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Article content Curtis Olson says he came into 2021 with renewed optimism, hoping his business would emerge from the challenges brought on by the pandemic. Instead, he was slapped with a residential property assessment with a 60 per cent tax increase for one of his Riversdale townhouse projects. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. 'It's pushing people too far': Property owners call on city council to step in over tax hikes Back to video “A 10 per cent property tax (hike) is a big thing to send out, much less 60 per cent,” he said. He started to ...

Article content Some businesses in Saskatoon’s Riversdale area are calling on the city to implement a freeze on property taxes until 2022. Curtis Olson from Shift Developments owns four properties in Riversdale. He crunched the numbers for 37 owner-operator businesses in Riversdale and found an average of 58 per cent increases for those types of properties, he said. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Riversdale businesses call for property tax freeze after 'catastrophic' hikes Back to video “I really, really struggle with looking at a 58 per ce...