Negotiations continue and the details remain confidential for the Campus of Care project in Thornbury.
At a special committee of the whole meeting on Nov. 4, The Blue Mountains Coun. Gail Ardiel requested a Campus of Care update from staff at the meeting and had the item added to the agenda.
In response to Ardiel’s request, CAO Shawn Everitt said there is nothing new to report.
“At the current time, staff are not prepared to provide an update,” he said.
Everitt said the “negotiation process” for the project continues and that information remains confidential.
There has been little new information on the Campus of Care since the town began exploring servicing options for the property earlier in the year. The process was quite controversial with the public and council struggled to make a decision, before finally deciding to direct staff to bring the engineering work for the servicing project to the 60 per cent design completion stage.
Noting public interest on the file, Ardiel asked when staff expected to have something new on the Campus of Care for council to consider.
Everitt said he could commit to having more information and an update by the end of November.
“I’m hopeful it will be sooner,” he said.
The CAO also said he could potentially have more information to share with council in closed session by the end of the week.
The Campus of Care project would include 160 long-term care beds, another 160 beds available as attainable labour force housing, 300 multi-family units, 80 daycare spaces, community gardens, pickleball courts, a playground, and 250+ retirement living beds on land owned by the town at 125 Peel Street.
The town is currently negotiating a deal with peopleCare and Skyline Development Acquisitions for the developers to buy 18.7 acres and the town would keep 11 acres on the north side of the property for future use.
