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Whitehorse 84-unit apartment building for seniors scheduled for 2022
An 84-unit apartment building for seniors, including 26 affordable housing units, is scheduled to open in 2022 in Whitehorse’s Takhini neighbourhood, the Yukon government announced Tuesday.
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The two levels of government are providing millions of dollars of funding for the project.
At a new conference Tuesday morning, the federal government announced it’s providing up to $34.5 million in the form of a mortgage, while the territorial government is kicking in approximately $4.5 million. The City of Whitehorse is providing a $500,000 matching municipal grant.
The 84-unit Normandy Manor development will be built and operated by KBC developments, a local partnership of Ketza Construction, Borud
Enterprises and Northern Vision Development. The company is investing $25 million of its own money into the project.
The dignitaries participating in the news conference included Ahmed Hussen, federal minister of Families, Children and Social Development and minister responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC), along with the Pauline Frost, the territorial minister responsible for Yukon Housing Corp. (YHC), and Yukon MP Larry Bagnell.
Yukon tourism businesses look ahead with hope and uncertainty
2020 was a terrible year for the tourism industry and in Yukon, things are not necessarily expected to turn around quickly even with a vaccine now in hand.
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