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. 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