{"id":550774,"date":"2026-03-21T08:16:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T08:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/550774\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T08:16:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T08:16:50","slug":"edmonton-to-create-550-new-housing-units-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/550774\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton to create 550 new housing units for students"},"content":{"rendered":"

The City of Edmonton is looking to expand student housing through five new projects this spring.<\/p>\n

The projects will create 550 new units through the City\u2019s Housing Accelerator Fund<\/a>\u00a0Action Plan, which launched in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cA vibrant downtown depends on a thriving student population. \u00a0These projects are not just addressing a critical housing need but adding new life and growth into our city\u2019s core,\u201d said Mayor Andrew Knack. \u201cThis investment will bring over 550 new, purpose-built student housing units downtown, making it more inclusive and accessible for the thousands of students who choose to make Edmonton their home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The projects are to help students stay at or below the average monthly rental rates in Edmonton.<\/p>\n

\"\"Eleanor Olszewski, the Liberal MP and minister for Edmonton Centre, at an announcement for new student housing. (Matt Battochio, CityNews.)<\/p>\n

With various post-secondary institutions in downtown Edmonton like MacEwan University and Norquest College, the City says that \u201cexpanding student housing also advances the\u00a0Downtown Action Plan<\/a>.\u201d With this, the projects will take place downtown at the following locations:<\/p>\n

The Vantage (10145 106 St.) \u2013 92 units<\/p>\n

Falcon Two (10003 104 St.) \u2013 67 units<\/p>\n

Quarters Student Housing (10316 96 St.) \u2013 150 units<\/p>\n

Warehouse Block (10189 106 St.) \u2013 150 units<\/p>\n

Lilac Park (10154 108 St.) \u2013 108 units<\/p>\n

A City-led survey last fall found that over half of Edmonton\u2019s post-secondary students lowered their spending on food or other necessities to afford housing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe launch of the Downtown Student Housing Incentive and the selection of its first projects sends a strong signal that Edmonton is serious about revitalizing its core,\u201d said Kalen Anderson, CEO of BILD Edmonton Metro. \u201cHousing is foundational to a thriving downtown, and incentives like this help close viability gaps so projects can move forward and pro formas can work in today\u2019s market. By supporting a diverse mix of housing options, this program advances the City\u2019s goal of increasing downtown\u2019s population to 19,000 residents and building a more vibrant, resilient urban centre.\u201d<\/p>\n

The City is expecting the overall cost of the student housing projects to be around $15 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Edmonton is looking to expand student housing through five new projects this spring. The projects…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":{"0":"post-550774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-edmonton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}