Wit Ventures: seniors

Thursday, 11 January 2018

New Senior's Projects for Sarnia.

Two large housing projects announced last year have fueled hopes for an economic boost in the city’s south end and downtown core.

An Oakville-based retirement home company is preparing to build an assisted living complex at the Bayside Centre in the heart of downtown Sarnia.

Seasons Retirement Communities plans to build 140 to 160 suites on the 3.5-hectare (8.5-acre) property. The company has also purchased several Christina Street buildings between George and Lochiel streets as part of its “overall master plan for the Bayside Mall,” CEO Rick Smyth told The Journal, pointing to some 75 full-time and part-time jobs when construction is complete.

“I’m very excited about it,” longtime merchant Jim Hall told The Journal in November. The owner of Sarnia Coin Exchange closed a real estate deal on his Christina Street building and is preparing to vacate in February.

“Part of the reason I agreed to sell is that it’s going to be a really positive thing,” he said.

The mall opened 1982 as the Sarnia Eaton Centre, thrived for years, fell on hard times after Eaton’s closed, and slid to occupancy rates of 30% and lower.

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Friday, 2 June 2017

City of Sarnia Streamlines Process, Developers Ready to Roll.

From Tyler Kula, Sarnia Observer.

Builders and planners in Sarnia are eager to roll on some big projects, and the city has moved to get out of their way, just a step.

City council this week passed a resolution that simplifies the process somewhat for proponents seeking official plan amendments, like rezoning.

Would-be developers still have to do their homework, go through a public consultation process and pitch their cases to council, but now they don’t need council’s permission to go through that process, said Alan Shaw, Sarnia’s director of planning, building and bylaw enforcement.

“It’s more efficient for the staff and it’s more time efficient for developers,” he said.

The city had been under a two-year official-plan-amendment freeze since its latest plan came into effect last July 15.

Ontario’s Smart Growth for Our Communities Act puts the freeze in effect so municipalities don’t have to worry about amendment pressures while implementing a new plan, Shaw said.

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Shirley D. Neal

Shirley has over 30 years of experience in such diverse businesses as financial planning, manufacturing, and supply. Her education includes a B.A., B.ED., M.ED., C.F.P., N.L.P. and the home inspector’s course as well as having her AZ license for five years. Her family home has given her and her husband the opportunity to do extensive renovation and repairs thereby increasing the value about $100,000 in ten years. She has been able to see firsthand how much a sensible and cost efficient renovations can add to the value of a home. Shirley has chosen joint ventures because she thinks that her experiences an help others achieve their goals and maximize the profits for both parties. In 1979, Shirley became involved in a small group of women who started a metal manufacturing company making small deep drawn metal parts for the automobile companies in Windsor. They took the company from start up to over $400,000 in sales in five years. That was a lot of parts since the parts sold for only five cents per each. In 1985 they sold the company to one of their customers. Whether it was selling mutual funds, teaching foster parents how to recruit foster parents, or working for Tony Robbins, Shirley has put more than 100 percent into every endeavour she was involved in.