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Own A Piece of History: Sale of Heritage Buildings
Commercial Focus Advisory Services (CFAS), on behalf of the Ministry of Transportation (MTO), is pleased to offer a limited number of heritage buildings for sale, located in Durham Region. To view properties click here!>> more...
Pickering Greyfield Redevelopment: A Fresh Approach to Investment
A number of articles on greyfield redevelopment in recent editions of this magazine have focused on the factors that contribute to the demise of once-prosperous malls and the redevelopment options available to the owners. Our firm, Commercial Focus Advisory Services, has worked on a number of such redevelopment projects, where underused greyfield sites have been successfully redeveloped. This article looks at the example of an ailing commercial plaza in Pickering.>> more...
Village of Essa Woods - Land Use Planning Report
Commercial Focus Advisory Services was retained by the land owners of the subject lands to advise on the implications of Bill 196 of the Province of Ontario; Make representation to the City of Barrie to "Grandfather the subject lands vis a vis the employment lands designation; Evaluate the implications of the City of Barrie Intensification Study; and, as of November 2009, Represent the land owners as planners of record in their effort to advance the subject application know as the Village of Essa Woods for Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw amendments, plan of subdivision and associated plans of Condominium and Site Plan Approvals.>> more...2055 Brock Road: Residents of the City of Pickering
Development of a new first class neighborhood facility in the City of Pickering, 2055 Brock Road.>> more...Proposed new chapter for the Conservation Authorities Policies and Procedures Manual
The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) and the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure (MEI) has just released a proposed new chapter for the Conservation Authorities Policies and Procedures Manual entitled: "Policies and Procedures for Conservation Authority Plan Review and Permitting Activities".>> more...City of Barrie-New Conversion Policy on Employment Lands
According to a recent proposal brought before the City of Barrie Council by the Planning Department, all applications for the conversion of employment lands to non-employment uses, including residential, commercial, or retail, within the City's boundaries should be considered premature and held in abeyance until a municipal comprehensive review is undertaken. This policy initiative will have significant implications for land owners and investors in the City of Barrie.>> more...Significant Decreases in Bowmanville and Oshawa Lot Prices in the past 24 months!
Commercial Focus Advisory Services tracks lot prices on a front foot basis of the municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area. We have mapped the price increases from November 2006 to November 2008, which represents a 24 month time segment.>> more...Representative Projects
Retained to provide strategic planning services for various land owners adjacent to the Georgetown GO station.
Commercial Focus Advisory Services has been retained to provide strategic planning services for various land owners adjacent to the Georgetown GO station. The proposed redevelopment is within the Georgetown Go Station Land Use Study being prepared by the Town of Halton Hills. The vision is for the area to provide opportunities for redevelopment and intensification while ensuring the character of the existing well established residential area adjacent. The following graphic (Map 3) illustrates the constraints and opportunities surrounding the subject site. The following concepts outline the preferred Alternative plans prepared by the municipality (fig. 1 and fig . 4)
Download our planning justification report which examines the rationale of the redevelopment concept proposed for the site, and proposes Transit Oriented Redevelopment of the subject site. The municipality has been provided with a power point presentation on the key criteria for Transit Oriented Redevelopment. Download the full Town of Halton Hills Georgetown Go Station Land Use Study preferred Alternative Report released March , 2009.>> more...
New Barrie Arena
A Toronto developer is hoping to build a new recreation centre in Barrie, but some hurdles need to be cleared at City Hall. The plan is to build a 77,000 square foot facility at the southwest corner of Tiffin Street and Ferndale Drive. However, the area is zoned industrial and a change in designation would need to be made to allow the centre to proceed. The group will be putting a proposal to the city's Committee of Adjustment in the coming weeks.
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