This file photo from September 2024 shows a boarded up Eau Claire Market. This is one of the vacant pieces of land held for a future Green Line LRT project.
A former Eau Claire resident is taking the city to task for its handling of the Green Line file, while real estate experts weigh the market impact of the project's uncertain future.Eau Claire Market is now boarded up. It was going to be the site of a Green Line LRT station, but its future is now uncertain. An Eau Claire resident forced out when his property was was expropriated for the Green Line LRT is railing against the city over its management of the project.
"We wouldn't trust the city to get involved in those kinds of discussions, I would love to live where I was.… had a waterfront property, four storeys, four bedrooms, right across from Prince's Island Park," he said. Asked about its current plans to develop the area, a company spokesperson said there was no comment at this time.
The Ward 7 councillor said if the province doesn't end up using the Eau Claire land for its alignment, the city may have to revisit its agreement with Harvard Developments and re-evaluate what to do with the buildings it owns. However, Wong says he won't know for sure until he sees the new alignment from the province.
"That is kind of the uncertainty that we have right now.… For the next few months, we're kind of in a limbo to see how we develop a great piece of land on the river in one of the nicest spots in Calgary," Wallach said.
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