Update on old Woodstock General includes purchaser of west parking lot
By Mark Schadenberg
It’s been quite some time since I devoted space here to the space
of land devoted to the former Woodstock General Hospital on Riddell Street.
It would appear a familiar name to developments in Woodstock has
purchased the land on the west side of Riddell, which previously was staff
parking.
As this parcel will have residences (to be determined in style)
backing on to Brant, Graham and Riddell streets, I would think the City will
pay close attention to the wishes of the neighbourhood residents when Rembrandt
unveils its plan (of subdivision) – likely some time in the spring of 2014.
Locally, the London based Rembrandt is building the new 2-storey 3-bedroom
townhouse condominiums at 176 Ferguson Road (Beacon’s Way, MLS: 70584, 70942,
& 72116) and behind the Peace Lighthouse and current Ferguson homes.
Rembrandt also built the ranch (1-floor and a basement) condos at both 450 and
500 Lakeview Drive in AlderGrange on the north side of Pittock pond.
Take it from someone who attended the public meetings, including a
packed house for a geared-to neighbourly gathering at the Legion, either type
of format is possible for this low residential zoning section.
The west portion of the hospital property is 1.97 acres and once
included a house, but it was purchased by the hospital board many years ago so
it could be converted into a controlled parking lot.
According to the Woodstock Sentinel-Review story (links below), the
hospital board of trust fund will receive $500,000 for this land. Those dollars will go
toward off-setting the costs of demolishing the entire hospital grounds.
The listing office was the commercial Realtors CBRE.
I’m not sure if there were any delays in this purchase process as no conditional
sales were ever announced publicly and the deadline to submit a site proposal
and accompanying bid was Aug. 15.
Across The Street
The block (Riddell frontage to Vincent and around Wellington and
Brant) where the actual hospital stood, is about 6.4 acres, and there’s been no
updates released to the public on any sales.
The original hospital had bricks and mortar dating back to 1895, but
moving day was Nov. 20, 2011 (https://www.wgh.on.ca/wgh/images/stories/pdf/newsletters/comeda.pdf), so the olde medical facility ceased operations
more the two years ago, and the site demolition work (Priestly Inc. from Aurora;
www.priestly.ca) has included tons
of recycling of materials (dollars recouped) and tons of non-useable and
sometimes hazardous waste. (
I for one look forward to the future of this quadrant of Woodstock as
there is also a game plan to develop the nearby Beckett Farm Market lot as well.
LINKS:
TODAY
STORY FROM 2010
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/2010/11/17/history-brought-to-light
Mark
Schadenberg, Sales Representative
Senior
Real Estate Specialist (SRES designation)
Royal
LePage Triland Realty
757 Dundas
St, Woodstock
www.wesellwoodstock.com
(519) 537-1553,
cell or text
Email:
mschadenberg@rogers.com
Twitter:
markroyallepage
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