Southwestern Ontario

[johnnyhamont]

Also from St. Thomas, an update on Indwell's 45 affordable apartments plus a new municipal fire hall, courtesy for the architect Invizij:

"Our @indwell.ca project in St. Thomas is coming along. Built to be both a single bay fire hall on the lower level and 45 affordable apartments above, it is an innovative way for two essential community services (fire protection and affordable housing) to join forces and save project costs (compared to two separate buildings/ sites). We believe this is a great opportunity for all other communities looking to (re)develop new fire halls.
Beyond the unique mixed use, this is another #passivehouse project for Indwell, this time with a new hvac system (heat/cool/ventilate/dehumidify all-in-one) with the Minotair Pentacare v12."







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[Djeffery]

Day & Ross Transport has opened their new terminal in Woodstock on County Rd 4 just north of Parkinson/Tower Line Rd. It's an impressive facility, I heard it had 110 or so loading docks and there has to be a couple hundred trailers in the yard. Quite the improvement over their old facility facing the 401 near Hwy 59 that they vacated last year. Contrans is building their new offices on that site.

[johnnyhamont]

Construction progress photo from Indwell's The Station from CTV:



St. Thomas mayor sets lofty goals for 2,000 homes during four-year term

[johnnyhamont]

Originally Posted by johnnyhamont

4-storey infill apartments at 67-69 Curtis St progressing in downtown St. Thomas

The Curtis St building is now complete:

[johnnyhamont]

Recent photos from St. Thomas of the 5-storey Holiday Inn under construction on Highview just east of downtown, connected to the Elgin Centre mall:

[johnnyhamont]

Originally Posted by johnnyhamont

St. Thomas's Alma College Square website (Loewith Greenberg Management):
https://lgmanagementcorp.com/alma-college-square-heritage-features/

Construction update from this past weekend:

The first tower with 156 units is now complete and occupied per CTV.



The second tower with 167 units in a 9-storey tower will begin construction in the coming weeks.

[johnnyhamont]

I got a couple of my own photos while in St. Thomas earlier too.

First, the complete Indwell building on Queen Street:


Second, the building immediately North of it facing Talbot at the intersection with Queen. Nothing I could find online about what's happening here though. Does anybody know?

[johnnyhamont]

Collection of St. Thomas updates:

Originally Posted by johnnyhamont

First, the complete Indwell building on Queen Street:
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Landscaping and signage are now installed here:

Originally Posted by johnnyhamont

Second, the building immediately North of it facing Talbot at the intersection with Queen. Nothing I could find online about what's happening here though. Does anybody know?

Turns out this building has been approved for a 17-unit, 4-storey apartment addition with preservation of the historic facades. Foundations have made good progress.



Nearby at 30 St. Catharine St, the City recently completed a tranformation of a former downtown parking lot into a new daycare centre using pre-fab CLT from local manufacturer Element5.




St Thomas Proud

And the Sunray retirement home is now complete and occupied. Known as the Talbot Manor.


Prespa Homes' Fairview condos don't appear to have started construction yet but the Flora condos are underway:

Streetview

[jammer139]

Large parcel of land at the NW corner of Wallace Line and Robinson Rd which is directly west of the CAMI plant in Ingersoll is now seeing site prep with heavy equipment levelling out the landscape. Signage is up for development land available.

[jammer139]

St thomas Council approves two new subdivision plans.

One draft plan, on 42 hectares of the Sandymount subdivision owned by Lecram Inc., includes 233 lots for single detached homes, 64 townhome units and two blocks for high-density use, as well as more blocks for “future residential lots,” a staff report states.

Another application for 15 hectares fronting Wellington Street owned by Land Rise Developments Inc. and Don West Construction Ltd., includes 76 single detached homes, eight townhome units and another block for high-density use, and also has blocks reserved for future residential lots, the report said.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/boom...ns-of-subdivisions-with-nearly-400-homes

[GeneralLea]

Wow, St. Thomas is really growing.

I guess at some point St. Thomas and London will grow into eachother - though I'm sure this has already been a point raised in discussion here.

[jammer139]

The Chatham-Lakeshore power line project has completed early.

https://www.hydroone.com/about/corporate-information/major-projects/chatham-to-lakeshore

article

https://sarnianewstoday.ca/sarnia/news/2...r-future-growth-across-southwest-ontario

[Djeffery]

London's Westdell is building a commercial plaza in Ingersoll just off the 401 and highway 19. Food Basics and Dollarama are well along, a separate plaza with Osnow's, Booster Juice and a couple others is framed up, and there are also plans for a McDonalds on the other corner. Small town for 2 McD's but I can't imagine the downtown one would close, considering how busy it is with school and other traffic.

[jammer139]

The iconic Goderich Courthouse Octagon to be rebuilt over the next two years in time for their anniversary in 2027. The road and sidewalks to be rebuilt on top of all new underground utility services as the sewers for example are over 100 years old.


https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/video/2025/05/05/big-changes-to-small-town-thoroughfare/

[jammer139]

Central Elgin - St Thomas start planning on the old St Thomas Psychiatric Hospital lands which are still owned by the Province.

The document envisions a mixed-use community, potentially housing as many as 9,000 residents and over 3,500 homes. The municipality anticipates it will see most of the additional population growth in the area over the next 25 years.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/pl...ric-hospital-land-into-housing-1.7527832

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/rural-community-set-to-double-in-size-with-3500-home-mega-plan

[jammer139]

HydroOne has selected new transmission line route thru Chatham-Kent to Strathroy.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/article/r...-line-across-lakeshore-and-chatham-kent/

[jammer139]

Progress on finishing these new retail buildings with exterior brick well along and cladding. Drywall and interior finishing is also well along which might see the new Food Basics opening by end of June early July.

Originally Posted by Djeffery

London's Westdell is building a commercial plaza in Ingersoll just off the 401 and highway 19. Food Basics and Dollarama are well along, a separate plaza with Osnow's, Booster Juice and a couple others is framed up, and there are also plans for a McDonalds on the other corner. Small town for 2 McD's but I can't imagine the downtown one would close, considering how busy it is with school and other traffic.

[Djeffery]

Originally Posted by Djeffery

London's Westdell is building a commercial plaza in Ingersoll just off the 401 and highway 19. Food Basics and Dollarama are well along, a separate plaza with Osnow's, Booster Juice and a couple others is framed up, and there are also plans for a McDonalds on the other corner. Small town for 2 McD's but I can't imagine the downtown one would close, considering how busy it is with school and other traffic.

This new Ingersoll Food Basics is opening this Thursday, June 5. Looks very similar to the new Highbury and Fanshawe location, with the store finished and parking lot paved and unfinished plaza still under construction out front. No sign of the new McDonalds starting (in either plaza, come to think of it)

[jammer139]

Proposed Hydro One transmission line from Strathroy to Lakeshore.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/proposed-transmission-line-causes-debate/

[jammer139]

Golden Age of school architecture in SW Ontario.

https://lfpress.com/opinion/columnists/cornies-london-architect-led-golden-age-of-school-design