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carylnate20-76
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yoshirocks702
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I wonder where I've seen this design before? oh yea at pat bayly square in ajax and casa in etobicoke. haha they just keep copying their old designs.
egotrippin
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Nothing gets the UT juices flowing like news from Oshawa. Looks like there's finally some movement at 135 Bruce, previously home to the Oshawa Fittings Factory but since vacant for 37 years.
https://durham.insauga.com/development-finally-arriving-at-downtown-oshawa-site-vacant-for-37-years/
From the article: "Tito-Dante Marimpietri, who chairs Oshawa’s Economic & Development Services Committee, said the project is “quite advanced” through the planning process."
Also touched on in the article is Oshawa's role in manufacturing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, becoming known as the Manchester of Canada. It's a shame so much of the city's heritage met the wrecking ball, but alas that's what happens to post-industrial cities.
A look at the site in its heyday:
https://durham.insauga.com/development-finally-arriving-at-downtown-oshawa-site-vacant-for-37-years/
From the article: "Tito-Dante Marimpietri, who chairs Oshawa’s Economic & Development Services Committee, said the project is “quite advanced” through the planning process."
Also touched on in the article is Oshawa's role in manufacturing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, becoming known as the Manchester of Canada. It's a shame so much of the city's heritage met the wrecking ball, but alas that's what happens to post-industrial cities.
A look at the site in its heyday:
A_Faulty5
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Market conditions, labour shortages cited as major downtown Oshawa development delayed - INdurham | Local Online News
A major high-rise development at the south-east edge of Oshawa’s downtown might take a couple of years longer than anticipated to come to fruition. The pouring of the foundation – marking the beginning of construction – is now expected to be complete by September 30, 2026 on the Medallion...
durham.insauga.com
cranehunter123
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The pouring of the foundation – marking the beginning of construction – is now expected to be complete by September 30, 2026 on the Medallion project on the south side of Bruce Street (across the street from the Tribute Communities Centre) instead of the original date of 23 months earlier on October 31 of this year.
Medallion wants to build two rental towers in the first phase – one 22 storeys and the other ten, with both connected via a three-storey podium – at 135 Bruce Street, the site of the former Fittings Factory. The total number of units is expected to be more than 500.
The delay could cost the company a lot of money in increased assessment grants, which have conditions attached to construction starts, and the company asked Oshawa Council for an extension, citing “market conditions and uncertainty, labour shortages and general construction delays” as the reasons for the delays
Not sure if theres been any activity here, but they are going to have to start soon I imagine to meet this timeline.
Medallion wants to build two rental towers in the first phase – one 22 storeys and the other ten, with both connected via a three-storey podium – at 135 Bruce Street, the site of the former Fittings Factory. The total number of units is expected to be more than 500.
The delay could cost the company a lot of money in increased assessment grants, which have conditions attached to construction starts, and the company asked Oshawa Council for an extension, citing “market conditions and uncertainty, labour shortages and general construction delays” as the reasons for the delays
City staff have been working with Medallion over the past 18 months to finalize the deal and was “agreeable” to the extension, which will now commit the developer to having the foundation finished by the end of September in 2026 and the project ready for occupancy by December 31, 2028.Not sure if theres been any activity here, but they are going to have to start soon I imagine to meet this timeline.
Oshawan88
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City council issued the initial permits on Feb 27, and the site is already active with land clearing underway.
Project is supposedly still on schedule with the foundation completed by fall and occupancy by Dec 31, 2028.
Project is supposedly still on schedule with the foundation completed by fall and occupancy by Dec 31, 2028.