Industrial and Commercial Real Estate
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Industrial Toronto Real Estate
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Brampton
The City of Brampton makes up the northwest corner of the Greater Toronto Area.Not only is Brampton a great place to live but it also is a great place to work. Brampton is Canada’s 13th most populated city and has the 10th most active industrial market.
Brampton is known for it’s low property taxes and in turn offers rental accommodation that is affordable to everyone. In terms of working in Brampton, there is currently over 7000 businesses which employ over 115 000 employees. Located off both Highways 401 and 410, Thereby providing accessibility to the City of Toronto.
PearsonInternationalAirport is about a 10 minute drive down Highway 407 and across Highway 401. The accessibility to the airport makes Brampton a popular spot for people who travel a lot with their work. Brampton is not a new area like many others in the Greater Toronto Area and still has the small town feeling downtown along Highway 10.
Brampton has an extensive public transportation system that is sure to get everyone to where they want go. The City of Brampton combines areas that are both old fashioned as well as some that have been created in recent times. Brampton is sure to have just about everything and is one of the most affordable areas in the Greater Toronto Area to,
Major companies include, Brafasco, Ford, Rogers Communications, Nortel, Para Paints, Coca-Cola, Nestlé, DaimlerChrysler Canada Ltd., Maple Lodge Farms, Zellers, Loblaw Companies Ltd., Frito Lay Canada, MD Robotics, Parkinson Coach Line, Canadian Tire, and Humpty Dumpty.
Brampton has a total land area of 265 square kilometres. The City of Brampton is bordered by Highway 50 (Vaughan) to the East, Winston Churchill Boulevard (Halton Hills) to the West, Mayfield Road (Caledon) to the North and the Hydro Corridor (Mississauga) to the South.
Brampton is served by several major transportation routes: Highway 401 from Toronto is a short distance south in Mississauga, and can be reached by Highway 410, which runs north-south through the middle of the city. Highway 407 runs along the southern portion of the city, just north of the boundary with Mississauga. Steeles Avenue, which runs north of the 407, is another thoroughfare from Toronto. The former Highway 7 (now Regional Road 107 in Brampton) is another east-west corridor, and Highway 427 is located in the city's eastern end.
Both Canadian National Railways and the Orangeville-Brampton Railway short line (formerly part of the Canadian Pacific Railway line) run through the city, CN's Intermodal Yards are located east of Airport Road between Steeles and the former Highway 7/Queen Street East. The CN Track from Toronto's Union Station, is the Georgetown GO Transit Rail Corridor providing commuter rail and bus services to and from Toronto with rail station stops at Bramalea, Downtown Brampton, and Mount Pleasant. There is GO Bus service to York University and Yorkdale Mall in Toronto. VIA Rail connects through Brampton as part of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. The city is served by Brampton Airport for general aviation, and is near Toronto Pearson International Airport for commercial flights. Local transit is provided by Brampton Transit, with connections to other systems such as Mississauga Transit, York Region Transit, and Toronto Transit Commission.
Brampton is currently planning a new Bus Rapid Transit system, called Acceleride along Main/Hurontario and Queen Streets, which would form the backbone to its bus network. Acceleride received funding from the provincial government in 2006 to begin implementation of this system
Etobicoke
Etobicoke is west of Central Toronto and in turn east of Mississauga. Starting at LakeOntario, Etobicoke stretches to the north as far as Steeles Avenue. New Toronto, which is located in the southern region of Etobicoke, is an interesting little community that really has an old fashioned feel to it. Running through the centre of Etobicoke is the Highway 427, which is downtown Toronto’s main access to PearsonInternationalAirport. Highway 427 runs north/south and at the south end of the highway it runs into a highway called the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW).
Etobicoke has had a long history of manufacturing and distribution centers with many corporate offices. Over the years the properties in Etobicoke have been ignored or vacated. However in recent years Corporations are considering Etobicoke again.
Etobicoke has the lowest population density out of the former cities and boroughs that currently make up the city of Toronto. This is mainly due to its vast expanses of industrial lands. Several major freeways are routed through the area, making the area ideal for automobile-based transportation.
Many exceptions to Toronto's gridded street matrix are found in Etobicoke. A number of overpasses and awkward intersections, such as Bloor/Kipling/Dundas West, have been created in an effort to reconcile the grid with these planning anomalies.
The southern areas of Etobicoke are better served by public transit and closer to the city centre. These areas, such as Markland Wood, The Kingsway and New Toronto, have attracted more affluent residents.
The central areas of Etobicoke, although farther from the subway line, are still well-served by public transit buses. These neighbourhoods are generally middle class.
Many areas in Etobicoke had been neglected, "inner-ring" suburbs, such as Rexdale. Car culture infrastructure built in the 1960s is in a state of disrepair. Etobicoke is dominated by this unadorned, single-storeyed development and treeless, tarmac-covered prairie.
However in recent years Etobicoke has been rebuilt for example major Corporate Names as Lansing Build all, a leader in supplying lumber and building materials have purchased a vacant industrial warehouse facility in Etobicoke to consolidate their operations into a central distribution warehouse, head office and "big box" retail store.
Other Corporate Leaders are now looking to Etobicoke to transform the industrial buildings and sites into highly successful centres. The acquisition of existing facilities in Etobicoke, renovating the properties to suit has proved to be a very economical answer for Lansing and many small and large corporations.
Mississauga
Mississauga is one of the biggest cities in the Toronto GTA in terms of area.
The city also offers a wide variety of job opportunities due to the overall size of the city and the great number of successful businesses that call Mississauga home.
Mississauga is located on the northwest shore of LakeOntario. The largest of three municipalities in PeelRegionalMunicipality, Mississauga is also a commuter suburb within the Toronto metropolitan area. It is a rapidly growing industrial city; major manufactures include telecommunication and aerospace equipment, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, motor vehicles, appliances, steel and rubber products, and plastic and paper goods.
The city hall, an art gallery, and a conservatory are located in the Mississauga Civic Centre. Other sites include the Living Arts Centre, an arts facility; the BradleyMuseum, a restored 1830s farmhouse; and Playdium, an electronic interactive theme park. The city also has several sports facilities, notably the Hershey Centre, home of the Mississauga Ice Dogs of the Ontario Hockey League. Nearby Port Credit, a former industrial town at the mouth of the picturesque CreditRiver, still has a mid-19th-century appearance but it is also the site of the Credit Village Marina, a waterfront facility that opened in 1997. A 2001 real estate survey has estimated the population of Mississauga, Ontario at 613,000.
Located in the northern part of Mississauga just off of Highway 401 and Highway 27 is the busiest airport in CanadaPearsonInternationalAirport has three terminals.
The centre of the City of Mississauga can be easily defined as Square One. This is an enormous section of land located just of Highway 403, which seems to have everything you need. The mall which bears the name Square One, is in the top two malls in terms of size in the Greater Toronto Area. The mall is truly a mega mall that is second to none. You can find all your favorite stores as well as both the high-end stores and the discount stores too.
North York
The city of North York covers the entire northern half of Toronto and nearly touches almost every other city or town that makes up the Greater Toronto Area.
The largest buildings in North York are located in the middle of a city on Yonge Street. North York's City Hall is truly the centre of the city.
While much of the area still retains its mostly suburban nature, efforts led intensify development in the North York Centre area along Yonge Street between Finch and Sheppard Avenues, coinciding with the path of the Toronto Transit Commission's Yonge-University Spadina subway line.
There are many stores and high-rise office and condominium apartment buildings along this central North York corridor, particularly centred around the old North York City Hall. Directly beside the old City Hall is the Toronto Centre for the Arts. Thanks to a new subway line along Sheppard Avenue, more high-rise condominiums are being built along the Sheppard East corridor.
The central area is gradually ceasing to be suburban, resembling a smaller version of the city's downtown. World-renowned corporations have built their own office towers along Yonge Street in central North York, including the Canadian head offices of Procter & Gamble, Nestlé and Xerox. McDonald's of Canada is also located in North York.
Vaughan
Located just north of North York, Vaughan is another one of the Greater Toronto Area’s rapidly developing areas. Vaughan has a lot to offer and is a perfect place for a person who is looking for an affordable rental accommodation. Apartment complexes seem to be popping up all over the place and in quick succession. Vaughn has a large amount of rental accommodation that has a wide range of prices. The city of Vaughn is a city that is very multi-cultural like most of the areas that make up the GTA and is a place where everybody is able to fit in easily.
Arguably, the most popular attraction in Vaughan is Canada’s Wonderland. Located just off of Highway 400, Wonderland is entertainment theme park that has something for everyone. The numerous roller coasters are state of the art and you will find almost every type of roller coaster that a real roller coaster enthusiast would desire. It also has a recently created water park that has a number of high twisting and turning slides and a huge wave pool.
For the nature enthusiasts, the Boyd Conservation Area is a great place to spend a day of two. Located on Islington Avenue just north of Highway 7, this 237-acre conservatory provides a number of walking and hiking trails and a large population of wildlife. Another very large conservation area located in Vaughn is the Kortright Conservation Area that happens to be Canada’s largest conservation area with 18 kilometers of trails through mixed woods and open parkland.
Art lovers must visit the McMichael Canadian Art Collection that exhibits the very best of Canada’s famous landscape painters. In addition to viewing all kinds of great Canadian art, visitors can stroll the 100 acres of conservatory land and have dinner at the full-service Restaurant.
Colossus movie theatre complex is one of Canada’s largest entertainment complexes with 18 screens and 5200 seats. The complex also has café, arcade, party rooms and a number of fast food restaurants. Also located in the Highway 7 and Highway 400 area is the Seven/400 Power Centre that offers some great warehouse style shopping.
Toronto
Toronto is the corporate capital of Canada and the 5th largest city in North America. Vibrant downtown is the third largest retail concentration in North America after New York and Chicago. Liveable neighbourhoods that surround the downtown contain one of the best educated labour forces in the world. Toronto also contains 43% of the industrial space in the GTA, which is the second largest industrial market in North America.
Toronto’s economy has changed over the past 20 years, with financial and business services becoming the largest sector. Included in this sector are banks, stock markets, insurance, advertising, marketing, accounting firms, and law firms. Toronto ranks third on the continent, behind New York City and Chicago, Illinois, in the number of major corporations that have their head offices there. Toronto is the leading printing and publishing center of English-speaking Canada and also has more software production companies than other parts of Canada. One of the community colleges, SheridanCollege in Mississauga, trains many of North America’s animation artists. In distribution services, Toronto is the chief Canadian center for telecommunications, broadcasting, and air transport. Government and other public services, notably health and education, are major employers.
Manufacturing, once a mainstay of the diverse economy, receded somewhat in the 1990s. Automobile parts and assembly at the same time became a stronger component of the manufacturing sector, and the Toronto region’s importance in this field is second only to that of Detroit. Cars and trucks are Canada’s most valuable export, and the auto manufacturer General Motors is the largest industrial employer. Another large employer is Northern Telecom, a major world producer of telecommunications equipment. De Havilland Aircraft produces commuter aircraft, and the area also has a number of aircraft parts producers. Construction, once a strong element in the Toronto economy, weakened in the 1990s.
Manufacturing and other fields have been helped by relatively cheap electrical energy provided by Ontario Power Generation. Power for Toronto was originally generated in steam plants and later at Niagara Falls. Natural gas and oil pipelines connect the region to the sources of these resources in western Canada.
Within the city, the Toronto Transit Commission operates subways, buses, and streetcars. The streetcars are preserved on certain downtown routes as a link to the city’s past and are a distinctive feature of Toronto. Municipalities outside Toronto operate their own bus services that link to the Toronto system. The Government of Ontario (GO) system also deploys commuter trains and buses within the metropolitan area outside Toronto.
Toronto is served by LesterB.PearsonInternationalAirport, located to the west in Mississauga. It is the largest airport in Canada. Some short-takeoff-and-landing commercial commuter aircraft operate from the island airport downtown.
Allen Mayer
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