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Huge development slated for former Duplate site Richard. m ahoney@eap.on.ca
industr y . Town council has given its approval in principle to a Québec developer who en- visages a m ulti-faceted co mm ercial devel- op m ent on the 60-acre site that has been idle since the for m er Duplate plant closed
nesses include a hotel, restaurants, car dealerships and a service station. The parcel is m assive, with the for m er PGW site alone covering 404,000 square feet. The propert y , which is situated west of the Wal m art store, stretches all the wa y to McGill Street. The idea is still in the preli m inar y stages; the sale of the site is set to be sealed Sep- te m ber 31. When the proposal was discussed at Monda y night’s council m eeting, m e m - bers’ co mm ents were generall y favour- able, however, Councillor Marc Tourange- au la m ented the fact that the void had not been filled b y another industrial use. “It is sad that no other industr y was interested,” he observed. Ma y or René Berthiau m e related that PGW had done its best to sell the propert y to another industr y . “If we do not approve this proposal, we could be left with an e m pt y building,” he cautioned. Councillor Johanne Portelance noted that the arrival of another co mm ercial de- velop m ent would undoubtedl y have an i m pact on the downtown core. But Coun- cillor Michel Beaulne expressed opti m is m that the new jobs on the for m er Duplate propert y would co m pensate for an y nega- tive repercussions that would be felt on Main Street. The closure of the PGW operation in Nove m ber, 2009 left about 190 people without jobs. Once known as PPG Canada, the operation was shut b y the Pittsburgh- based Pittsburgh Glass Works as part of a restructuring of the co m pan y .
in 2009. The develop m ent would include a pos- sible location for a new Ontario Provincial Police station, pro m oter Jean Massarotto writes in a letter to the m unicipalit y . Massarotto sa y s that new potential busi-
HAWKESBURY | Three years after the Pitts- burgh Glass Works windshield factory closed, a new use for the property has been proposed. However, the plan does not include a new
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