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s economist sunjtribune town news thursday feb 17 2000 3 medical centre to boost image doctors sought to move practices to stateoftheart ringwood drive building regional news digest by joan ransberry staff writer a 4million stateoftheart medical and professional office complex is slated for stouffville the tribune has learned legacy place a threestorey 45000squarefbot concrete and glass building will occupy a two- acre site at 54 ringwood dr provid ing whitchurchstouffville council agrees if all goes as planned ten ants will move in by 2001 according to mayor wayne emmerson the town doesnt anticipate any problems with the plan or the construction its a fine looking build ing its a very positive move at present office space in stouffville is scarce a few years ago we had plenty of office space now we have very little this is a positive move its great news economic develop ment officer eric lismanis said in a few weeks council is expect- david hatcher projected growth will support centre ed to give the hod to a siteplan application from land owner and developer castledene investments of scarborough with project partner japesan enterprises inc of markham the parties involved are anxious to have construction get under way the land is appropriately zoned for the building so the applicants are not being plagued with government red tape the town is 100 per cent behind this project said david hatcher project spokesperson and associate broker with sutton groupmajestic realty each of the three floors mea sures 15000 square feet doctors offices a medical clinic and a small pharmacy could occupy the first floor while medical service special ists and other professionals would suit the second floor the third floor could be made up of professional offices an elevator will service the building the ringwood drive area has not been without its problems hatcher said some grief has come out of ringwood but were antici- paring that this building will be the yardstick of change lismanis agreed ringwood drive is shaping up this building an architects drawing depicts the medical building slated for ringwood drive tenants could move in as early as next year will do much to clean up the area one of these days it will be a very nice place its great to see this kind of confidence securing tenants to legacy place is not viewed as a problem as stouffville is designated for growth close to 3000 new homes are planned hatcher said that means 10000 new people the population is moving north and at present stouffville doesnt have any class a office space for rent the market is good the first leg of hatchers plan is to sell legacy place to stoufivilles 20plus doctors many doctors are running their practices put of build ings that are brinking on being dilapidated or out of very crowded offices im sure some will welcome the chance to upgrade legacy place offices will be designed to fit individual tenants if someone needs a 2000-square- foot office well provide it said hatcher if were given a floor plan well look after it with a twoacre lot there will be ample parking and the location provides easy access to highways 47 48 and 407 legacy place will be an attrac tive architectural design with a truly comfortable working environ ment hatcher stressed anyone wishing more information on legacy place can call 8819558 staff photorob alary markham fire and york region road crews responded to yesterdays crash on stouffville road by covering the area with an absorball compound and sand which was followed by a street sweeper truck crash closes road stouffville road was closed for more than four hours yesterday after a dump truck collided with a car on snowy roads and dumped an entire tank of diesel fuel one man was taken to hospital with minor head injuries after the 830 am crash just west of mccowan road said const jason hayes the driver of the dump truck was eastbound on stouffville road and due to weather conditions he lost control- he said a westbound car collided with the truck hitting the fuel tank the driver suffered minor head injuries and was taken to markham stouffville hospital where he was treated andteleased a large quantity of diesel fuel was left on the roadway and police were forced to close both lanes for clean up stouffville road reopened just after 1 pm no charges are expected hayes added whats happening milliken mills community centre and library 10th anniversary saturday 10 am to 4 pm kennedy road at 14th avenue milliken mills community centre employees from left sheri stewart nancy vincent and keith mcguckin promote the 10th anniversary of the centre all are invited to enjoy dancing music cake skating shinny and swimming on the road to construction measures will be taken to reduce the traffic impact if and when the new library and pool is built at memorial park south on tuesday whitchurch- stouffville council received a facilityimpact study and agreed to adopt its recommendations improvements will include a sidewalk on burkholder street between park drive and market street while the existing 40 kmh speed limit will be main tained the town will provide a left turn lane along main street in the vicinity of park drive construction vehicles will be prohibited from using adjacent residential streets to access the site all construction traffic will be routed along park drive and main street the 57million pool library proposal is how before the ontario municipal board despite the challenge the town is taking a businessasusual approach the project went to tender two weeks ago correction a feb 12 story stated that ward 1 councillor steve pliakes was the top spender amongst his peers last year in fact ward 5 councillor judy scala had the highest spending record with a 19771 expenditure the tribune apologizes for the error our new spring arrivals are here our fall winter fashions have got to go off regular ticket prices f all fall winter fashions excludes new spring arrivals cruisewear and swimwear peppertree kjlassics 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