Parade of Homes

FALL 2023 PARADE of HOMES 13 Whether you're a newcomer to Winnipeg or you've lived here your whole life, Ladco commu- nities offer a range of appealing housing options. Its latest developments are Highland Pointe in the northern part of the city and Prairie Pointe in the south. "A driving force with new-home communities or new-home develop- ment is immigration," says Michael Carruthers, Ladco's manager of land development. "We do see that there's lots of em- ployment opportunities in Winnipeg. Immigration, certainly in the medium term, is going to be fairly strong, so this translates to strong and varied ethnic communities in our developments." Since it launched in 2021, Highland Pointe has been bustling with activity. "We're entering into our second stage of house building and we're servicing Phase 3," Carruthers says. "Phase 2 includes 317 single-family, duplex and townhome lots. We've developed a park with a play structure and a picnic shelter. It's pretty new, but it's a busy place. There's lots of activity out there." Highland Pointe is conveniently located close to the Seven Oaks Hos- pital, the Wellness Institute, an indoor soccer complex on Leila Avenue, Kildonan Park and Kildonan Park Golf Course, as well as a number of shop- ping malls. Likewise, Prairie Pointe in Waverley West has also been active since it launched in 2015. "We're about halfway through Prairie Pointe. We're servicing Stage 7," he says. "It's a large community, about 640 acres and about 3,000 lots. It will be a big community when it's done." Both communities offer a variety of homes to fit different budgets. "We try to provide a mixture of housing, so we have single-family lots that back onto parks and lakes that are higher-end amenity homes," Carruthers says. "We also have standard single-fam- ily front drives. We're bringing on townhomes, duplexes and smaller single-family lots also. So there is quite a variety of housing in both of our communities, from townhomes to amenity single-family lots with homes on the lake and everything in between. We're trying to be inclusive and provide a variety." Some multi-family developments are also being planned with an apart- ment complex underway in Highland Pointe next year, he adds. For Carruthers, who has been with the privately owned company for going on 18 years, it's satisfying to see the projects progress from beginning to end. "The best thing I like about this is that you get to see things from start to fin- ish. It takes a long time for a community to go from planning to completion. I re- ally enjoy the process from the assem- bly of the land, through the planning and approval processes, followed by servicing and the final output of house construction," he says. "It's a long process but, with this job, I get to watch it all go through." Visit www.ladco.mb.ca to learn more. C O M M U N I T I E S Options For Everybody L A D C O O F F E R S BY JIM BENDER L A D C O C O M M U N I T I E S B OT H C O M M U N I T I ES O F F E R A VA R I ET Y O F H O M ES TO F I T D I F F E R E N T B U D G ETS. P RA I R I E P O I N T E H I G H L A N D P O I N T E

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