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Northwood Business Park

Northwood Business Park

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Comprised of 202 hectares (500 acres) of developable employment land, this area has the advantage of being located in close proximity to the Ontario Tech University/Durham College main campus, Highway 407 East, and Oshawa Executive Airport. A plan for regional servicing of Northwood Business Park has been approved.

Northwood Business Park Virtual Tour

Aerial view of the Northwood Business parks showing development and large plots of land

Property Details

AreaDetails

Gross Area

+/- 722 acres

Developable Area 

Estimated +/- 500 acres

Oshawa Official Plan Land Use Designations 

Industrial, Open Space and Recreation, Special Purpose Commercial and/or Local Central Area.

Frontage 

Thornton Road North, Stevenson Road North, Taunton Road West and Conlin Road West.

Zoning (Arterial Roads)

Select Industrial, General Industrial, Special Purpose, Planned Commercial Centre, Automobile Service Station, Commercial, Park Open Space, Environmentally Sensitive Open Space, Hazard Lands Open Space and/or Urban Reserve.

Servicing 

Approved and budgeted by Region of Durham.

Highlights

  • Location bounded by Taunton Rd. W. to the south, the Oshawa-Whitby boundary to the west, Highway 407 East to the north, and the Oshawa Creek to the east.
  • Northwood Business Park consists of multiple privately held properties with a distribution of open space areas.
  • Pre-servicing for water and sewer infrastructure projects is a Region of Durham priority. 
  • Pre-zoned employment lands.
  • Minutes to Highways 401 (Stevenson Rd. S. exit), 407 East (Simcoe St. N. exit), 412 and 418. Adjacent to the Oshawa Executive Airport. Served by Regional Bus Transit.
  • In proximity to Ontario Tech University and Durham College, leading post-secondary institutions with more than 30,000 students and exceptional research facilities in automotive engineering, nuclear engineering, supply chain and operations, clean energy, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and more.
  • Environmental Assessment for Stevenson Rd. N. is currently underway. More information about all City of Oshawa Environmental Assessments is available here.

Development Charges

Non-Residential Development Charges and Cash-in-lieu of Parkland Dedication as of January 1, 2021 (payable in full to Building Permit Services on or before the date a building permit is issued):

Fees

Non-Residential DevelopmentCommercialIndustrialInstitutional (Unless exempt from the by-law)

City of Oshawa

$132.95/m2

N/A (exempt)

$132.95/m2

Region of Durham 

$221.76/m2

$119.54/m2

$115.45/m2

Oshawa does not collect City Development Charges on industrial development. This represents a savings of over $967,000 per 10,000 sq. m. (107,000 sq. ft.) of development

Recent Investments

  • Oshawa Power Announces New Facility Planned for North Oshawa (September 2024)
  • Panattoni Canada investing in a 500,000 Sq. Ft. speculative build industrial facility in Northwood Business Park (December 2023)
  • Canadian Dairy Leader Lactalis Canada Inc. selects Oshawa’s Northwood Business Park (October 2023)
  • Oshawa welcomes global supply chain leader Martin Brower to Northwood Business Park (September 2023)

 

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