Yukon opens first private seniors’ supportive living community

WHITEHORSE, YUKON — The first private seniors’ living community in the Yukon has officially opened in Whitehorse.

Normandy Living was developed with $34.5 million in federal funding, $25 million in private investments, $4.5 million from the Yukon Housing Corporation, $500,000 in development incentives from the City of Whitehorse and $1.8 million in land and cash equity from KBC Developments Inc., a news release states.

KBC built and will operate the development.

The five-storey building contains 84 suites, housing units for First Nations Elders and affordable units for low-income seniors.

“These projects are critical to helping meet the housing need for people across the housing spectrum and we are so thankful to mark the opening of yet another multi-unit housing project in Whitehorse,” said Whitehorse Mayor Laura Cabott in the release.