{"id":17897,"date":"2017-07-26T12:12:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T16:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=17897"},"modified":"2017-08-01T19:35:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T23:35:30","slug":"sales-begin-to-roll-on-highland-gate-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/sales-begin-to-roll-on-highland-gate-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales begin to roll on Highland Gate development"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Prospective property owners have begun descending on the sales centre for Allegro which opened its doors this week, herlding the start of Highland Gate redevelopment.
\nPlans for the new infill development on the golf course lands were unveiled to the public in a special grand opening held last Tuesday, June 18, and the contemporary designs, which were tailored to fit into the existing
\ncommunity surrounding the development receiving early plaudits.
\n\u201cThe house designs were done following all approvals and they were all visualized and characterised as developments that would complement the existing community,\u201d says Cheryl Shindruck of the Geranium Corporation and Highland Gate Developments Inc. (HGDI), the companies behind Allegro. \u201cWe are very cognizant of wanting to fit into the community and this was really the first time for us to show [the community], with the designs now done, what those houses might look like.\u201d
\nThe plans received thumbs up from some members of the Highland Gate Ratepayers Association, who said they were pleased the existing community was indeed taken into consideration with the designs.
\n\u201cThey are really taking into consideration the ambiance and the surroundings as they are putting together the development,\u201d says Susan Walmer of the Highland Gate Ratepayers Association. \u201cI think they are taking into consideration the community values and concerns.\u201d
\nMs. Shindruk says they are \u201cdelighted to hear there has been a positive response\u201d to the designs, but there is still another component that needs to be hammered out: the details of a 21 acre parkland that will form the heart of the community, featuring trails linking Yonge Street to Bathurst.
\nPlans enshrined in the Minutes of Settlement, a binding agreement entered into by HGDI, the Ratepayers and the Town on the details of the redevelopment call for these trails to be illuminated, a detail that raised significant disapproval from neighbours both within, but particularly outside the Ratepayers Group.
\nWith no parties looking to reopen the minutes of settlement, neighbours were, for a time, at loggerheads but cooler heads prevailed and now all parties are working together to devise a plan they all agree upon.
\nThe first meetings of an ad-hoc committee of the developers, the Ratepayers Association, and community members outside the Association, are hoped to take place this week.
\n\u201cWe haven\u2019t really discussed anything specific other than from the public comments made at Council that lighting is a concern and that is one of the things we\u2019re definitely going to be looking at,\u201d said Ms. Walmer. \u201cAt the opening of Allegro [there were some] comments made by the principals that they do want to create a really beautiful, one of a kind park to match the kind of development they\u2019re putting in place.
\n\u201cI am just hearing positive things from everybody at this point, which is a great start to working together. We\u2019re hopeful that it will remain that way and we will come to a consensus at the end of a couple of meetings that we can present to the Town. The Town is going to be involved in the meetings so we don\u2019t look at amenities or items that won\u2019t work with the Town\u2019s plan and various future risk analysis. That is a good addition, I think, to this ad-hoc committee going forward.\u201d
\nThis is a sentiment shared by Ms. Shindruk.
\n\u201cThis process has always been open to dialogue about each aspect of the plan,\u201d Ms. Shindruk told The Auroran on Friday. \u201cWe were especially concerned about opening up the Minutes of Settlement. The Minutes of Settlement provide some latitude to have a discussion about the details of the park and that is exactly what we continue to be committed to doing, and so that is what we will be committed to doing.
\n\u201cWe are trying to get everyone\u2019s schedules to align and we\u2019re hoping to be able to convene and have that conversation with them next week sometime.
\n\u201cWe continue to be committed to building a park amenity and trails that we\u2019re going to be proud of and, as we work through this process with the community, ensure they feel the same way. With that kind of sentiment on the parts of all parties, I am pretty sure we\u2019re going to be very pleased with the result.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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