Calgary film studio land secured

Calgary Economic Development has secured the land it needs for a film studio.

The $22 millionstudio, which will be calledCalgary Film Centre,is set tobe constructed at 57 Street and 76 Avenue S.E., the company wrote in a release Monday afternoon.

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The centre is set to open in fall 2015. The organization haschosen a project manager and an architectural firm.

The site is setto be 8.53 acres with50,000 squarefeetof sound stages.The main tenant and operator of the sound stage will be William F. White International.

For decades the lack of modern facilities has forced major film and TV projectsto rent warehouses in southern Alberta to shoot interior scenes.