EDMONTON Details are expected to be presented to city council next week on a proposal to convert an old hangar in Blatchford into housing for NAIT students. Hangar 11 was built in 1942 for the Second World War and has been boarded up since 2013. Restoring the building would cost upwards of $30 million, according to the Edmonton Aviation Museum. “Redevelopment is going to happen and Blatchford is going to be an important part of the city’s redevelopment,” said Tony Caterina, Ward 7 councillor. Edmonton company Architure Inc. wants to turn the hangar into 225 units of housing for students at NAIT. The design presented to the city’s executive committee also showed room for retail space and food sales.
Posted: Feb 01, 2021 6:47 PM MT | Last Updated: February 2
Hangar 11, on the east side of the Blatchford development project, requires extensive rehabilitation.(Submitted by Architure Inc.)
Edmonton s World War II-era Hangar 11 may be saved from potential demolition, as city councillors took the first step Monday toward having a private company repurpose the building.
Council s executive committee directed administration to draft a sales agreement with Architure Inc. for three acres of land, including the hangar.
Coun. Scott McKeen urged the committee to run with the proposed deal to save and repurpose the hangar, which was built in 1942. We ve been dealing with this for years and years and I think the time has come to make a decision, McKeen said. I just think it s a remarkable piece of Edmonton s history, Canadian history, North American history, world history.