A Prince George-based developer is planning a roughly $80 million development on the Hart Highway, just south of Handlen Road.
The planned Northside Crossing development will feature six buildings, each with commercial space on the ground level and 60 to 75 apartments above, Kidd Group president Bruce Kidd said. The development is planned for a parcel of undeveloped commercial land, located at 7171 Hart Highway.
“We’re big on the Hart,” Kidd said. “We understand there is a lack of quality commercial properties in the Hart. (And) there hasn’t been a new apartment in the Hart for 35 years.”
The project would be a phased development, built out over a period of years, he said. Phase one would include a building with roughly 10,000 sq. feet of commercial real estate and 60 apartments.
Currently the company is seeking a rezoning for the property, to allow the mixed commercial-residential development, he said. Kidd wasn’t sure when the rezoning was expected to go before city council.
Kidd Group has its offices in the Hart, and runs several businesses and has built homes in the area, he said. The area is underserved in terms of retail space and services, and is lacking in accessible housing to allow seniors to stay in the area as they age, he said.
The proposed apartments would all have elevator access, and be fully-accessible, Kidd said. A mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units is planned.
The city’s housing needs assessment projects that thousands of new homes will be needed in the city, he added.
“We understand the market up here and this is badly needed.”
