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Oshawa’s development evolution: easier, faster, better
Posted on Friday, January 17, 2025 09:34 AM
The City of Oshawa is charting a path of ambitious growth, anchored by thousands of new employment opportunities and welcoming many new businesses and blue-chip companies to our community.
Economic forecasts project a strong year ahead for the city, with robust building activity and new construction records. Discover the transformative enhancements we’ve made to our services, making it easier than ever to do business with the City of Oshawa:
- Building permit fee freeze: We’re extending our 2024...
Graffiti and Vandalism Remediation Fund and other business supports
Posted on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 08:43 AM
The City of Oshawa has been deeply concerned by recent acts of vandalism to some of the private business properties in our downtown and surrounding area. We stand with our businesses in condemning this illegal behaviour. We have been working with the Durham Regional Police Service who are investigating further and have taken appropriate action.
The City of Oshawa is fully committed to supporting the local business community. This includes actively supporting property owners undertaking...
Prime downtown space available to be reimagined
Posted on Thursday, December 19, 2024 02:01 PM
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
Posted on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 04:18 PM
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
Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2023 09:43 AM
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...