Northwood Business Park
+/– 500 Developable Acres
Prime Employment Development Opportunity
Northwood Business Park Oshawa, ON Economic Development Services City of Oshawa 905-436-3311 oshawa.ca/northwoodbusinesspark
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Property details
Highlights
Gross Area
+/– 722 acres
Developable Area
Estimated +/–500 acres
Oshawa Official Plan Land Use Designations
Industrial, Open Space and Recreation, Special Purpose Commercial and/or Local Central Area.
Frontage
Thornton Road North, Stevenson Road North, Taunton Road West and Conlin Road West.
Zoning (Arterial Roads)
Servicing
Select Industrial, General Industrial, Special Purpose, Planned Commercial Centre, Automobile Service Station, Commercial, Park Open Space, Environmentally Sensitive Open Space, Hazard Lands Open Space and/or Urban Reserve. Approved and budgeted by Region of Durham.
• Location bounded by Taunton Road West to the south, the Oshawa-Whitby boundary to the west, Highway 407 East to the north and the Oshawa Creek to the east. • Northwood Business Park consists of multiple privately held properties with a distribution of open space areas. • Pre-servicing for water and sewer infrastructure projects is a Region of Durham priority. • Pre-zoned employment lands. • Minutes to Highways 401 (Stevenson Road South Exit), 407 East (Simcoe Street North Exit), 412 and 418. Adjacent to the Oshawa Executive Airport. Served by Regional Bus Transit. • In proximity to leading post-secondary institutions and research facilities — Ontario Tech University, Durham College, and The Automotive Centre of Excellence (ACE). • Environmental Assessment for Stevenson Road North currently underway.
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Access and Connectivity Cobourg
Northwood Business Park
53 km | 40 min
404 400
412
407
Vaughan
Oshawa Executive Airport
58 km | 52 min
403
407
34 km | 25 min
Toronto
86 km | 56 min
Port of Oshawa
Mississauga
Highway 401
79 km | 54 min
Oakville
93 km | 60 min
Ottawa
357 km | 3h 52 min
Scarborough Brampton
Kingston
208 km | 2h
Oshawa
401
67 km | 45 min
418
Lake Ontario
Highway 412
8.7 km | 10 min
Highway 418
13.2 km | 16 min
Highway 407 East
QEW
Burlington
117 km | 73 min
USA
8.8 km| 13 min
4 km | 5 min
Highway 404
42.2 km | 27 min
Toronto Downtown Core
66.1 km | 48 min
CN Intermodal Terminal
71.1 km | 41 min
CP Intermodal Terminal
75.4 km | 55 min
Pearson Airport
73.9 km | 42 min
Highway Infrastructure in Oshawa includes two 400 Companies in Oshawa have quick and convenient series highways, Highway 401 and Highway 407. access to Canada’s largest consumer market of more than 5 million people and are located within a day’s drive of more than 120 million Canadian and American consumers. With easy connections to multiple USA border crossings into New York, Michigan and Minnesota, Oshawa offers superior access to American markets. Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority is the Region of Durham’s gateway to world markets through the St. Lawrence Seaway. Oshawa Executive Airport is a regional airport offering corporate business travel and general aviation. Passenger charter services, freight services, aircraft maintenance and aircraft restoration services are provided at the airport. On-site Canada Border Service Agency—Canada Customs is available 7 days a week by appointment.
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Development Charges Permit Value: Industrial Development 2017 2018 2019 2020
$27,679,500 $17,441,000 $87,362,900 $63,808,200
• The City of Oshawa is ranked number 1 for development approval timelines across the GTA (Altus Group, 2020). • In 2020, Oshawa had its 4th Highest Total Construction value on record at $480,474,100.
Development Charges (Industrial) City of Oshawa N/A (exempt) Regional $119.54/m2 Education N/A Oshawa does not collect City Development Charges on industrial development. This represents a savings of over $967,000 per 10,000 sq. m. (107,000 sq. ft.) of development.
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Talent Oshawa’s dynamic and diverse economy consists of: Healthcare 18%
Accomodations & Food Services 8%
Educational Services 11%
Professional Services 3%
Retail Trade 15%
Finance & Insurance 3%
Manufacturing 6%
Information & Cultural 2%
Admin & Support 8%
Other 18%
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Public Administration 8%
• According to Statistics Canada, Oshawa Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) is leading Canada in population growth.
• BMO’s Regional Labour Market Report Card (2020) examines labour market trends in Canada and ranked Oshawa 6th in Canada and 2nd in Ontario.
• Oshawa ranked 5th as one of the best cities to move to for those moving out of Toronto to surrounding communities by HuffPost (2020).
One of Canada’s
fastest growing
1.2 million
workers within a
45 minute
commute
Post Secondary
Institutions •
markets for
tech talent
Durham College
Smart
Ontario Tech University • Trent University Durham GTA •
21
community Fastest Growing Census Metropolitan Area in Canada —Statistics Canada
5
25,000 student population
in a unique, technology rich learning environment
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Development Charges Non-Residential Development Charges and Cash-in-lieu of Parkland Dedication as of January 1, 2021 (payable in full to Building Permit Services on or before the date a building permit is issued) Non-Residential Development
Commercial
Industrial
Institutional (Unless exempt from the bylaw)
City of Oshawa
$132.95/m2
N/A
$132.95/m2
Region of Durham
$221.76/m2
$119.54/m2
$115.45/m2
Visit oshawa.ca/northwoodbusinesspark for a list of exemption rules and contacts.
G.T.A. Industrial Development Charges ($/m2) Oshawa
$119.54/m2
Vaughan
$426.47/m2
Mississauga
$358.33/m2
Milton
$199.78/m2
Hamilton
$210.33/m2 Source: Urbacon 2021
Oshawa has the lowest industrial development charges in Durham, York, Peel, Halton and Hamilton.
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