Redevelopment
Since the early 1990s the area has seen increasing redevelopment. CN donated some of the land to Grant MacEwan Community College for its new campus, and some of it was taken by the government-owned Canada Lands Company for private sale. The former yards are now (as of 2012) almost completely covered with new buildings, and redevelopment has spread into the former warehouse and industrial areas that once lined the tracks. From east to west the buildings now on the former rail yards are:
- Station Lands and EPCOR Tower
- CN Tower
- Bacarat Casino
- MacEwan University City Centre Campus
- Square 104 (condos)
- Oliver Village (a mixed strip mall and condo development)
- Longstreet Mall
- Oliver Square (a strip mall)
The Bacarat Casio and area was rumoured for several years as possible location for a new arena to replace Rexall Place In 2011 plans were announced to build the new Edmonton downtown arena on that site.
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