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r economist suntribune ivungjp afjsajrs tuesday aug j 2000 sit -rt- 13 v 4n x i s nevrera in the toronto area by kathleen griffin staff writer its been 10 years coming but markham centre is filially on the move s l the massive downtowncore project planned since the early 90s has been kickstarted with the arhvatof two huge corporations and one resideh- tial development a j itjsthe beginning of ah entire cofrirnunity fea turing highdensity residential commercial and industrial lands parkslibraries and schools it will also include a large artificial lake and accessibility to the rouge river in the area south of hwy 7- between warden avenue and mccowan road the remington group under developer rudy bratty has submitted a plan to the town that includes 3500 homes- condos and luxury apart ments four million square feet of office or other employment space and 55000 square- feet of upscale retail space after refinements the devel operhopes to have all approvals in place by january lots of downtowns been redeveloped t but nobodys ever actually created a downtown no one has had the opportunity said remingtons dave desilva its scary its never been done we cant use a model of whats come before but it does give us the opportunity to prevent mistakes other downtowns have made desilva said its probably the biggest thing weve ever worked on micheline bouchard presi 4 dent and chief executive officer v of motorola canada ltd unveiled her com panys plan to c build its s canadian head- quarters inv jmarkhamsnew town centre the corporation will be joined by ibm a as a major cbrpb- rate cornerstone of the towns hew j- a y 3- it will also highlight the rouge river in a way similar to san antonio s famous riverwalk the remington development will feature a eurocanadian look using heritage architecture seen in quebec city desilva said homes will include upscale brownstone townhouses walki ups and luxury condos and apartments itwill also highlight the rouge river in away similar to san antonios famous riverwalk with open vistas to the valleylands j in texas they embrace the water theres no fear people commerce and culture are right against the water rather than a 30metre buffer and miles offence so no one uses it he said and the retail wont be big box retail there will be many many restaurants bake shops ice cream parlours cultural centres boutiques and antique shops a major eastwest roadway will run through the development easing pressure on hwy 7 and con nections will be inplace to encourage public tran sit v 1 in taking the pulse of the community during the vision 2000 surveys many residents said they want to see a downtown core for markham orie all res idents can share currently the town has four focal points markham main street unionville main street thornhill and milliken there are four communities in markham which are all separate there isno centre point where people feel they are in the towrf centre res ident nigel cohen said s cohen participated in the lengthy public con sultation process for markham- centre which began in 1991 public charettes were held similar to those held in the early- stages of the cornell development new urbanism designer andres duany offered a developmentwide concept- something cohen insists was necessary if there wasnt a master plan of some sort everybody would just build their own thing- he saidat least everyone will be working toward the same concept and it wont be developed on an ad hoc basis 1 r announced in april 1999 it would locate its new 125rnillibn research and development cam pus on an 80acre parcel south of embassy suites on warden avenue and motorola one of canadas largest hightech companies announced in june it would open a sevenstorey 224000squarefoot office on the east side ofwarden north of hwy 407 that will belhe gateway to markham centre the whole project was moving very slowly for a number of reasons one the result of the economy at that time explained town of markham planner lili duoba then ibm came on board and ka- boom eventually markham centre will encompass 16 city blocks with targets of 10000 residential units for 25000 people three elementary schools two secondary schools 55000 square metres of retail space and 390000 square metres of other office and employment lands that will create 17000 jobs the goal is to connect the north side ofwarden as well to include pedestrian and vehicle access to the civic centre the markham theatre and the fiveacre park planned across the street on cox boulevard the plan of the municipality is to provide high- density development in an area where it makes sense as opposed to spreading it out over different locations duoba said we are making sure we continually keep the big picture in mindv while there are dozens of landowners includ ing both developers and private citizens the remington plan represents the core of the site and is much further along in termsbf the planning process than anyone else duoba added mr mf mrwcfm lnserts for t tuesday august 12000 i blacks photography canadian tire midweek markham canadian tire midweek stecies allstate- carlo bruni jmd proff home depot canadian tiremidweek stouffville cashway jm industries larry fockler construction canadian tire midweek r hill canadian tire midweek aurora no one can deliver results like we do markham to book your flyer distribution call seoct6d areas only economist sun 905 2948244 stouffville tribune no one else is trying to develop something of this scale r its a rather daunting project remington was instrumental in bringing those i big head offices to the table duoba said no one else istrying to develop something of this scale its a rather daunting project j j w markham mayor don cousehs jaid the city centre will respect information gathered through t vision 2000 which includes citizens comments v the dream has been there a long time v cousens said its themost exciting new project in the entire gta were committed to what we learned from vision 2000 better transportation protection of the valleylands and a green concept housing that is what people want and need essen- tially a true town centre it wont take away from the main streets but its a hew and fresh opportunity for people to gather lf ward 3councillor joe virgilio agrees we want to make it a focal point where people come to restaurants bars entertainment centres stores and boutiques there rather than in all differ ent locations we want to make sure it becomes a hub for transportation with a go station and more fre- qiient service because the densitycan support it we want to make the area userfriendly and walkable with park benches and views it will be a place people will be attracted to he said iio deliver the economist sun and tribune in the following areas svwales avenue drakefield road loyalist court jolyn court t country glen road riverlands ave l ranger court col butler drive jl sherwood forest dr fry court r bakerdale road sir percival court jl settlement park ave 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