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buttonville airport ushers in new image economist suntribune august 13 1986 re3 by steve houston staff reporter if officials at toronto airways ta have theirway corporate air travellers will think buttonville before they think toronto islands when commuting to and from metro situated within blocks of mar- khams corporate core the ta buttonville terminal is sur rounded by several multi national firms including magna international ibm allstate and mitsubishi under the guidance of new chief executive officer richard rohmer plans for expansion and improvement at the ta terminal are underway to attract such companies he contends that the trans portation jewel of the airport and nearby highways make for some attractive incentives to the corporate commuter mr rohmers masterplan sees leaders attracted by markhams corporate reputation using the buttonville facility as a base for business travel mr rohmer himself a well- known figure in literary legal and political circles took the ceos position with ta last spring fol lowing an abortive merger with quebecs nordair with the sifton family princi ple owners of the airport he has targeted goals to introduce a new corporate image for ta to attract firms there are a whole list of things we want to do said mr rohmer at the armadale groups offices beside the airport last week we want to increase our charter ser vice and really get at organiza tions and bring in more com panies one of the first orders of busi ness is to extend the buttonville runway by 400ft to accommodate smaller commercial jets mr rohmer also said they hope to have a new control tower built a fulltime canada customs facility has been implemented as has a stateoftheart flight ser vice station for pilots toronto airways currently has a 40plane fleet for training pilots and charters and boards some 275 other aircraft he expects that number to grow in the next three years this is an airport far better in terms of facilities and location than the toronto islands airport forexamplehenoted with the 404 transportation corridor our location is superb with an extension of the runway from 3800 ft to 4200 ft he said commercial jet pilots will find buttonville a suitable alternative to busy pearson international airport though already a multimillion dollar business he said the finan cial growth expected with the air ports expansion will help turn the 30year operations marginal profits into more substantial ones at the same time he said toronto airways should make a name for itself with the corporate travelling crowd a bonus for multinational companies elect ing to locate head offices in mar- kham all the industrial and com mercial investment going on here in markham is just enormous he noted im very optimistic that were on an upswing here air traffic controllers bill fresneda and anne charles keep a close watch on in coming and outgoing flights at the busy buttonville air port plans for expansion and improvement at the toronto airways terminal are currently underway to attract more corporate travellers bill lanning mortgage rates economist sunthe tribune compiled these rates as of monday aug 11 1986 mortgage lender var rate 6 mths 1 year 2 year 3 year 4 year 5 year bank of montreal 975 975 975 1025 105 1075 11 nova scotia 975 975- 1025 105 1075 11 cibc 975 975 1025 105 11 11 royal bank 975 975 1025 105 1075 11 toronto dominion 95 95 1025 105 1075 11 canada trust 1025 95 95 10 105 11 11 family trust 975 975 1025 1075 1125 1125 national trust 975 95 95 1025 105 11 11 sterling trust 975 1025 1075 11 11 stouffville district credit union ltd 95 10 105 wi in the matter of the ontario heritage act rs0 1 980 chap ter 337 and in the matter of the land and premises known munici pally as 4044 main street north markham part of lot 11 concession 7 in the town of markham in the province of ontario notice of intention to designate take notice that the council of the corporation of the town of markham intends to designate the property including lands and build ings known municipally as 4044 main street north markham as a property of architectural andor historic interest or value under part iv of the ontario heritage act rs0 1980 chapter 337 short statement of the reasons for the proposed designation the building located at 4044 main street north markham is recommended for designation for architectural significance within the town of markham as an excellent example of second empire row housing and as an integral part of markhams historic streets- cape built c1 890 the three row houses are unique in design application to the projecting rectangular bays decorative pediment dormers and particularly the bellcast eaves of the mansard roof with its cedar shingles and decorative fishscale cutouts any person may within thirty 30 days of the first publication of this notice send by registered mail or deliver to the clerk of the town of markham notice of his or her objection and all relevant facts if such notice of objection is received the council of the corporation of the town of markham shall refer that matter to the conservation review board for a hearing dated at the town of markham this 6th day of august 1986 gary fijoseblade cmo cmc town cfefk published a second time the 13th day of august 1986