Edmonton Nordic spa one step closer to reality after council approves rezoning [Video]

Hospitality company Scandinave Group Inc. wants to build a Nordic spa on property currently owned by the University of Alberta trust,  perched atop of North Saskatchewan River banks.

The plan is one step closer to reality after, Edmonton city council approved the rezoning of the 10.5-acre piece of land in the south Edmonton neighbourhood of Brander Gardens, just west of Whitemud Drive near 53rd Avenue on Monday.

The large gated lot called Soaring Lands was bequeathed to the U of A in 2010 by the late Sandy Mactaggart and his wife Cecile.

Mactaggart was one of the owners of Maclab Enterprises – a land development company responsible for much of the residential construction in Edmonton after 1949.

However, the university found the grand mansion built in the 1950s could not support its teaching or research mandate so a decision was made to decommission the house and clear the site for future real estate development.

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