New Southdale public housing project nearing completion [Video]

In less than a year, about 150 people will move into a brand-new six-storey building on Southdale Road, the first major upgrade to public housing in decades. 

The 53-unit building is in the final stages of being finished, with drywall up in many units and bathrooms roughed in. Windows have been installed and spaces that will house a community kitchen, event space and laundry rooms designated. 

“Seeing it come together in a blue print is one thing, but walking the space and knowing that in the next six to eight months people will be living here, it’s awesome,” said Paul Chisholm, the CEO of London Middlesex Community Housing (LMCH), which broke ground on the project last year. 

The ambitious construction project is Phase 1 of a three-phase redevelopment of the site, dubbed Reimagine Southdale. The new building will have one, two, three and four-bedroom units, some that are rent-geared-to-income and …