A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 15, 1995

New home build
price nudges
$200,000 mark

THE AVERAGE new house con- home was smaller fast year than
structed last year was a single- in "93 — down nearly 200 sq.ft.
family dwelling on the Bench at 1,710 sq.ft. — the cost of con-

with a market value of $191,000, Struction was virtually unchanged
That profile comes from a at $134,500. However, the cost of

report by senior building in- the lot it was built on went to
spector Paul Gipps. $34,000 from $27,100.

A summary of all constriction Gipps said the average selling
in the city in 1994, the report price of $191,000 was based on
shows 85 single family homes sales occurring in two popular
were built during the year. subdivisions, one in the Horse-

Of those, 35 were speculative shoe, the other on the Bench,
builds —- no confirmed buyer al Although it’s early in the year
the time construction began. yet, he was confident Terrace

That’s taken as an indication of | would experience another growth
the strength of the housing year in the residential sector.
market here, In particular, he expected a

The Bench saw the most con- surge in small, multi-family
struction with 58 homes, a couple dwellings such as duplexes and
more than the previous year, fourplexes based on the number
Horseshoe construction continued of enquiries his office lad fielded
fo tail off, down ta 10 houses about zoning and construction
from a high of 28 in 1992. regulations for such projects.

However, Gipps emphasized, | Gipps thought it unlikely the
that decline reflected how few city would see any large scale
lots were now available in that apartment style developments.
part of town, and their cost. Overall, be expected the total

“T’s still a very, very popular Value of construction in 1995 to
area,’ he added, be on a par with the past three
years. Last year’s total was just
short of $22 million and a record
of $23.8 million was set in 1992.

In another sign of strength of
the local economy, the city issued
1,220 business licences last year.

Gipps said the city issued
licences to approximately 150
new businesses each year. Al-
though many did not renew the
following year, there has been an
average annual net growth of 4+
45 licences over. the past four
years,

The Bench lead the way
with 58 homes constructed
there tn 1994.

Housing starts on the south side
hit 17 last year, more than double
1993 and the highest figure in the
past five years.

Although the average new

IT'S IN the form of a model for now but Alois Schillinger

soon wants to put his Ideas to stimulate fish into action,

Fish help plan

TF A local fish expert has his
way, an area creek will be a
test site for a new project.

Alois Schillinger has long
believed that one cause of low
fish populations is damage to
the food chain.

His plan is to encourage and
stimulate the growth of
vegetation on creck beds.

“Food chain restoration is
very important,” said Schil-
linger.

‘IVs for all fish species —
whatever goes up the creek.
Especially in their developing
slage, up to juvenile size.”’

Healthy vegetation stimu-
jates various tiny water bore
creatures and insects which
make up food for fish.

Schillinger wanls moncy
under Forest Renewal B.C,’s

watershed
gram.

Forest Renewal is a new
creation of the provincial
government, charged with
spending, $400 million a year
on ways to improve the health
of the province’s forest.

Its watershed restoration
program provides money for

restoration pro-

study and work on streams af- ~

fected by past logging.

Schillinger has conducted
various tests over the years on
vegetation stimulation.

One of those was conducted
at the Eby St. hatchery,

"It is scientifically proven
now that this can work,’’ said
Schillinger of his plan.

He’s already lined up sup-
part letters from local govern-
ments and organizations.

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