Services Included
Market Analysis
Demographic Analysis
Positioning Strategy
Placemaking
Phasing
Project Description
MXD and WSP Canada refined Blatchford’s Market District to align bold sustainability with real estate demand.
The Blatchford Development in Edmonton is a visionary sustainable community project transforming a former airport site into one of the world’s largest carbon neutral neighborhoods. It will feature a dense mixed-use use urban form with energy efficient homes, green spaces, and a district energy system powered by renewable energy. The development aims to create a walkable, transit-oriented community that supports sustainable urban living.
MXD, in partnership with WSP Canada, revisited the Blatchford Master Plan in 2024 with focus on the mixed-use Market District and other commercial nodes. The master plan was refined based on a foundation of real estate market analysis that investigated demand of retail, office, and hotel over ten- and twenty-year periods. Recommendations on the spatial design of the mixed-use areas were integrated into the plan to ensure that they would be marketable to the private development community and could be phased in an appropriate manner.
