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The Tsuut’ina Nation is set to expand in both residences and economic prosperty, with the announcement of a new 470-acre master planned community called Taza Park.



Taza Development Corporation, a 50–50 partnership between the Tsuut’ina Nation and developer Canderel, made the announcement of the $10 billion, 15-to-20 year project on March 12.



When complete, the project will have more than 6,500 residential units and more than one million sq. ft. of retail and commercial space.



The development will be located near Weaselhead Flats and North Glenmore Park, with access to Tsuut’ina Trail to the east.
Will home owners own or just be leasing the land the house is on? If leased I would hope the house prices would be $100’s of thousands less than surrounding communities
 
The land that homes will be built on will be leased from the Tsuut’ina nation, in a similar manner to the type of leasing arrangements made for homes in Banff National Park, or in the University District in Calgary, said Robertson.

“We have taken some of the key clauses out of those successful land lease projects to make sure that everyone’s protected. Really what we want to know is what happens at the end? So, we have built-in mechanisms that I like to use the term of: no one leaves empty handed, and everyone’s protected and taken care of,” he said.

“At the end of this lease, your building either gets bought or the land lease gets extended. So we’re not looking for anyone to leave empty handed, and we’re not looking to displace anybody. But these are conversations for 99 years away.”


He said that in terms of taxes, the nation would be collecting a residential rate slightly lower than the City of Calgary.

Starlight said that the taxes collected from residents and commercial properties would be used for the developed area, through federal legislation for tax collection on reserve land.

“That’s a fairly long standing comprehensive regime. Today, we do have that regime in place as it stands now, so taxes are being collected for Costco and Buffalo Run, as well as from the dealerships up here and the nation Tsuut’ina and Taza both provide services to ensure long term maintenance of the project,” he said.

99 year lease. But also lower property taxes. Will the city do garbage collection, and regular access to Enmax/etc? What about police/fire?
 
A bit more information is now available on the community website, including an updated map that shows the location of these 3 projects. Based on this updated map, it looks like the Eagle Landing commercial project from earlier in this thread is no longer happening:
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I don't think so. I am not 100% sure, but I think the Walmart is going to the north of Metro Ford, across from Tsuut'ina Gas. Eagle landing was a comprehensive commercial development on the parcel between the reservoir and the casino.
 
I like the density of some of this project but what is with the red and pink buildings? Why so much space around them? Couldn’t they be somewhere else like an industrial area?
 
I don't think so. I am not 100% sure, but I think the Walmart is going to the north of Metro Ford, across from Tsuut'ina Gas. Eagle landing was a comprehensive commercial development on the parcel between the reservoir and the casino.

The orange box there just looks small, but nothing that size would make sense there so it's probably just a placeholder.

Selfishly, it'll be very interesting to see what they do for pathway connections. It looks like there should be one running from the Weaslehead parking lot to near the gas station. But then the pathway connecting to Westhills Way could be really nice if they leave a buffer between the path and road


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Then pave another ~1km of existing utility road to the west and it'll be an excellent connection to Griffith Woods. Hopefully they see that as enough of an amenity to make it all happen.
 

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