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The city may have been the victor in a development tug of war with its rural neighbours, but Rocky View County’s reeve says a green light for a massive shopping power centre is a win for his municipality.

In late December, the municipal government board ruled in favour of a majority of the City of Calgary’s objections to Rocky View’s Omni area structure plan, a vast 517-hectare swath of land on the city’s eastern limits, south of Country Hills Boulevard and east of Stoney Trail.

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However, the panel said despite agreeing that the majority of the development plan could have a “detrimental impact” on the city given the planning area’s scale, the heart of the project, a 75-hectare, $300-million shopping and commercial centre proposed by Genesis Land Development Corp. at 84th Street N.E. and a future extension of Airport Trail will be allowed to move forward.

“Considering the approval of the Omni ASP and the advanced state of Genesis’ planning for the Omni Project, further delays would unnecessarily affect the landowner’s interest in proceeding with its development,” read the ruling.