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City of Oshawa Donates Land for Expansion of Trent University Durham – GTA

OSHAWA – Oshawa City Council has approved the donation of 1.8 acres of land to Trent University Durham – Greater Toronto Area, enabling the University to proceed with its plans to expand its Oshawa campus and programs offered in Oshawa.

The parcel of land is located at the north-end of 99 Thornton Road South (Civic Recreation Complex), adjacent to the Trent University Durham – GTA campus at 55 Thornton Road South.

The expansion project will build on Trent’s more than 40-year history in Oshawa and will result in more students gaining access to a postsecondary education and the delivery of a growing range of degree programs. This development will help more students to experience Trent’s transformational learning experience which prepares them for successful careers.

Trent University Durham – GTA welcomes over 1,000 students each academic year, supported by approximately 75 faculty members in addition to University staff, and contributes greatly to the local economy. Trent’s Oshawa campus has the capacity to serve 1,200 students and, due to major increases in enrollment predicted for this fall, the University expects to reach this number by 2019, perhaps sooner.

“City Council is pleased to support Trent University Durham – GTA in building upon and expanding its 40-years of granting degrees in Oshawa. The University generates approximately $47 million annually in economic activity to Oshawa and Durham Region,” said Councillor John Aker, Chair of the Development Services Committee. “Students in Oshawa and Durham Region will now have more choice and opportunity to attend university.”

Expansion plans for Trent University Durham – GTA include two new buildings. The first building will have academic space on the first floor with residence space on the upper floors, in a living-learning model that creates a supportive community for student success. The second building will be an academic building that fronts onto Thornton Road South framing a central green courtyard.

“I am delighted thatOshawa City Council has approved the donation of 1.8 acres of land to Trent University Durham – GTA on Thornton Road to accommodate growth at the current Oshawa location,” said Dr. Leo Groarke, President and Vice-Chancellor of Trent University. “With first-year student increases averaging 25 percent annually the current facility will soon be at capacity. We are excited to plan for new academic and residential space to accommodate student demand in the Eastern GTA for September 2019.”

The 1.8-acre parcel of land, which has been declared surplus by the City, has an estimated market value of $1.44 million. The donation implements the Oshawa Strategic Plan by supporting the growth of our post-secondary institutions.

The transfer of land will take place once the University’s expansion receives site plan approval from the City and the City is in the position to issue a building permit for the first building of the proposed development.

Trent University has had a presence in Oshawa for more than four decades. In 2009, Trent University acquired the former St. Michael’s Catholic Elementary School and invested $12 million to transform the site into an Oshawa campus. The Oshawa campus welcomed its first students in fall 2010.

For more information on Trent University Durham – GTA, visit www.trentu.ca/durham.

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yes, I guess. Three new buildings have just finished in the Oshawa downtown area, one is a seniors retirement home north of downtown, a new hotel, and a new rental apartment building marketed towards young professionals. The next phase of the new rental building is supposed to start soon, too. The development front is moving slowly, though I'm not so sure about the retail scene.
 
Media Release
The Corporation of the City of Oshawa
For Immediate Release
August 4, 2017

Oshawa’s construction boom is unwavering – four new building records set!

OSHAWA – The City of Oshawa made history in July 2017 setting four new building records. Oshawa issued a staggering 626 total permits and approximately $145 million in total construction value in one month.

The four new building records are:

■Highest Number of Permits issued in any month

(626 permits surpassed the highest record set in July 2010 by 271 permits)

■Highest Residential Value issued in any month

(Nearly $130 million which surpassed the highest monthly residential record set in December 2016 by $3.7 million)

■Highest Number of Townhouses issued in one month

(438 units surpassed the highest monthly record for townhouses set in March 1976 by 262 units)

■Highest Total Construction value for July

($145 million surpassed the highest July record set in 2015 by $30 million)

■2nd Highest Number of Total dwellings issued in one month

(July’s 555 dwellings were second highest next to March 1976’s record of 824)

In addition, in July 2017, Oshawa issued permits for $8.2 million in Commercial construction, $3.7 million in Governmental/Institutional construction and $3.1 million in Industrial construction. An additional 928 square meters of commercial floor space and 137 square meters of industrial floor space were approved.

“Oshawa has it all – universities, college, hospital, entertainment centre, airport, harbour, hotels, shopping centres and lots of developable land,” said Councillor John Aker, Chair of the Development Services Committee. “This substantiates the recent Conference Board of Canada’s report that our great City is expected to have one of the fastest growing economies for medium sized cities.”

There were 555 new residential units approved consisting of 438 townhouses, 73 single-detached dwellings, 16 semi-detached dwellings, 18 apartment units and 10 accessory dwelling units.

In the first seven months of 2017, the City of Oshawa has already surpassed last year’s totals for residential and industrial construction value and is only $24 million away from surpassing last year’s total construction value issued by the City.

“After the exceptional effort by our Plans Examiners and administration staff to issue this record volume, the workload now turns to our Building Inspectors to ensure that all of this construction is properly completed,” said Mike Leonard, Oshawa’s Chief Building Official.

Oshawa has kept monthly building records since 1965, while yearly records date back to 1963. For more information on Building Permits & Inspection Services, visit www.oshawa.ca/permits.
 

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