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Costco development continues to move forward in Orillia
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:00 AM
City council has paved the way for a developer to bring Costco to Orillia. Charter Construction and Mark Rich Homes received rezoning approval for a portion of the property at 600 Harvie Settlement Road.
The proposal is subject to a holding condition, meaning the developer must satisfy a range of conditions before garnering final approval, according to planning director Ian Sugden.
“Servicing, traffic issues, site plan – a whole bunch of different things,” Sugden said.
“It means they now know they...
City finds a buyer for lot in Drinkwater Park
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 06:00 AM
A city-owned plot of land in the Drinkwater Industrial Park could soon be sold.
The city has received an offer of purchase.
“It’s a small industrial park developed in the ’70s,” said Ian Sugden, the city’s director of planning and development. “There’s a few remaining parcels up there that have never been sold.”
The industrial park is located on Brammer Drive.
At Monday’s council meeting, city staff were directed to complete the transaction to sell one of the lots, which is 1.568 acres. The offer...
City looks to purchase plaza for viewscape development
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 05:30 AM
Orillia Packet and Times
Orillia council is looking to purchase a downtown property that houses the Metro grocery store and adjoining plaza.
In a 5-4 vote during Monday’s meeting, city council approved submitting an offer to buy 70 Front St. N. to extend Coldwater Street East to Centennial Drive at the Lake Couchiching waterfront. The report was discussed in closed session.
“The main purpose of that is to get the viewscape, Coldwater (Street), opened up to Centennial Drive to allow kind of a vista...
Housing project planned for Mt. Slaven school site
Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 05:00 AM
Orillia Packet and Times
An Orillia affordable-housing developer plans to build about 100 rent-to-own units at the former Mount Slaven Public School site.
“It’s a kind of affordable housing, but it allows young people ... to be able to have the opportunity of buying at zero down payment,” Moe Zadeh, owner of Circoflex Corporation, said Tuesday.
During Monday’s council meeting, city politicians directed staff to negotiate an agreement of purchase and sale with Circoflex Corporation for the sale of...
Council waives landfill fees for storm clean-up
Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2014 08:00 AM
For immediate release (September 9, 2014) – City Council ratified a decision at Monday’s Council meeting to waive landfill fees to accommodate the disposal of tree brush resulting from Friday’s storm.
“Hundreds of trees were damaged as a result of the storm,” said Mayor Angelo Orsi. “While City staff have worked diligently to clear debris and remove hazards, we want to make it just as easy for residents to do the same.”
Fees will be waived at the Waste Diversion Site for storm-related brush only,...
