Massive development project to bring 6,500 new homes to Tsuut'ina Nation

Karina Zapata · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 12, 2025 8:56 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

Along the borderline of the southwest ringing road, a monolithic caller improvement is successful the works connected Tsuut'ina Nation — and those down the task accidental they anticipation it's a large measurement toward economical prosperity for the nation.

Spanning astir 190 hectares, Taza Park volition bring 6,500 caller homes and much than 1 cardinal quadrate feet of retail and commercialized abstraction to Tsuut'ina Nation, adjacent the Grey Eagle Casino.

It's the archetypal of 3 villages slated for the area, arsenic portion of the larger, ambitious Taza improvement project. 

Behind the task is Taza Development Corporation, a 50-50 concern betwixt Tsuut'ina Nation and existent property improvement firm Canderel.

"When I was increasing up arsenic a teenager, my 2 dreams were to person paved roads and a 7-Eleven I could spell to whenever I wanted," said Bryce Starlight, who grew up connected Tsuut'ina Nation and is present the vice-president of concern improvement with Taza Development Corporation.

"I get to bash that present for the remainder of my community."

The task has been decades successful the making, and Starlight said implicit the years they've engaged with assorted parts of the assemblage — from main and council, to elders, to residents.

He said Taza Park isn't conscionable astir providing entree to amenities for federation members, it's besides astir the federation creating its ain gross and boosting its economy.

"Change is ever difficult. There's ever a batch of antithetic perceptions connected however oregon what the improvement looks like. But astatine the extremity of the day, this is aligned with a longstanding committedness to expanding our economical self-determination done the nation."

In designation of the onshore and its people, Starlight said the developments volition see elements of Tsuut'ina culture, connection and tradition. 

Construction of infrastructure — specified arsenic roadways and utilities — is already underway successful the area, and operation of residential buildings is expected to commencement arsenic aboriginal arsenic June. It was announced Wednesday that Brookfield Residential, Crystal Creek Homes and Homes by Avi were selected arsenic the archetypal 3 residential builders for the project.

The improvement corporation's president James Robertson said helium anticipates Taza Park's archetypal residents — from Tsuut'ina, Calgary and beyond — could statesman moving successful adjacent summer.

"We privation to marque definite that we're creating a lodging terms successful a lodging signifier that responds to the marketplace … we person a assortment of 3 antithetic lodging types that deed antithetic terms points and truly bespeak the needs of antithetic radical and antithetic demographics," said Robertson.

Robertson said Taza Park volition yet see purpose-built rental housing, but helium doesn't expect those units to beryllium implicit until precocious 2026 oregon aboriginal 2027.

He said astatine this point, each the units volition beryllium market-rate homes — though they are reasoning astir affordable housingin the future.

"It's a 15- to 20-year task of tremendous scale. So a batch of these things volition get determined arsenic we determination forward," said Robertson.

Robertson said the improvement volition beryllium built connected leased onshore from Tsuut'ina Nation, and the commercialized and residential spot taxation rates volition beryllium somewhat little than the City of Calgary..