A new apartment building under construction in Hay River is expected to be ready for occupancy by the fall of 2022.

Ground was broken on the project in the fall of last year.

Laura Ferguson, the property manager with Rowes.ca Realty, said the building is being constructed in response to the shortage of housing in Hay River.

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The new structure on Capital Drive will be a four-storey building.

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All the apartments will feature a balcony and en-suite laundry, and half of the units will have a river view.

Renting of the apartments has not yet started.

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She said the interest so far has been encouraging.

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No name has yet been chosen for the building.

Recently, the construction has been more noticeable in the downtown with the occasional sound of pilings being driven into the ground.

That piling will continue into the first week of May.

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Ferguson said the building will triple the inventory of units that Rowes.ca Realty has in Hay River.

Currently, its largest residential building in the community is a five-unit multiplex.