Downtown development boom aided by $700K of city grants
WINDSOR, ONT. – Over the past decade, a slow trickle of development has taken place in our core neighbourhoods, but right now — construction activity is popping up in ways not seen in decades. And on Monday council will receive four applications to its community improvement plan (CIP) for property tax incentives and facade grants…
Read More$21 million in new residential developments planned for downtown Windsor
WINDSOR, ONT. — Downtown Windsor is about to get a serious — and much needed shot in the arm with a pair of residential developments at two downtown locations on Ouellette Avenue. Real estate developers Rhys Trenhaile and Reed Renaud have teamed with investors from Burlington-based Celernus to renovate the Former Knights of Columbus Building…
Read MoreDowntown buildings part of $21M residential development plan
Downtown Windsor’s historic Canada Building and a former Knights of Columbus building that has been vacant for about a decade will be redeveloped to create 106 new apartments in the city’s core. “Like a lot of other entrepreneurs, we’ve identified there is a demand for downtown living and no place for people to live,” said…
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