It's a gorgeous wreck of a building, but unfortunately, the
Westwood Theatre is useless, the land it's on tainted.
During the final session of the last city council, an agreement was reached to sell a portion of these lands � 4.5 out of a total of 19 � to the
Ontario Realty Corporation in order to build a new provincial criminal court house and a 450-spot underground parking garage.
"It will certainly be an economic stimulus to the area," says city councilor Peter Milczyn, who remembers seeing
Bambi at the Westwood more than 30 years ago. "We believe it will bring commercial development, offices for lawyers and whatnot, and restaurants and shops to serve them."
The court house will ultimately employ between 400 and 450 people.
The province will have to remediate the soil, which has been used industrially since at least the 1930s. Milczyn expects servicing the area -- drainage, electricity, etc. -- to commence in 2012, with construction set to begin a year later, with a tentative 2015 completion date.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Peter Milczyn
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