Real Estate News

Plans are in motion for a new Comfort Inn & Suites Hotel in the Bowmanville Auto Mall.

A site plan approval has been made for a 3,605.4 m²,  four storey Comfort Inn & Suites Hotel with 72 suites and ground level parking.  The proposed hotel will include a pool and a patio area. This site is currently vacant. Construction is expected to commence later this winter and to open for business next fall.

There will be 10 full-time and 8 part-time jobs created.

The address for the new Comfort Inn & Suites Hotel will be:

5 Spicer Square, Bowmanville

Marking the 50 year anniversary of the first planting of apple trees at Archibald Orchards & Estate Winery in Clarington. This fourth-generation family farm has been an important part of Clarington’s history. Originally established in 1967 as a wholesale operation, Fred & Sandy Archibald have developed the family farm into several components, serving the tastes and interests of not only local residents but fans of wines and ciders within Ontario.

As decided upon by the Region of Durham and Municipality of Clarington, Courtice will be receiving updates to its current services for effective internet, sewer, water and transportation networks including the addition of the future Courtice GO Train Station. What this means to the residents of Courtice is an improvement in your service offerings and the extent of services provided in the are

The Clarington Board of Trade & Office of Economic Development (CBOT)
held a discussion about the Cannabis Industry invited post-secondary institutions,
University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Durham College, Municipality
of Clarington and established as well as soon to be established medical cannabis
Licensed Producers in Clarington to discuss the industry. The discussion surrounded
understanding industry needs, their challenges, bridging resources and building partnerships.
Two of the largest challenges in the cannabis industry is stigma and sourcing
skills. CBOT continues to support sector development, ensuring they have the
tools to help achieve their goals and raise awareness of their successes and
challenges. Currently there are three established, licensed cannabis facilities in
Clarington: Canopy Growth Corporation, Starseed, and MediWanna and four
more involved in various stages of development such as MedGreen Biologicals
and 3D CANA.

It has been announced on January 29, 2018, that the Bowmanville Hospital will be expanding to handle the growing population within Bowmanville and surrounding areas. The approval by the Government of Ontario’s for the new expansion will include the construction of a new hospital wing, doubling the size of beds to be able to accommodate more of the growing number of patients.  In combination with the new development, Lakeridge Health is also planning on expanding and enhancing the environment for other programs and services. The new wing will hold a new Emergency Department, new surgical services, Critical Care Unit, Impatient Units and Diagnostic Imaging. The construction of this expansion is set to begin in the next two years and the cost of this construction will cost approximately $300 million.

A new 16,700 square foot 2 storey multi-tenant commercial building has been submitted to the Municipality of Clarington. The proposed site of the new building is to be located on the corner lot, immediately south of the Dairy Queen and across the road from the new Comfort Inn at the entrance to Spicer Square.

This 2 storey building will include 4 restaurants including a much awaited Starbucks. The building will have an outdoor patio plus on the 2nd floor will be available office space.

As you may have noticed while driving on Highway 401 or on Bennett Road that construction is currently underway for the stage two extension of Lake Road in the South Bowmanville Industrial Park.

In December 2014, stage one began with a 416 metre extension to Lambs Road which has since then be opened. This extension has created a much needed second entrance/exit to the Industrial Park, also promoting traffic safety and accessibility to lands for development.

With Stage two currently underway, stage two will consist of a 440 metre extension east to the property line. This project was motivated by new developments to the area, such as 3D CANA, a medical cannabis Licensed Producer under Health Canada who is constructing a facility.

Once completed, stage three will begin construction of the final stage (three) 420 metre road extension connecting to Bennett Road which is expected to start later this year.

                           Exciting News!!!

4 new Go train stations have been recently announced by Metrolinx that will be in construction in 2019 in Oshawa and Clarington. The first step of the construction of the additions is to construct a new bridge over Highway 401 in Oshawa, to make accommodations for the 4 new stations there will have to be an additional 20 km of track added to the existing track.  The two new commuter Go bus park and ride lots in Courtice and Oshawa will begin construction during this summer.

To accommodate these future Go train stations, Go transit has made plans to extend its service on Route 91, which currently travels from Newcastle to Oshawa, to include the additional stops at the Courtice and Ritson Park and Ride lots. Plans also include to build a 109 parking space lot at the Courtice Park and Ride lot, which is planned to open during the time period of the end of 2018 to the beginning of 2019. This new parking lot will be located west of Courtice Road and north of Baseline Road.

Highway 407’s East Extension is well underway with a scheduled opening date late in 2019. This extension will be opening up the 407 Route from Oshawa to Clarington.  Another extension is in construction as well in the east end adding an additional 22 km to the 35/115 as well.

This extensions will be a strengthening of the highway structure and will be better able to accommodate the growing population of the Durham Region, specifically in its east end. This new 407 extension will include 8 new interchanges. Hopes for the extension are to provide relief to the east end’s busy 401 highway that currently is overcrowded.