{"id":775741,"date":"2026-07-02T15:42:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/775741\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T15:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:42:29","slug":"calgarys-mega-southview-housing-development-breaks-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/775741\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary\u2019s mega-Southview housing development breaks ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CALGARY, ALTA. \u2014 Calgary Housing has broken ground on the largest development project in the company\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>Coined <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.constructconnect.com\/details\/7078668-rfp-construction-manager-southview-sov3-project&amp;find_loc=-T2B-0T4?utm_campaign=DCN%2FJOC%20WPP%20Referral&amp;utm_source=CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Southview<\/a>RFP Construction Manager \u2013 Southview (SOV3) ProjectStatusAwardValue$78MLocation1820 33 St SE, Calgary ABSectorPublic \u2013 State\/ProvincialTypeMulti-Residential \u00b7 New ConstructionData as of June 30, 2026<a class=\"wpp-ccpi-more\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.constructconnect.com\/details\/7078668-rfp-construction-manager-southview-sov3-project&amp;find_loc=-T2B-0T4?utm_campaign=DCN%2FJOC%20WPP%20Referral&amp;utm_source=CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">View Project Page \u2192<\/a>, the multi-phase build will house more than 1,000 people when both phases are completed.<\/p>\n<p>Phase one is a mid-rise development with 250 homes, in a mix of one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom layouts for more than 600 Calgarians. Ten per cent of the units will be barrier-free and the buildings will exceed the National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings, a release reads.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary council approved a $31.2 million capital investment in the development last November, and the federal and provincial governments are also providing funding.<\/p>\n<p>The project features both built-in with live-work units and co-working spaces. Other amenities include a residents\u2019 lounge, rooftop patio, bike storage and landscaped surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>Southview will be operated as part of Calgary Housing\u2019s mixed income housing portfolio, offering a wide range of rents.<\/p>\n<p>The development will sit on land that formerly had provincial social housing, returning affordable housing to the site that sits just off International Avenue (17 Avenue S.E.).<\/p>\n<p>Construction of phase one is expected to be completed in Q1 2028, with residents moving in shortly after. Phase two is currently in planning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALGARY, ALTA. \u2014 Calgary Housing has broken ground on the largest development project in the company\u2019s history. Coined&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-775741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775741","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=775741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}