Ring road opens new opportunities in Southwest Calgary

The southwest has always been the most sought-after residential quadrant in Calgary. It is replete with family-friendly communities; a rich milieu of cultural, entertainment and recreational amenities; and a scenic, natural beauty with loads of parks to get lost in.

And with the completion of the Stoney Trail/ Tsuut’ina Trail ring road, it opens a lot more opportunities to live in.
The last leg of this more than 100-kilometre freeway opened this year (months ahead of schedule) that now provides easy accessibility to even the furthest communities from the downtown. More new residential developments have opened – or are being launched soon - in the southern periphery of the city that lends a sense of energy and vitality throughout.

This will undoubtedly benefit all the new communities that have come up in the sector, and now unlocks further growth in the wide-open areas of southwestern Calgary.

Living it up in the southwest

The southwest has always been where everyone wanted to buy a home to settle down. Who can blame them? The southwest was one of the earliest residential areas to be developed in the city, so it’s an established, amenity-rich area with all the benefits of urban living as well as plenty of opportunities to enjoy nature’s beauty.

Some of Calgary’s most beloved parks are within this sector – Sandy Beach, Weaselhead Flats, the Glenmore Reservoir and the parks surrounding it, Edworthy Park with Douglas Fir Trail running through it are just a few of the most popular recreational destinations in the southwest.

Communities in the southwest are also that much closer to the Rockies, so a mountain getaway is much easier.
Chinook Mall is of course THE shopping centre at the heart of the southwest, but the Core in the downtown and South Centre Mall further south can give it a run for its money.

The southwest does include much of Calgary’s downtown and it stands to reason that people want to live close to work here. It’s a straight shot down Bow Trail to the downtown from the established residential areas of the southwest, such as West Springs and Aspen Woods.

The new ring road connects to Bow Trail and Glenmore Trail and other vital thoroughfares so the newer communities further south, such as Alpine Park, Vermillion Hill, and Silver Spruce, have become so much more accessible.

High demand

The problem used to be that most of the residential areas in the southwest had long been developed and built out, there’s not much options for buying a new, single-family home to cope with the high demand.

There are so much more choices now. First, the areas west of Macleod Trail in the south opened starting in 2019 with the introduction of a host of new communities including Belmont, Pine Creek, and Sirocco at Pine Creek by Anthem Properties. Followed by Hudson at Creekstone by Highfield Land Management, and Creekstone by Apex Developments.

Then came the areas closer to Spruce Grove like Alpine Park by Dream, and Vermilion Hill by Qualico Communities, and Silver Spruce by Apex. And soon the new community of Creekview by WestCreek Developments will be starting sales as well.

“Cedarglen Homes is proud to be amongst a select few builders chosen to sell in the upcoming southwest community of CreekView by WestCreek Developments,” says Janelle Jalali, Content marketing Specialist at Cedarglen Homes. “We will be selling both laned and paired homes in this community, and sales are anticipated to start in the late summer of 2024.”

Family-friendly homes

Cedarglen Homes has been quite active in the southwest offering their own unique take on the front-drive garage homes in family-friendly communities such as Aspen Woods Estates and West Grove. But their front-drive garage homes in Belmont have been a big part of their success here.

“In the southwest community of Belmont, homeowners can enjoy easy access to both Stoney Trail and Macleod Trail which makes commuting throughout the city a breeze,” says Cedarglen Homes Area Manager, Melissa Norris. “The community includes some impressive, playgrounds and pathway systems that make it a great community for families to call home. In addition, while there are plenty of amenities within a five-minute drive, Belmont will also gain a new school and commercial area in the future.”

Belmont’s playground is one of the best in the city and has won awards and is fondly referred to as “mounds-of-fun” playground, she adds. “In the future, residents will enjoy a short drive to a new City of Calgary recreation centre that will be ideally situated near a future library and high school site.”

Cedarglen’s stunning Champion SSY 24 showhome in Belmont is a showstopper, and soars to new heights as it adds a breath taking third storey loft to our standard Champion model.

“With neutral interior selections, this home is perfect for a growing family as it features a total of five bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms and plenty of common spaces to spread out and relax,” Norris says. Visit the showhome at 17 Belmont Villas SW or go to cedarglenhomes.com for more.