A local developer is eyeing a massive new 600-acre development along Fort St. John’s West Bypass that could one day see up to 6,000 new homes and 15,000 residents.
The XJ Evergreen Estates Corp. is looking to build the master-planned neighbourhood. It has begun the process of applying for an amendment to the city’s official community plan to define the land uses within the property.
The development, dubbed Parkwood Properties, encompasses five parcels of land totalling 608 acres, brought into city boundaries in 2014.
Dan Wuthrich, a co-owner of the company, says two of the land parcels have been in and out of his family for several years.
“As the city develops, we thought we had an opportunity to build a legacy project with the largest green space in Fort St. John,” Wuthrich said at a recent open house for the development.
Wuthrich and his partners have enlisted Jim Radford as their development manager to help guide the development through its early stages.
“This is two-thirds of the size of Fort St. John,” Radford said, of what would be the biggest residential development in the city’s history.
Ken Rogers, the city’s development director, expects a public hearing on the development to be held in May.
