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The City Plan identifies 19 Priority Growth Areas, which are collections of urban centres (nodes) and main streets (corridors) in the redeveloping area of the city (roughly inside the Anthony Henday) anticipated to experience the most near-term growth. The City analyzed these 19 areas and has selected five for targeted, City-initiated rezonings to help encourage more housing development and business investment in these important areas.
Creating a strong system of nodes and corridors that encourages transit-oriented development is an important part of achieving The City Plan vision. The City Plan envisions a healthy, urban, climate-resilient city where Edmontonians have access to a variety of housing and transportation options and can easily meet their daily needs close to home.
Why the Centre-City Wîhkwêntôwin Node and the 124 Street Corridor?
The Wîhkwêntôwin (Oliver) City-Centre Node and 124 Street Primary Corridor are adjacent to each other and provide the surrounding neighbourhoods with access to a diverse range of homes and businesses. Both areas were selected for the opportunity to leverage existing strong market interest and help increase the population around planned Valley Line West LRT stops.
Not all land within the area will be rezoned. The City is recommending selecting key sites along Jasper Avenue and 104 Avenue and along 124 Street between Jasper Avenue and 111 Avenue where policy in The City Plan and the forthcoming District Plans supports additional housing. As well as additional rezoning efforts around the future 124 Street Valley Line West LRT Stop to support future mass transit ridership.
Learn more about the Wîhkwêntôwin (Oliver) City-Centre Node and 124 Street Primary Corridor and why they were selected.
What Happens Next?
The City will use feedback, along with technical and policy considerations, to confirm which sites will be selected for rezoning. This includes what new standard zones and zone modifiers should be applied to guide the maximum height and footprints of buildings to ensure appropriate transition to the surrounding neighbourhood and which buildings should be required to have ground-floor, street-facing businesses.
A formal proposal to rezone the selected sites will then be prepared and submitted for review. City Council makes the final decision on all proposed rezonings at a public hearing.
Feedback received throughout the rezoning project will be summarized in a What We Heard report for City Council to ensure they are aware of Edmontonians’ perspectives prior to making a decision. Edmontonians will have the opportunity to share their thoughts directly with Council by registering to speak when the proposed rezonings advance to a public hearing in 2025.
