Wit Ventures: Seasons Retirement Communities Acquires Three More Properties.

Thursday 2 November 2017

Seasons Retirement Communities Acquires Three More Properties.

From Cathy Dobson, The Sarnia Journal.

The Oakville-based company that intends to redevelop Bayside Centre into an assisted living retirement residence has purchased three buildings on Christina Street between George and Lochiel.

“I can confirm that Seasons (Retirement Communities) has acquired the three properties on Christina Street and these will form part of our overall master plan for the Bayside Mall,” CEO Rick Smyth told The Journal.

The project is still in the planning stages so details won’t be available until next year, Smyth said.

Sarnians learned six months ago Seasons had purchased the 3.5-hectare (8.5-acre) mall property in the centre of the downtown. Opened in 1982 as the Sarnia Eaton Centre, the mall thrived, fell on hard times when Eaton’s closed, and slid as occupancy rates fell to 30% and lower.

Numerous owners and wannabe owners have announced redevelopment over the years, but it wasn’t until April and the Seasons purchase that downtown boosters grew optimistic.

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