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Stouffville Sun-Tribune n www.yorkregion.com n Thursday, June 28, 2012, 20 Health care centre unique to Ontario Stouffville and still has family here, started working on the concept of an environmentally-friendly health speaking, we'll have 20 health care care centre about four years go. This practitioners there," Mr. Jain said. facility will be the first of its kind for The medical centre is being devel- DCL as well as Ontario, he said. oped by DCL Equity Partners, with He chose Stouffville because "it CMC Medical and Dental Centres just had all the attributes for a pilot being the primary tenant. project." The Ringwood Drive facility will Mr. Deluca also noted that even be called CMC Urgent Care Centre though the Markham Stouffville and is expected to be open in late Hospital is expanding "there are 2013. already talks it's going to be under"When it's not such an emergency sized for what's happening in the you can go into a walk-in clinic to region." alleviate some of the pressure on The proposed medical facilemergency rooms," Mayor Wayne ity will have a rooftop garden and Emmerson said of the proposed water harvester, which will provide medical centre that has yet to come enough water for irrigation and toibefore council. let flushing. This will also cut down As well as being Stouffville's first the building's use of municipal all-encompassing medical clinic, it water by 30 to 35 per cent, accordwill be constructed with environ- ing to Mr. Deluca. mental sustainability and patient The facility will be outfitted with comfort top of mind. geothermal heating/cooling and The facility is being designed to special LED lighting that, according be 60 per cent more efficient than to Mr. Deluca, increases people's other medical offices within the GTA, serotonin levels by 35 per cent. according to Frank Deluca, founder "It has been tested the last few and CEO of DCL. years out of Europe and the results The building will also be BREEAM A medical centre proposed for Ringwood Drive in Stouffville would be home to an urgent care centre, about 20 are amazing," he said. "They call it medical practitioners, including specialists and optometry, dentistry, ultrasound and X-ray as well as a pharmacy. certified, which sets standards for happy lighting." best practices in sustainable buildWindows throughout the buildThe plan has not been before town council. CMC Medical and Dental Centres aims to open in 2013. ing design, construction and operaing will also be fully operational to tion. A BREEAM assessment utilizes bring in fresh air. A layer of rubber performance measures set against will be laid down on top of the sideestablished benchmarks. walk in lieu of using salt in the win"I felt it was a much better yard ter to keep people from slipping. A stick for us" versus LEED certificamood/colour specialist is assisting tion, Mr. Deluca said. with the decor. Mr. Deluca, who used to live in "You want to make the community proud of the building (that) is in their town. You're going to support that tenant. ... We're not environmentalists ... but I do believe there ® are good opportunities in green construction to get a good return on Girls Incorporated of investment," Mr. Deluca said, noting York Region / by utilizing all of these eco-friendly formerly Big Sisters of technologies, construction costs are York Call 905-830-0776 up 12 to 15 per cent over that of a www.girlsinc-york.org traditional medical building. "It's not very exciting to see your health care provider. ... Most of the Member of the United Way York Region medical office buildings in Canada This message brought to you as a ... they're old, tired buildings," he community service of MarkhamInstofCosSurgAd1:Layout 1 12-06-26 12:10 PM Page 1 The Stouffville Sun Tribune said. From page 1. TopGear CarWash Where beauty takes shape, and We specialize in: · Breast augmentation · Liposuction The Markham Institute of Cosmetic Plastic Surgery is a fully accredited state of the art facility, and the first-of-its-kind in Markham and the surrounding area. · Tummy Tuck · Injectables safely skillfully Dr. Ron Wallman M.D., FRCS(C) Visit our website to learn about all procedures offered. Markham Institute of Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Boxgrove Medical Arts Centre 110 Copper Creek Drive, Suite 300 Markham, Ontario L6B 0P9 www.markhamplasticsurgery.com Tel: 905. 472. 7121 drwallman@markhamplasticsurgery.com Book your consultation today!