Council votes to expropriate land for downtown park

Edmonton city council voted to expropriate a parcel of downtown land Friday, ensuring the space will be available for a park planned for the urban core.
The parcel is one of four that the city is buying with $28 million from the downtown community funding levy. The plan is to turn the existing gravel parking lots into a 1.25-hectare neighbourhood park north of Jasper Avenue, on both sides of 107 Street.
Allard Developments owns the parcel that will be expropriated and the company’s pr