitted by May 28, ahead of the June 3 council meeting.
As the City of Thunder Bay considers how to attract developers to help meet its housing targets, councillors are looking at selling potential surplus lands as one way to get more units off the ground faster. The City of Thunder Bay is seeking feedback about municipal properties that could be used for new housing developments.
Surplus means lands identified as either no longer needed or that can be repurposed, explained Deanna Walker, the city's manager of realty services, during a media scrum on Tuesday."We brought the first batch earlier this year. This is the second batch of properties," Walker said. "We will continue to bring batches forward on a regular basis for council's consideration, declare surplus and then go toward marketing them for sale."Signage is seen at 837 Hodder Ave.
"This is really, really important to meeting the housing goals and also to assess the city's financial situation to generate more taxes, more housing units on existing services," DePeuter said on Tuesday. Joel DePeuter is the City of Thunder Bay's director of development services. He says the city is prioritizing development that builds on existing infrastructure as the most efficient way of meeting its housing targets.
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