Albertasaurus said:
I've always found the east part of Bridgeland to be a bit desolate and depressing. I'm sure it's largely due to the generally terrible '70s-90s architecture in the area. This development ought to really help turn the corner.
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It's mostly spread out retirement homes, not really a community. Glad it's changing!
 
I’m excited for this one.
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BKha said:
Bridgeland is in a roll, how long until there’s a grocery store there?
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A little bit yet, but Bridgeland, and the area around Bridgeland has been making great progress in population growth. I wouldn't be surprised to see a grocery store sometime between 5 and 10 years.

Taking a look at only the Bridgeland's population, we see decent growth from 2011 to 2021. Three projects (MacPherson Place, The Crossing and Radius) help add another 1,096 people.

2011 - 5,254

2021 - 6,350

However from 2021 to 2026, we see 1,119 new units come online, and with a profile of 1.8 people per household, possibly as many as 2,000 new residents, though the people per household might be lower for apartments. Counter that to the many smaller multi-family builds, of rowhomes, etc.. and Bridgeland is probably 2,000 people more than in 2021/

Steps 122
Bridge 285
Bridgeland Affordable Housing 24
Brio Bridgeland 25
Dominion 300
Columbus Court 104
Flyover 65
Era 178
Bridgeland-515 36
1,119 x 1.8 = 2,014

2026 - ~8,350

2026 onward
Bridgeland Multi-family - 60
Bridgeland Mixed-use - 140
East Riverside - 380


When you add in larger projects under construction, and all the smaller multi-family projects, Bridgeland will see strong growth. Add in the areas around Bridgeland, with their smaller infill builds and the whole area is building up at a good pace. We'll have a much better idea after the 2026 census, but I wouldn't be surprised if Bridgeland, plus half of Crescent Heights and Renfrew is ~15K. It's been said that a grocery store looks for around 30K as a catchment population for a new location, but personally I think it's less for neighborhoods that are destinations and have transit traffic.
 
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Surrealplaces said:
It's been said that a grocery store looks for around 30K as a catchment population for a new location, but personally I think it's less for neighborhoods that are destinations and have transit traffic.
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Bingo. The number varies, depending on the demographics and some other factors. Think Downtown/Beltline with a population of around 60,000, yet has five grocery stores. Hillhurst/Sunnyside/west Hillhurst with the population of about 20,000 has two grocery stores. Mission, cliff, bungalow, lower Mount Royal, with a population of about 10,000 also has a grocery store.
I have no doubt that Bridgeland could support one, it’s only a matter of time.
 
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