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Originally Posted by Beedok
Checking on the map I'm not sure how anyone could make use of any of those properties except maybe for storing industrial stuff. Most of it seems to lack road access.
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Yes, but that's no different than any other business park the city has developed. In this case some services are in place (like water and waste water pipes into the mill buildings) but depending on plans for land use - piers and port use vs. industrial/commercial - the property will need to be severed and roads and connections added to the lots as they are developed. Development charges will help pay for that.
The advantages of having existing trunk infrastructure and fronting a major arterial road that leads to the QEW are big.
I could see temporary uses like storage of bulk materials until land is ready to get remediated and redeveloped, but if that were to remain the long term situation then the city or port authority will have missed (or mismanaged) a great opportunity.