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The baseball stadium’s potential as a redevelopment project for affordable housing isn’t considered a short-term idea, but the working group could reassess properties on the list every two years to see which ones can be bumped up to short-term opportunities.

“It’s a very big site,” Willis said of the stadium property, “with a huge opportunity next to a transit station.”

The stadium has a direct connection to the Tremblay LRT station at the Via Rail station via the Max Keeping footbridge over Highway 417.

Willis said staff consider the baseball stadium as a mid-term possibility for affordable housing, which means it could be available for redevelopment in seven to 15 years.

The area could be ripe for a community design plan because the pedestrian bridge connection to the LRT station will generate development possibilities between the baseball stadium and St. Laurent Boulevard, Willis said.

There has been no recent study done on the future use of the baseball stadium property, Willis said.

The 10,000-seat stadium was constructed in 1993 for $17 million. There are about 16 acres of land between the stadium and surface parking lot.

Over the years, the city has toyed with three options for the stadium property: keep the stadium, expand it as a multi-sport centre or sell it. For one brief moment a local developer was looking at the stadium for professional soccer.

However, the city has been determined to make baseball work.