Thunder Bay waterfront condos ready for 1st tenants

Starting Tuesday,Thunder Bay residents will be able to live on the city's waterfront for the first time.

Buyers of the new condominiums will start moving into the south tower, which is the first of the two towers at thedevelopment.

Developer ReSolve Group Inc. says all but six units in the two condoshave been sold.

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Next door, the developerhas covered the foundation for the new Delta hotelfor the winter, with the underground parkade nearing completion.

The 150-room, four-star hotel will include a conference centre and 500-seat banquet facility.

ReSolve president Gisele MacDonald says the project is on schedule despite the run of bad weather within the past year.

"The quality of the workmanship and everything on the buildingis extremely good," she said. "With having a really rough winter and a rough spring, it's a little bit of a miracle that we wereable to continue to do what we had promised that we would do."

MacDonald says work on the hotel's superstructure will start in March, weather permitting.

The city is alsomoving ahead with the next phase of its waterfront development master plan:On Thursday evening, the city begins public consultations on the future of the area south of Pearl Street, including improvements to the Festival area.