The new detachment will provide approximately 17,000 square feet of space, and replaces the building on Beaverdale Road that was destroyed by fire in 2018. Construction is targeted for completion in 2023.

Vacancies in the industry rose by 19,900 (+46.7 percent) between the second quarters of 2019 and 2021 to reach 62,600. That figure is the highest on record since Statistics Canada began tracking sectoral data.

Ontario Power Generation has launched a new subsidiary called PowerON Energy Solutions that will build and operate electrification and charging infrastructure for municipal transit agencies and other corporate electric vehicle fleets.

The development, which is owned by Vandyk Properties, is the province’s first transit oriented community along the future Ontario Line subway. Construction is targeted to start on the first phase next fall.

The Finnish company will perform design and manufacturing work for the First Cobalt plant’s solvent-extraction cells, and technical support for the layout of the new solvent-extraction plant.