Friday, May 10, 2019 3 Brooklin Town Crier "Proud to be a Brooklinite" Founded in 2000 and published 24 times per year. Editor, Richard Bercuson 613-769-8629 • editorofbtc@gmail.com The Brooklin Town Crier is locally owned and operated and is a publication of Appletree Graphic Design Inc. We accept advertising in good faith but do not endorse advertisers nor advertisements. All editorial submissions are subject to editing. For advertising information, contact: 905.655.7642 Email: brooklintowncrier@gmail.com Next Issue: Friday, May 24, 2019 Deadline: Friday, May 17, 2019 Major Developments Coming to Brooklin The Town of Whitby's Committee of the Whole has approved staff reports that will lead to major developments coming to Brooklin and its surroundings in the next few years. The parcel of land on the west side of Baldwin, fronting on Winchester, is slated to be developed and will include a Longo's market, McDonald's restaurant as well as residential units and office space. There will be a minimum of 70,000 square metres of commercial floor area along with approximately 750 new residential units with a mix of rental apartments and townhouses. The site plan, called the South Village Community, includes a pedestrian promenade and parkette to connect with historic Brooklin along with a stormwater management pond and parks. Meanwhile, a warehouse and distribution centre will be located at the northeast corner of Thickson and Conlin whose official address is 5360 Thickson North. The land itself covers approximately 31 hectares (77 acres) while the centre and offices will occupy over 95,000 sq. m or 1 million sq. ft. of space. The staff report states: The proposed use of warehousing and wholesale distribution, including office space, is consistent with the above criteria, as follows: • The subject land is located in close proximity (approximately ~ 350.0 metres) to the Highway 407 interchange; • The adjacent land use immediately to the west of the site is a 40.0 metre wide hydro corridor, which serves as a buffer to the future low and medium density land uses west of the hydro corridor. The corridor also extends along the entire west property line of the subject land; • Traffic generated to and from this development is expected to be limited to Thickson Road North, moving northward to Highway 407 and / or southward to Highway 401. Truck traffic is not anticipated to create any additional truck traffic through any of the surrounding future residential neighbourhoods; and, • The development would consist of a wholly enclosed structure with no outside storage being proposed.