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A4 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday August 15 , 2001 Uptown Core ready to begin `Main Street' commercial-retail development By A ngela B lackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF So far the Uptown Core may seem like a big pond surrounded by Wellspring House, Wal-Mart and a few fancy light posts. Not for long. The signs are already up as realtor Royal LePage and developer The Metrontario Group go shopping for peo ple to move into what will be the first retail/commercial building to be built in the Uptown Core. It will be on the comer of Taunton Road and Oak Park Boulevard -- what's to be the future main street of the new uptown. The four-storey building will boast First building ready for occupancy next year ground floor retail and upper storey offices and will open for business in 2002. However, the Uptown Core itself won't be complete for another 20 to 30 years. The Uptown Core will be a "work ing, shopping, living, playing environ ment," said Marc Danko, of Royal LePage, which is marketing the new building for Metrontario. That's what the community is being marketed as, too -- just look for the bill boards as you drive along Dundas Street. It's been dubbed an urban village. And age won't matter in the Uptown Core because not only will the area offer a mix of housing and employment, it will also be home to Halton Region's new 228-bed, long-term care facility for seniors that is slated to open in late 2003. The seniors' home will be built in the area bounded by Sawgrass Drive, Parkhaven Boulevard, Oak Park Boulevard and Georgian Drive. It will feature a hair salon and restaurant that will also be open to the public. On Oak Park Boulevard, Danko envisions an eventual main street that resembles the town's downtown areas with ground floor retail and upper storey offices. The Metrontario Group has been developing in Oakville since the 1950s. Currently, it's developing all the land from Trafalgar Road to Sixth Line and from Glenashton Drive north to Dundas Street. "What makes this a bit unique is the intention to build a mixed uses main street and this is what we're hoping will be the first building," said Metrontario general manager of development Paul Mondell. The symbolic first building is on the main street that will serve as a transition between the nearby big box retailers and the ever-expanding residential neigh bourhood. It will also house shops that will serve the residential neighbourhood. "We've got close to 500 families who are anxiously awaiting the day when they can walk up for a coffee or their dry-cleaning or to shop," said Mondell. Everything in Oak Park is designed to be about a five-minute walk, he said. "It's a planned community with increased high density residences in addition to standard residential," said Royal LePage's Mark Pretty. Mondell said the Uptown Core calls for 4,500 residential units, 1 million sq. ft. of retail and several million sq. ft. of offices. Rear lanes and detailed, street-front housing designs lend the area to having what Mondell describes as a "pedestri an-friendly streetscape." However, Mondell admitted, "The community has to mature before we start doing a lot of this." Meanwhile, a major feature of the Uptown Core is the majestic Wellspring cancer support centre and ponds in the 35-acre Central Park. A war memorial Dr. Kruno Tovilo Certified Specialist in Orthodontics for Children and Adults PRIVATE PRACTICE ORTHODONTICS will be erected there, said Mondell, not ing a town square will also be built to the west of Wal-Mart. It has taken the Uptown Core 15 years to get all the approvals from the Town of Oakville. And, while Metrontario has been developing housing within Oak P ark,. it's now preparing to focus on the rest of the Uptown Core. "The leasing is starting. The site work is already being done and we've got the site plans," said Danko of the first retail/commercial building. The building will offer retail loca tions from 1,500 to 20,000 sq. ft. in size. Office space can be leased for as small an area as 1,000 sq. ft. to as large as 60,000 sq. ft. The mix of big box retailers and storefront retail is following, albeit lag ging behind, trends in the United States that have veered away from indoor shopping malls which, Mondell said, are a "phenomenon of the '70s and '80s." Instead, the Uptown Core envisages, "a fully integrated community including freehold and condominium residential developments clustered around a com mercial and institutional core, highlight ed by a mixed use main street and com plemented by office uses and a large urban park." 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Oakville, ON 7330 Goreway Dr. Malton, ON 180 Sandalwood Parkway, Brampton, ON QUOTATION NUMBER: 905-849-7222 905-677-5337 905-846-9755 A C R O S S F R O M L A N S IN G B U IL D A L L F R O M A U G U S T 15 to 19, y o u ' l l b e Not all the building activity in River Oaks is geared towards Oak Park subdi vision and Uptown Core area. The Building Box home improve ment superstore is on deck for the comer of Trafalgar Road and Glenashton Drive. If all goes well through Town of Oakville approvals within the next few months, the proposal would see a 10,97 l-sq.-metre store built with park ing for 591 cars. Meanwhile, the comer of Trafalgar Road and Oak Park Boulevard (the for mer Oakville Hydro facility), looks like it will be home to a new Daimler Chrysler car dealership and service facility. The dealership, also up for a public hearing over the summer, is for a 1,648sq.-metre facility with parking for 291. Just west of Trafalgar Road, on Georgian Avenue, between Parkhaven Boulevard and Sawgrass Drive, Halton Region is proceeding with its 228-bed long-term care facility for senior citi zens, as well as an 80-90-child day care centre. Construction should start in spring 2002 with residents moving in late 2003. Some 37 new residences should also soon be under construction in the Harman Gate/River Glen subdivision. And, in Oak Park, east of Sawgrass Road, Tribute Homes will be building 36 new homes this fall between Sawgrass Road and the Town's public works yard on Trafalgar Road. And, that Public Works facility, as well as the Town's Parks & Recreation buildings on nearby Trafalgar Road are relocating to their new facilities on Wyecroft Road (behind the new firehall). .SEALED QUOTATIONS on forms provided will he received by the Purchasing Depart ment, 1225 Trafalgar Road. Oakville. Ontario. L6J 5A6, until 12:00 noon, local time on MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2001 Specifications, quotation forms and quotation envelopes may be obtained from the Town of Oakville Purchasing Department. 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, Ontario L6J 5A6; Telephone (905) 338-4197. The Town of Oakville reserves the right to reject any or all quotations and the highest or lowest as the case may be will not necessarily be accepted. R.J. Coumoyer, C.I.M., P.Mgr. Director. Purchasing and Office Services CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC MEETING Official Plan Amendment 198 Town of Oakville Land North of Dundas Street File: 42.14.198 Please be advised that the public meeting regarding the Town-initiated Official Plan Amendment 198 has been scheduled to continue for the purpose of obtaining further public, input. The subject Official Plan Amendment applies to all the land within the Town boundary. The Official Plan Amendment proposes to: incorporate those lands north of Dundas Street into the Town of Oakville's urban area as identified within Regional Official Plan Number 8. establish the conditions for the development of the lands north of Dundas Street; and redefine the Town's municipal structure to reflect this change including revisions to the plan concept, goal and objectives, planning period and planning population and employment levels. The public meeting will continue on: September 11, 2001, 7:30 PM, Council Chambers, Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville; and on: September 12, 2001, 7:30 PM, Council Chambers, Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, if necessary. Any individuals wishing to attend the meeting and speak to this matter are invited to do so. If a person or public body that files a notice of appeal of a decision in respect of the proposed official plan amendment to the Ontario Municipal Board docs not make oral submissions at a public meeting or docs not make written submissions before the proposed official plan amendment is adopted, then the Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss all or part of the appeal without holding a hearing. If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed official plan amendment, you must make a written request to the undersigned at the Town's Planning Services Department, Town of Oakville, P.O. Box 310, 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON. L6J 5A6. Tel: 845-6601, E x t 3025, email address: lgough@town.oakville.on.ca or to Robert Thun, Planner, Hxt. 3029, e-mail address: rthun@town.oakville.on.ca. You may also direct any other written submissions and/or questions to either person. Dated at the Town of Oakville this 15th day of August 2001. Lynne Gough, Manager, I.ong Range Planning Section, Planning Services Department c o m p l e t e l y Monte Kwinter speaks to Liberals F o r m e r Ontario Liberal government cabi net minister and current York Centre MPP M onte Kwinter will be guest speaker at a breakfast seminar sponsored by the O a k v i l l e Provincial L i b e r a l Association tomorrow. The event, is being held at Quality Hotel and Suites and begins with breakfast at 7 a.m. followed by K w inter's remarks on eco nomic develop ment in Ontario at 8 a.m. Tickets are $25 and are avail able by calling 827-5286 or by v i s i t i n g www.oakvilleliberal.com Kwinter held various portfolios under the former Liberal govern ment of David Peterson. 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