Business News

Prime downtown space available to be reimagined

The City of Oshawa is offering an opportunity to reimagine the space at 47 Bond St. W. located at the southeast corner of Bond St. W. and Centre St. N. This space was formerly known as the downtown bus terminal. The goal is to transform the fully serviced space and land into a development that will positively contribute to downtown Oshawa.

The Site includes the following areas:

• The Terminal: a bus terminal  featuring a public hall, washrooms, a former ticketing office and a second-floor lounge;
• The...

HOPA Ports to establish Lake Ontario Short Sea Shipping Corridor with United States

The Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority (HOPA Ports) announced an agreement with an affiliate of Beowulf Electricity & Data Inc (Beowulf), the U.S. owner of an expansive 1,800-acre site on the southern shore of Lake Ontario to create a bi-national, low-emission, short sea trade corridor. The new partnership will forge connections between the Port of Oshawa, Ontario and a new port in Somerset, New York by establishing a multimodal shipping terminal at the former location of New York’s last coal plant...

Canadian Dairy Leader Lactalis Canada Inc. selects Oshawa’s Northwood Business Park

The City of Oshawa is pleased to announce that Lactalis Canada Inc., the Canadian dairy leader behind iconic brands such as Cracker Barrel, Black Diamond, Balderson, Astro and Lactantia and a subsidiary of France-based Lactalis Group, officially broke ground on a new distribution centre located in Oshawa’s Northwood Business Park on October 5, 2023.

The 35,210 square metre (379,000 square foot) centre will consolidate multiple shipping locations used to service the cheese and tablespreads...

Oshawa welcomes global supply chain leader Martin Brower to Northwood Business Park

The City of Oshawa is pleased to announce that Martin Brower, a global leader in supply chain solutions, will occupy a new major industrial development at Northwood Business Park, and is expected to bring approximately 175 new jobs to our community.

Panattoni Development Company has collaborated with Stonemont Financial Group and BentallGreenOak to bring Martin Brower to Oshawa.  The facility, which measures approximately 172,000 sq.ft. includes office space and is located at 650 Conlin Rd. W.

Ontario Taking Next Steps to Extend GO Service to Bowmanville

The Ontario government has awarded a contract to advance planning to extend GO train service to Bowmanville, marking another milestone in the province’s plan to deliver more transit options, connect communities and save families time and money in Durham Region and across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (G.T.H.A.).

“This contract brings us one step closer to extending the Lakeshore East GO line further into Durham Region, bringing GO train service to the people of Bowmanville for the first...