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0À stReal Estate SPORTS See what's Miton trio ctaim S?&> esn the market Ontario gotd inside page 21 A METROLAND COMMUNITY NEV -v H CHAMPI ON COUItIT Hatton sportsmen's club brings home thie bacon Page i15 qSPAPER VOL. 145 NO.15 TUESDAY MAY 4, 2004 $1.00 (GST included) PPGES 'Using Commnunication toBuildBetter Communities" -Mail to undergo major expansion By JASON MISNER The Champion The new owners of Milton Mati hope t0 embark lter this year on a major building redesign that has many peopte tickted pink about the impactiti coutd have on the local eeonomy. The sale of the 275.123-square-foot Milton Mail to Torotto-based owners PenRetail Il L.td. for $21.2 million officiaI- ly closed in earlN April. John Rogers. a planning Consultant representing PenRetail. told The Champion. The .30-year-old mail, currently with 51 tenants,. s loeated in the Central Business District. which includes the downto%;sn core. Mr. Rogers said the lîrst phase ssould include thcensuch-talked about proposed Zellers expansion from its current si/e of 74,0(X) square leet to 109),(X) square feet. A site plan application from Zellers will likely be filed wvith the Towsn early this month, he said. If everything gocs accordingly. Mr. Rogers said construction oin the store could begin in the summer and be completed by late fali. ,«Helping out Air cadet Justin Carglil and Sgt. Sara Kllmury of the 820 Blue Thunder squadron remove a chair from the Sixteen Mlle Creelc as part of thé Miton Good N.Ighbours Communlty Dey Saturday. Seo mom photos on page8. Photo by GRAHAM PAINE By that point, it's hoped PenRetail will have the proper planning approvals needed to begin the redesign of the rest of the mail. Thbat would include things hike a new facade. increased parking capacity, new entrances and landscaped features. Mr. Rogers doesn't yet know what the costs would be, but expected that they \vould be "substantial." "'he mail is going to have a complete facclift," he said. -We're gotng through the preliminary stages now so we lsaven't real- ly gotten dossn to the fme details. It will be a nîce architectural element with some very expansive landscaping treatrnent at the cor- ner of Ontario and Main streets." Mr. Rogers said it's possible the mal owners could add on the property one or two free-standing retail pads that would include a yet-unkno\wýn number of smaller stores. probably in the range of 31000 to 5,000 square feet. A restaurant is also pos- sible. Also, PenRetail bought the current build- ing on Nipissing Road in which Loblaws is leasing space. Mr. Rogers said the objec- tive would be to have that building eventu- alIy broken into two retail stores. It would- n't include a grocery store, he added. A portion of Nipissing Road is proposed esee NAME on page 7 imdie Comment ............56 High School Report..10 Datolino .......... 18-19 Classifiod ......... 25-28 0tuesday, May 4 a Salvation Amny * Brancler Jewullery * 0Rona/ashway* e SpartChek *0 Battief loid Equlpment Rentai e Woodblno Entertalnment Centre e Milton Chamber of Commerce *Solected ara: only 1 , l r Il_ ý 1