Northern Ontario developments! - Page 170

TbayON · #**3381** Posted **Mar 3, 2018, 9:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dakota

Heard that the new jail is a for sure go , to be built out at current site on hwy 61 , no timeline.
The airport work I see has construction going on the south side , you mentioned north side ?

Corrected... it is the south side of the airport.

Yes, jail is for sure a go on Highway 61, but that's basically the extent of what is public knowledge right now. Waiting on the rest of the details.

TbayON · #**3382** Posted **Mar 7, 2018, 4:47 PM**

THUNDER BAY

The former Northern Credit Union location in Westfort on Frederica is being converted into residential units. I have heard there will be 6 units in the building. The building has sat vacant since Northern CU moved to Arthur St. many years ago. Work is already underway.

I'm also hearing that the conversion of the former Grandview Lodge building into the Mattawa Education Department is imminent, or has started. The city gifted the former seniors home to Mattawa in the fall, and Mattawa intends on converting it into housing, classrooms, offices, etc. for their programming.

Loco101 · #**3383** Posted **Mar 8, 2018, 2:58 AM**

Matawa (not Mattawa) right?

vid · #**3384** Posted **Mar 8, 2018, 4:56 AM**

It is Matawa. The same tribal council that has a presence in Timmins. ᒪᑕᐊᐧ or ᒪᑕᐧᐊ in syllabics because why put the labialization mark in a consistent location when you can put it wherever you want? #justsyllabicsproblems

Dengler Avenue · #**3385** Posted **Mar 8, 2018, 5:03 AM**

Loco101 probably thought you were referring to the town of Matawa...

Loco101 · #**3386** Posted **Mar 8, 2018, 4:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue

Loco101 probably thought you were referring to the town of Matawa...

That's Mattawa with two t's. And pronounced differently.

No I knew it was Matawa First Nations which includes some First Nations closer to Timmins such as Hornepayne and Constance Lake and more that are much further North and West. It also includes the land where the Ring of Fire is located so the tribal council is in the news a lot.

vid · #**3387** Posted **Mar 9, 2018, 1:13 AM**

Matawa has numerous facilities in Thunder Bay, so the name is very well known here. Mattawa, on the other hand, is pronounced "mah-TAO-wah" by people up here and they're largely oblivious to the town and river sharing that name over 1,000km away.

TbayON · #**3388** Posted **Mar 9, 2018, 2:10 PM**

THUNDER BAY

Marshall's has altered their plans for their new Thunder Bay store, opting to take over either part or all of the space recently vacated by bankrupt Sears in Intercity Mall. Originally, Marshall's was going to move into the HomeSense location in Intercity when HomeSense moves over to the Thunder Centre in a larger, joint store with sister outlet Winners. Rumours have Lowe's taking over the HomeSense space to enlarge their footprint in the mall.

TbayON · #**3389** Posted **Mar 27, 2018, 4:22 PM**

THUNDER BAY

Wendy's on Red River Rd. will be getting a face lift this year by the sounds of things.

Work has begun on renovations to Intercity Walmart location. Should be continuing for most of the spring & summer.

The new HomeSense/Winners combined store has opened at the Thunder Centre. Next door, the new Mark's store is nearing completion. This will result in some other big box stores moving around locally.

DiGrigorio Developments is trying to persuade the city to allow an approximately 200 lot subdivision at Belrose & Oliver, just west of the Thunder Bay Expressway. This subdivision would require re-working the city's official plan as it currently is not included in that plan.

The MTO has retained a consultant to perform a preliminary study on Highway 61 within Thunder Bay city limits from Arthur St. south to Loch Lomand Rd. It was announced some time ago this study would be undertaken. The MTO's own current internal preferred option is for four-laning from Thunder Bay Airport to Chippewa Rd., and maintaining two lanes from just south of Chippewa Rd. to Loch Lomand Rd. Open public houses will be held this summer.

Loco101 · #**3390** Posted **Mar 27, 2018, 4:51 PM**

TIMMINS

Finally something new and exciting for Timmins. Starbucks will be opening in 2 or 3 months on Algonquin Blvd West in the Mike's building between Tool Town and Little Caesar's. Vrancor is the development company behind it as they also were behind the Holiday Inn Express which is located next to the Mike's building.

Vrancor has built a number of chain hotels in Ontario including ones in Sudbury and North Bay.

TbayON · #**3391** Posted **Mar 29, 2018, 8:40 PM**

THUNDER BAY

The Lakehead University student population has voted in favour of building a new sports/recreational facility. The proposed 30000 square foot building would be designed and constructed over an 18 month window.

The Ontario government has initiated the process of retaining a design-build team for the new jail facility to be built locally. Based on modern requirements & designs for jails, this is going to take HUGE money.

Superstructure for Marostica Subaru is going up.

Hearing rumours Freshii will be setting up a restaurant in Thunder Bay. Not sure where yet though.

swimmer_spe · #**3392** Posted **Mar 30, 2018, 3:34 AM**

Sudbury

Maley Drive construction is well underway. They are blasting already. The brush was cleared last month. Lane closures are happening as needed on the Lasalle Extension.

TbayON · #**3393** Posted **Apr 4, 2018, 4:30 PM**

THUNDER BAY

Local media is reporting some work is beginning on the new concert venue at the waterfront. Apparently the city will be making an announcement in the next few weeks. The project received provincial cash late last year.

Update on Freshii - Arthur St.

The Lakehead Landing developer on Fort William Rd. is applying for 2 more building permits for this year.

Dakota · #**3394** Posted **Apr 4, 2018, 11:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by TbayON

THUNDER BAY

Local media is reporting some work is beginning on the new concert venue at the waterfront. Apparently the city will be making an announcement in the next few weeks. The project received provincial cash late last year.

Update on Freshii - Arthur St.

The Lakehead Landing developer on Fort William Rd. is applying for 2 more building permits for this year.

Yes Freshii is going in the plaza by Little Ceasars

Tequila Roadhouse will be setting up inside the restaurant at the front of the Airlane Hotel ......lots of work to be done it will be awhile

swimmer_spe · #**3395** Posted **Apr 5, 2018, 8:28 AM**

Sudbury

Work is well underway for the Maley Drive extension. Blasting is occurring throughout the route. There are many swamps they will need to fill in, but due to the topography they are going through, they will have lots of rock from blasting a route.

The Palladino BMW Dealership is under construction. They say it will be open in the Summer. It is located just west of Laurentian Chrysler on The Kingsway.

The rezoning for the land for the new Arena and Entertainment District on The Kingsway has been approved by city council. They still need to approve the change for a Casino to be built. There has been some push back from the community, and even an appeal with the OMB has been filed. This is one polarized topic here.
https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/e...l-fight-880920

TbayON · #**3396** Posted **Apr 5, 2018, 5:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe

Sudbury
The rezoning for the land for the new Arena and Entertainment District on The Kingsway has been approved by city council. They still need to approve the change for a Casino to be built. There has been some push back from the community, and even an appeal with the OMB has been filed. This is one polarized topic here.
https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/e...l-fight-880920

This whole exercise Sudbury is going through has me totally puzzled as a resident of a city that just tried to build a new entertainment facility. Has Sudbury council and administration just buried their heads in the sand, hoping and wishing that Thunder Bay's experience in attempting a new arena/convention centre never happened? I realize Sudbury's plan is different than T-Bay's, but at the end of the day, we're still talking public money to get a new arena facility done.

This is of course not to mention that Sudbury's plan flies in the face of all current expert advice on proper urban planning and the province's recommendations & demands for development.

swimmer_spe · #**3397** Posted **Apr 5, 2018, 5:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by TbayON

This whole exercise Sudbury is going through has me totally puzzled as a resident of a city that just tried to build a new entertainment facility. Has Sudbury council and administration just buried their heads in the sand, hoping and wishing that Thunder Bay's experience in attempting a new arena/convention centre never happened? I realize Sudbury's plan is different than T-Bay's, but at the end of the day, we're still talking public money to get a new arena facility done.

This is of course not to mention that Sudbury's plan flies in the face of all current expert advice on proper urban planning and the province's recommendations & demands for development.

The people who are for it constantly complain about how there is no parking downtown. The reality is, they mean no free parking downtown. Little do they realize that they will have to pay for parking with the new arena.

Most that support this live near it or on that side of the city, so they see it as a good thing that it is closer to them.

I could make a long list of how it is bad..... screw it I will

1) 1 road in and out of the area - The Kingsway

2) No restaurants there

3) The land is being bought from a rich developer by the city. The city will pay for the construction

4) The developer owns the OHL team and will be operating the Arena when it opens.

5) There is only 1 (one) city bus route along that part of The Kingsway.

6) The large landfill site (garbage dump) is adjacent to the land. Once they level the lot, the mound of garbage will be visible. Cars parking there will have bird dropping covering their cars.

These are the big issues with the site.

TbayON · #**3398** Posted **Apr 7, 2018, 1:28 PM**

Sudbury won't get federal or provincial funds for this project anytime soon, so I wouldn't get too concerned about it at this point in time. At best/worst case scenario (depending on which side of the fence you're on for this project), you'll end up with a casino and perhaps a handful of other ancillary businesses/buildings out there on their own.

Thunder Bay even received provincial & federal money to study a new arena/convention study, but when it came time to build, sorry, no funds from upper levels of government. It made no sense at all.

swimmer_spe · #**3399** Posted **Apr 7, 2018, 9:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by TbayON

Sudbury won't get federal or provincial funds for this project anytime soon, so I wouldn't get too concerned about it at this point in time. At best/worst case scenario (depending on which side of the fence you're on for this project), you'll end up with a casino and perhaps a handful of other ancillary businesses/buildings out there on their own.

Thunder Bay even received provincial & federal money to study a new arena/convention study, but when it came time to build, sorry, no funds from upper levels of government. It made no sense at all.

I wouldn't be so sure about that....

vid · #**3400** Posted **Apr 8, 2018, 4:17 PM**

Our project literally followed every single criteria the Provincial and Federal governments through at us and still got declined. Sudbury's project has violated a bunch of their prerequisites. It's even more of a long shot than ours.

If it does get approved, Thunder Bay's city council better let the governments know how fucked up it is to approve their suburban waste of money over our literally-followed-every-criteria-but-still-denied project.

Thunder Bay didn't just get the money, all of our MPPs and MPs were on board with it and the government hinted it would happen. It was quite surprising when it didn't get support because everything was point to approval up until the very end.