Rumour Mill

[SteelTown]

$350 million prepared meats factory from Maple Leafs. Set to employ 670 workers by 2014.

[SteelTown]

Should call it the Maple Leafs Business Park.

[markbarbera]

Originally Posted by SteelTown

Should call it the Maple Leafs Business Park.

With Canada Bread already there, the park should be called Food City.

[Gurnett71]

Originally Posted by markbarbera

With Canada Bread already there, the park should be called Food City.

Maybe Sandwich City...we now have all the necessary components: bread, deli meats and mustard.

[thistleclub]

Originally Posted by Gurnett71

Maybe Sandwich City...we now have all the necessary components: bread, deli meats and mustard.

With a Tim's at Rymal and Nebo you could call it a combo.

[markbarbera]

Maple Leaf's release mentions a new purpose-built facility in an undisclosed community in Ontario for their Eastern Canada distribution centre:

Maple Leaf will also simplify its distribution network by consolidating four distribution centres into two; a new, purpose-built facility in Ontario servicing eastern Canada; and an existing facility in Saskatoon serving as the western Canadian hub. Distribution centres in Moncton, Burlington, Kitchener and Coquitlam will be closed by 2014.

Is there another Hamilton investment shoe to drop yet? Logistically it would make sense to have the Eastern Canada distribution centre in close proximity to the new Hamilton processing plant. Perhaps a potential first tenant for AEGD?

[bigguy1231]

Originally Posted by markbarbera

With Canada Bread already there, the park should be called Food City.

Canada Bread and Maple Leaf are sister companies with the same owners.

[Jon Dalton]

Going by the spec's numbers this means 1490 jobs are being lost overall across Canada.

[Jon Dalton]

"But will these jobs be accessible by public transit?"

[SteelTown]

http://stream1.newswire.ca/cgi-bin/p...cellence%22%20

Check at after 5:10 you'll see the rendering.

[SteelTown]

^ Well they did say "pending acquisition or disposition of land". So perhaps they bought a piece of Airport land? I can't see land acquisition for Glanbrook when the city already owns it.

[markbarbera]

True, but the title could have just been referring to the disposition of city land at Glanbrook site to Maple Leaf foods for the processing plant.

[SteelTown]

It's going to be a giant sized plant, 402,000 sq ft.

[bornagainbiking]

Maritime TV reports Moncton closes in 2014 and all production will be moved to Hamilton.

[NortheastWind]

I like all of the name suggestions, funny..Ha ! There should be a contest..I say Hamilton Food Business Park. After all, attracting the food industry is the City's Economic Development strategy. I bet there's more to come. Imagine all the smells!

[mattgrande]

I heard a rumour this weekend that there will be a coffee shop moving into the ground floor of the Gore Building. It's about time something went in there!

[thistleclub]

Originally Posted by mattgrande

I heard a rumour this weekend that there will be a coffee shop moving into the ground floor of the Gore Building. It's about time something went in there!

Agreed. Coming up on four years empty, just like Terraces on King, just like The Annex Lofts, which were originally supposed to feature a ground-floor cafe yet remain vacant seven years after completion.

[beanmedic]

Originally Posted by mattgrande

I heard a rumour this weekend that there will be a coffee shop moving into the ground floor of the Gore Building. It's about time something went in there!

Any other info about this? Name?

[mattgrande]

Unfortunately, that's all the info I have. It doesn't look like anythings happening there to me...

[Jon D]

It's a long shot but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a Starbucks or a Second Cup.