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The City is pursuing proactive rezonings in Centre-City Wîhkwêntôwin (formerly Oliver) Node and the 124 Street Primary Corridor to help leverage transit investment and encourage more housing development and business investment in these important areas.

Not all land within the Wîhkwêntôwin (Oliver) Node and 124 Street Corridor will be rezoned. As outlined on the map below, the City recommends choosing 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.

We are now collecting feedback to help inform which specific sites should be selected for rezoning and what standard zones within the new Zoning Bylaw should be applied to the chosen sites. This includes gathering input to help determine what zone modifiers should be used to guide the maximum heights and footprints of buildings to ensure they fit in with the surrounding neighbourhood and which buildings should have ground-floor, street-facing business space.

For More Information

To read more about the potential rezonings in this Priority Growth Area,click on the Learn More section below or review the Document Library on the sidebar.

Engagement Opportunities

Share your feedback using the engagement opportunities below.

Digital Engagement

Digital engagement will be open from July 22 until September 2, 2024.

• Interactive Map - Use the color-coded pins to tell us what properties you think should be selected for rezoning, which properties should be required to have ground-floor, street-facing businesses in the buildings, and which sites along arterial roads and/or within 200 to 400 metres of a mass transit station or significant intersection are best suited for taller buildings.
• Share Your Thoughts - Use the discussion threads to provide your thoughts on the proposed rezoning focus areas. This includes which sites within the areas you think should be selected for rezoning, the height and footprint for buildings located on those sites and which buildings should be required to have ground-floor, street facing businesses.
• Ask a Question- Use the Q&A tool to ask the project team a question. Questions will be captured as part of engagement feedback.
• Schedule a Chat with a Planner via Google Meet about your feedback or questions related to the project. Phone or in-person meeting option available upon request.

In-Person, Drop-In Workshop:

Date: August 21, 2024
Time: 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Wîhkwêntôwin (Oliver) School Gymnasium, 10227 - 118 Street NW

Register: RSVP today.

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.

Provide general comments about the City’s intent to undertake targeted, proactive rezonings within the Centre-City Wîhkwêntôwin Node and the 124 Street Primary Corridor to encourage more housing and business investment. You can also use the other discussion threads below to tell us your thoughts on specific topics, such as:

• The proposed focus areas for the rezonings
• Which specific sites within the focus areas should be rezoned
• What the height and footprint should be for buildings located on the sites selected for rezoning
• Which buildings should be required to have ground-floor, street facing businesses.

Not all lands within the Centre-City Wîhkwêntôwin Node and the 124 Street Primary Corridor will be rezoned. The City has identified focus areas with lands it believes present the greatest redevelopment potential and would benefit most from proactive, City-initiated rezoning. Tell us what you think of these focus areas and which specific sites, within or outside of these focus areas, you think should be rezoned to most effectively encourage more housing development and business opportunities.

For the sites within the Centre-City Wîhkwêntôwin Node and the 124 Street Primary Corridor you think should be rezoned, tell us what you think the height range for buildings located on these sites should be based on the following parameters. Building heights for the rezoned sites will be required to align with City Plan and forthcoming District Plan policy direction, which supports high-rise (9-20 storeys) and potentially tall high-rise buildings (20+ storeys) along arterial roadways and/or within 200 to 400 metres of a mass transit station or significant intersection. Mid-rise buildings (5-8 storeys) are supported throughout the Centre-City Wîhkwêntôwin Node and the 124 Street Primary Corridor.

Of the sites within the Centre-City Wîhkwêntôwin Node and the 124 Street Primary Corridor you think should be rezoned, tell us which sites you think should have buildings located closer to the street for a more active sidewalk or set further back to allow for more transition between the buildings and the public space.

Let us know which sites within the Centre-City Wîhkwêntôwin Node and the 124 Street Primary Corridor you think should be required to have ground-floor, street facing businesses if they are selected for rezoning.