Construction controversy sparked by health region

A new apartment building in Prince Albert might be comprised solely of prefabricated modular units, a health region request for proposal has revealed.

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The Victoria Hospital property is poised to have a three-storey, 22-unit apartment building built at its north end, with the health region anticipating an autumn, 2015, grand opening.

The Prince Albert Parkland Health Region wants construction of the three-storey, 22-unit apartment building north of Victoria Hospital to wrap up by autumn.

The building is intended to house health professionals who previously found lodging at the recently sold Pineview Terrace Lodge property, at 701 13th St. W.

Whether the building is made up of modular units will be up for debate at the board of directors Feb. 25 board meeting, vice president of operations John Piggott explained.

Were a ways from making any decision yet, Piggott added, noting that the region is interested in finding anything thats a good product and a good price and is delivered on a timely basis.

This is just basically one of the ways that were checking out whats available and what are the costs, he added.

In the days leading up to their Feb. 25 decision, Mayor Greg Dionne said that he hopes to encourage health region directors to go with a more traditional build.

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