Neighbourhood Profile
PRAIRIE POINTE
NATURE-INSPIRED PRAIRIE POINTE POISED FOR GROWTH
BY ERIN DEBOOY
With a new school in the works and plenty of park space completed, Prairie Pointe has established itself as the perfect place to raise a family.
P rairie Pointe has grown significantly over the last decade, says Michael Carruthers, manager of land development at Ladco, with completion expected in the next six to eight years. The development boasts more than 630 acres of master-planned space, offering an impressive selec- tion of more than 4,000 homes, 45 acres of multi-family development and 55 acres of parks and green spaces. “We have a mix of single-family, duplex lots, town- homes and other multi-family coming as well. We have a multi-family rental project under construction, and we also have a condo project under construction,” Carruthers says. “We try to appeal to everybody so that you can age in place. It’s great for first-time homebuyers and renters — there are rental opportunities as well as opportu- nities for first-time homebuyers and young families. Our standard houses attract families and sometimes multi-generational families, as well as seniors.” The new school through the Pembina Trails School Division is also under construction and will be a huge benefit to the area. It will offer kindergar- ten to Grade 8, along with child-care space, and is expected to be complete in 2027, Carruthers says. Prairie Pointe also features unique natural land- scapes, including a land drainage system that rep- licates a natural creek and pond system, a series of pathways and active transportation paths, as well as multiple parks. “We just finished a new five-acre park on Firestone Drive. It’s a very nice park with an active recreation field and a play structure with a sheltered seating area,” Carruthers says. “This year we’re start- ing on an eight-acre park as well.” These natural spaces are also created keeping the current landscape in mind, says Sean Gallagher, devel- opment officer with Ladco. “We’re really proud to be saving a row of mature oak trees in our next phase, and those will be incor- porated into our next park,” Gallagher says. “If we’ve got mature trees, we try to preserve them — It adds an interesting natural element to the park space.”
The parks are already being well utilized, which enriches the neighbourhood’s sense of community. “We certainly see all ages in the community right now,” Gallagher says. “We build shade structures in all of our parks. In the warmer months, we see peo- ple using them day and night.” Looking ahead, Carruthers says they’ll also be adding more recreation spaces such as soccer fields and cricket pitches. With such a wide variety of residents that make Prairie Pointe home, Carruthers says they are happy to have some of the best builders in the province building homes in the area, offering diverse options to current and future residents. “For the most part, we let the builders be creative and build what they and what their purchasers want,” he says. “I think that’s one of the things that sets us apart with some of the other developments: we don’t overly regulate the houses that our build- ers build — we let the market direct that.” The show homes are unique in their own way, Gallagher adds. “It’s always a treat to tour them.”
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