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By Noah Korver, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Yukon News A new residential development looks to be on the horizon in Whitehorse. On Monday Oct. 26 city council approved the Highland Estates Master plan, and moved the proposed Highland Estates neighbourhood development one step closer to breaking ground. According to an administrative report tabled to council on Oct. 19, the land parcel for the proposed neighbourhood is located west of the Lobird Mobile Home Park. The parcel is owned by the Lobird Living Corp., a land development and real estate company. Under Lobird\u2019s proposal, the company plans to divide and develop the tract into a new country-residential neighbourhood consisting of 16 residential units that will each sit on at least half an acre of land. The approval has been nearly three… <\/p>\n

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By Noah Korver, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Yukon News A new residential development looks to be on the horizon in Whitehorse. On Monday Oct. 26 city council approved the Highland Estates Master plan, and moved the proposed Highland Estates neighbourhood development one step closer to breaking ground. According to an administrative report tabled to council on Oct. 19, the land parcel for the proposed neighbourhood is located west of the Lobird Mobile Home Park. The parcel is owned by the Lobird Living Corp., a land development and real estate company. Under Lobird\u2019s proposal, the company plans to divide and develop the tract into a new country-residential neighbourhood consisting of 16 residential units that will each sit on at least half an acre of land. The approval has been nearly three... <\/p>\n

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