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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Thursday, April 2 0, 2 0 1 7 | 1 8 CONSUMER FEATURE Condo building is popular continued from p.16 " I k n e w i t w a s t im e f o r s e n io r liv in g b e c a u s e . . . " Residents share the personal reasons they made the move to Amica. I WANT TO ENJOY THE TIME I HAVE LEFT " I d id n 't realize h ow lonely I was living alone in a condo. I knew nobody. I had no activities. I have m y son b u t he's busy -- you can't expect your children to en terta in you. I th o u g h t, 'There's not m uch tim e left, I w a n t make th e m ost o f it.'I orga nize th e card games here. We haven't g o t tim e to be sad or lonely because we're to o busy having fun to g eth e r."-D o ree n , 80 I c o u l d n 't d r iv e a n y m o r e " I was living in a tow nhouse by myself. I'd suffered a stroke and was no longer able to drive. Driving is so im p orta n t when you live alone. Now I take th e resi dence bus when I need to run errands"-H elen, 90 MY HOUSE NEEDED RENOVATIONS " I lived in m y ce n tury hom e for 40 years and loved it. But th e garden was b e g inning to be over grow n, th e roo f needed replacing and I co u ld n 't handle th e stairs. I figured I w o u ld be b e tter o ff m oving th a n paying to fix up a house th a t I was already having tro u b le m a n a g in g "-M a y, 90 MAINTAINING MY HOME WAS TOO MUCH " I had a house on tw o acres w ith hedges th a t needed trim m in g , grass th a t needed cu ttin g and s n o w to shovel. I fe lt I was ready to stop w o rryin g a b o u t cooking and chores"-P eter, 80 MY WIFE HAS DEMENTIA " We were living in o u r hom e w hen m y w ife was diagnosed w ith dem entia. I th o u g h t let's get used to someplace th a t meets bo th our needs. I w a n t ed her to be safe and co m fo rta ble and I w anted to stay active "-E d , 87 MY HUSBAND DIDN'T WANT ME TO BE ALONE " Before m y husband died, he wanted me to move to a residence. He knew how much I like people and d id n 't w a n t me to be lonely. I'm glad he sug gested it. The staff is fantastic, th e food is excellent and there are lots o f activities. -Eleanor, 83 To fin d o u t m o re a b o u t first-class senior liv ing, visit am ica.ca. need to succeed make Halton Region a great place to live, work and do business," the release added. Non-residential construction value made up nearly 40 per cent of total values at $832 million, an increase of 21 per cent over 2015. This included 2.7 million square feet of non residential development floor area. The report goes on to say that commercial (office and retail) and institutional construction values increased 33 per cent and 42 per cent, respectively, to $369 million and $399 million. A total of 694,225 square feet of new commercial floor area was constructed in 2016, up 13 per cent from the year prior. Industrial construction values declined nearly 50 per cent to $64 million. This included a total of 1.1 m illion square feet of new industrial total floor area, a decrease of 70 per cent over a strong year in 2015. According to the report, significant non residential development projects include the expansion of the Milton District Hospital ($200 million), construction of the new Halton Regional Police headquarters ($47 million), a new multi-storey office building on Oakville Place Drive by Hood Development Corporation ($27.6 million) and other office developments in Oakville by First Gulf ($18.8 million) and Kingridge (Speers) ($10 million). The Premier Gateway Business Park in Halton Hills also saw significant investment activity with the initiation of construction on the Broccolini distribution centre ($36 million), Bentall-Kennedy distribution centre ($29 million) and the Triovest distribution centre ($15 million). Relative to its 2016 population, Halton experienced the second most active development market in the GTA in 2016 at $3,907 in total construction value per resident, a 9 per cent increase over 2015. This is slightly behind York Region at $4,188 in construction value per resident. Halton' s share of $790 m illion in GTA industrial building permit values (down 28 per cent over 2015) decreased from 11 per cent in 2015 to 8.2 per cent in 2016. However Halton' share of the GTA $4.1 billion commercial building permit value (up 8 per cent over 2015) increased from seven per cent to nine per cent. Halton' s residential development market has hovered around $1 billion in construction value per year over the last 10 years and reached a new record level of $1.3 billion in 2016. Several large-scale condom inium projects in Burlington, Halton Hills and Oakville contributed to the substantial rise in residential activity. For more information on the 2016 Economic Review, visit halton.ca/invest. 5 · · [ STAPtES 1 m ore happens BLAZER Dorval Cros Over 6 0 Shops & Services located at the QEW & Dorval Drive Visit d o rv a lc ro s s in g .c o m for more information PROUDLY M A N A G E D BY B entall Kennedy