Developer behind $1B solar community aims to start in three years

The developer behind a proposed $1-billion community powered entirely by rooftop solar panels thinks Saskatoon city hall should make the neighbourhood a priority.
Jeff Drexel, president of Vancouver-based Arbutus Properties, appeared before a city council committee on Tuesday to explain how the merits of the Solair project align with city hall priorities.
The community is being planned for privately owned farmland on the southeast edge of Saskatoon, east of the city’s Rosewood neighbourhoo