Every day, thousands of people in cars or on light rail travel through Confederation Heights, passing by abandoned government buildings formerly full of life and vacant parking lots that government workers' vehicles once filled from nine to five. Now left mostly abandoned, the grass grows high during the summer months, and flocks of geese and groundhogs have reclaimed the land.
There’s so much potential; it’s not every day such a large and prime piece of land opens for development — somewhere between 300 and 400 hectares.
As the city plans to grow by half between now and 2051, it’s looking to seize that potential and build a new mixed-use community.
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