WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1976, PAGE 9 Development continuing n Whitby Industria Park By BRIAN WINTER Staff Writer The Whitby Industrial Park on Hopkins Street has been an established industrià l centre for Whitby for more than five years, but there is still plenty of building activity going on within its boundaries. In the past year several new buildings have been started or completed, and three are plans for future development that will estab- lish two sports clubs in the industrial park. In early 1975 W. A. Construction completed a multiple tenant building at the corner of Burns and Hopkins Street, which is now completely occupied. The occupants of this building are a branch of the Toronto Dominion Bank; the Explorer Restaurant; Chris Sheffield Associates, an advertising and promotion company; Heatilator Ltd., a manufacturer of fireplaces, stoves and their acoutrements, and a model plane and hobby manufacturer. At the end of Industrial Drive, W. A. Construction has completed a 69,000 square foot multiple tenant building which is ready for occupancy. Between Hopkins Centre and Totten Sims Hubicki Associates on Hopkins Street a 50,000 square foot building is under construction by Stan Wontor Developments. A portion of this building will open in May as a squash club and physical fitness centre, and the remainder of the building will be occupied by offices and smnall industries. South of Consuners Drive, Joante Investments Ltdhas completed the first phase of a 50,000 square foot building, and the second phase is under construction A consortium of owners will occupy 50 per cent of phase one, and the remainder will be rented. At the west end of Champlain Avenue near the J. H. McNairn building is a single or dual occupancy industrial building under construction by Associated Whitby Developments. Operetta The students of Whitby Senior Public School on Garden Street will be pre- senting the operetta Tom Sawyer at the school May 12 and 13 at 7:30 p.m., and invite the citizens of Whitby to attend. Children from almost every class will be involved, with close to 100 children working in various parts of the production. About 45 to 50, including the chorus will actually be on stage. direo play is under the Miss Maureen Cooper. Auction St. Mark's United Church 4W's Couples Club will be holding a table sale and auction sale May 15 on the church grounds, rain or shine. The table sale begins at I1 a.m. and items to be sold include baked goods, plants, books and toys. The auction sale begins at 12 noon with Allan Curtis the auctioneer. To donate items for either sale, contact Pat or Roger Simpkiss at 668-6336. Phase one is under con- struction and will be ready for occupancy in May, says Richard Spence, Durham Region's development,officer for Whitby. Since the Whitby Industrial Park was established in 1967, it was not expected that a block of land in the centre could be developed because it was an old sanitary landfill site. However, says Mr. Spence, if the ministry of environment gives its approval, a tennis and health club may be established there. K and K Precision Parts is planning to construct a building on solid ground near the landfill site and place outdoor tennis courts on the landfill site itself, says Mr. Spenée. The developer has already started a feasibility and pro- motional study for this venture, and will build if the studies show positive results, he says. The Whitby Industrial Park was established in 1967, and got its start in 1969 when Consumers Gas purchased a tract of land and built its regional office there. Totten, Sims Hubicki Associates built an office at the same time adjacent to the Consumers Gas building, and with the start of Hopkins Centre in 1971, the develop- ment of the industrial park speeded up considerably. One industry, ITT Cannon Electric, has already doubled the size of its original plant since moving into the Whitby Industrial Park in 1972. Richard Spence, the DurhamRegion's development officer for Whitby, points out one of the latest developments in the Whitby Industrial Park on Champlain Avenue, a single or dual occupancy industrial building under çonstruction by Associated Whitby Developments. Three buildings are currently under construction in the industrial park and one building constructed in 1975 has been fully occupied in thé past year. Free Press Photo Call us before May 28th and we will switch all the dial phones in your home to fast, easy, push button Touch- Tone, FREE for 14 days. 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