ESTEVAN - Excavation is underway behind Canadian Tire in Estevan.
Equipment has been working at the lot that is a part of the Estevan Market Mall property for several days this week.
Martin Blair, managing director of First Aberdeen Properties Ltd., which owns the Estevan Market Mall, said they decided to move forward with developing that lot.
"Early on we identified this land as ‘very under-utilized’ for the mall and the city in general," Blair said in his email to the Mercury.
"The decision was made to separate (subdivide) a piece of the land for sale/divestment, with hopes it will attract a future use beneficial to the mall and the city. Future uses will likely be some form of residential/multi-residential/assisted living use."
He went on to explain that part of the conditions of the subdivision required the existing storm pond to be expanded and operationally improved.
This expansion work is currently underway on site.
Blair added that for him and his team, it's been an extremely busy year, but they are making a lot of progress both at the Estevan Market Mall and their other locations.
Among many other changes and improvements, they added some landscaping around the bike service station that was installed last year on the south side of the mall. Blair noted it's been well-received and saw some good use throughout the summer.
Future editions of the Mercury will have more about the progress accomplished, underway and planned at the Estevan Market Mall.
