London Construction - Development News Thread#1 - Page 164

CanadianTalk · #**3261** Posted **Aug 20, 2024, 10:57 PM**

Chick Fil-A will be opening a new drive-thru / restaurant at the southwest corner of Fanshawe Park and Richmond... various building permits have been issued to them within the last few months at the address "1673 Richmond St", which is the L-shaped strip mall that has Richies Restaurant, Shelbys, Dominos, etc.

https://bdp.london.ca/citizenportal/app/public-search

There are no diagrams, but I do see that a permit was issued to demolish the part of the plaza that had Fionn MaCcool's (which closed down a couple years ago), so if I had to guess, they're probably going to build the restaurant and drive-through where FM was and the parking lot in front of it. https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.02567...5410&entry=ttu

Djeffery · #**3262** Posted **Aug 21, 2024, 12:08 AM**

That will be interesting to see how they fit that in there. The Wonderland South location is pretty large, I'm not sure just knocking down the end unit there is going to be enough. Look forward to see how they work this in there. Also interesting that over a year ago was the rumour that CFA was looking a little north at Sunningdale. Close lol.

Djeffery · #**3263** Posted **Aug 21, 2024, 2:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by CanadianTalk

I think this is a new concept that No Frills may be trying out. In June 2024, they opened up their first "small" location in Downtown Toronto....

My guess is that it'd be similar to what you see in a Valu-Mart (maybe a little bit bigger) .

https://www.yourcitywithin.com/first...ed-in-toronto/

In looking at the site plan on Westdell's site again, I see an empty unit of 5400 sq ft directly behind that No Frills, effectively blocking any access to the No Frills from the back for deliveries. I wonder if that's an error on their map (we have seen that many times before on their various plaza maps). That would push the size the of the store to close to what the store going in at Wellington and Baseline.

I also mentioned this to my daughter and she about flipped out at the thought that Memory Lane could be closing. I think she will be heading into town this weekend, it's one of her favourite stores.

MolsonExport · #**3264** Posted **Aug 21, 2024, 2:37 PM**

Memory lane will be closing? I love that place. It's the best antique store in Ontario.

jammer139 · #**3265** Posted **Aug 24, 2024, 12:36 PM**

Progress on the Tiny House project in St Thomas moves ahead.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/...d-in-st-thomas

jammer139 · #**3266** Posted **Aug 24, 2024, 2:09 PM**

Masonry contractor is making good progress building the ground floor concrete block walls in the new Fire Hall in Strathroy.

Render in this article - https://www.strathroytoday.ca/2024/0...nd-next-month/

rdaner · #**3267** Posted **Aug 26, 2024, 4:31 AM**

I posted images in the Central London thread on UT about the govt office building at Talbot and King that is going to be used for housing, likely a conversion.

jammer139 · #**3268** Posted **Sep 6, 2024, 12:03 AM**

Latest update on the construction numbers to date.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/...7000-new-homes

jammer139 · #**3269** Posted **Sep 14, 2024, 3:52 PM**

They have been making really good progress with the construction of this new factory in the Innovation Park on the north side of Bradley Ave. Most of the structural steel is now installed and they have started pouring the ground floor slab on the north end of this factory building.

"Andriani’s investment will be used to build a new, 61,225 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility to make gluten-allergen and GMO-free pasta. Once the new facility is operational, Andriani plans to manufacture products for the North American market in Ontario instead of importing products from Italy."

https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...ment-in-london

jammer139 · #**3270** Posted **Sep 22, 2024, 1:57 PM**

Latest housing start report shows improvements over last year.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/...st-in-province

jammer139 · #**3271** Posted **Sep 24, 2024, 9:15 PM**

Tiny home blitz underway in St Thomas.

https://london.ctvnews.ca/tiny-home-...omas-1.7050281

CanadianTalk · #**3272** Posted **Sep 26, 2024, 12:26 AM**

The old Fionn Maccools was being demolished today

Quote:

Originally Posted by CanadianTalk

Chick Fil-A will be opening a new drive-thru / restaurant at the southwest corner of Fanshawe Park and Richmond... various building permits have been issued to them within the last few months at the address "1673 Richmond St", which is the L-shaped strip mall that has Richies Restaurant, Shelbys, Dominos, etc.

https://bdp.london.ca/citizenportal/app/public-search

There are no diagrams, but I do see that a permit was issued to demolish the part of the plaza that had Fionn MaCcool's (which closed down a couple years ago), so if I had to guess, they're probably going to build the restaurant and drive-through where FM was and the parking lot in front of it. https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.02567...5410&entry=ttu

jammer139 · #**3273** Posted **Sep 29, 2024, 8:10 PM**

Foundation walls now poured for a new residential building on the south end of Lucan fronting onto Highway 4(Richmond St). Appears to be a 3.5 - 4s low rise.

haljackey · #**3274** Posted **Oct 2, 2024, 1:37 PM**

Do we have a thread about the Oxbury development? I did a quick search and found nothing. If not we may want one.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/londo...oval-1.7339222

32 stories!

jammer139 · #**3275** Posted **Oct 2, 2024, 4:15 PM**

Yes the thread is the Old Oaks Legacy Village sub division.

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...=250823&page=3

Quote:

Originally Posted by haljackey

Do we have a thread about the Oxbury development? I did a quick search and found nothing. If not we may want one.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/londo...oval-1.7339222

32 stories!

jammer139 · #**3276** Posted **Oct 3, 2024, 4:25 PM**

Another commercial/retail building has now got structural steel up immediately south of the new Kennedy Fowler Sports clinic at Wonderland and Bradley

jammer139 · #**3277** Posted **Oct 3, 2024, 5:08 PM**

Framing now going up on the footprint of the Pizza Hut that burnt down at Highbury and Huron a couple of years ago. I doubt they will move back but the plaza owner will likely be looking for a new tenant once the construction is complete.

jammer139 · #**3278** Posted **Oct 3, 2024, 5:12 PM**

The addition to St Anne Catholic elementary school on Huron St has slowly been making progress with all the windows now installed and the new parking lot and entrance way now paved. Still alot of exterior and interior finishing on this addition left before it can be opened up to the staff and students.

Djeffery · #**3279** Posted **Oct 3, 2024, 11:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by jammer139

Another commercial/retail building has now got structural steel up immediately south of the new Kennedy Fowler Sports clinic at Wonderland and Bradley

There is also a pretty large foundation going in along the back of that property.

jammer139 · #**3280** Posted **Oct 4, 2024, 6:29 PM**

The new McDonalds on Dorchester Rd just south of the Shoppers Drug Mart is moving along quickly with the structure completed and exterior finishing well under way. Will likely open before the end of the year.