Each year, our local Georgian Triangle Association of REALTORS®, (GTAR) invite a panel of our local municipality’s planners to update our members about current events in their geographic areas. Over the next few weeks, The Collingwood Blue Mountain Real Estate Blog will post summaries from these discussions. Planners Part 3 – Town of Collingwood – [...]
Each year, our local Georgian Triangle Association of REALTORS®, (GTAR) invite a panel of our local municipality’s planners to update our members about current events in their geographic areas. Over a few weeks, we at the The Collingwood Blue Mountain Real Estate Blog are posting summaries from these discussions. Planners Update 2011 Planners Part 2 [...]
Georgian Gate is a proposed development in The Blue Mountains consisting of 609 detached and semi-detached dwelling units. The municipality has issued Notices of Adoption of an Official Plan Amendment and a Zoning By-law Amendment with respect to the subject lands, shown on the map in the shaded area. The Official Plan Amendment is being forwarded to the [...]
On May 2nd, Collingwood council passed a by-law bringing in new fees and service charges for things such as building, signage and swimming pool permits. You can see the new rates on the Town website by clicking here. Also, council will be adopting the new tax rates later this month. Here are links to the [...]
About 40 years ago, I remember my Uncle saying to me that Meaford was a town on the cusp of major development. I’ve heard the same thing ever since yet it has never materialized despite best efforts over the years. In the passing decades, there was the development of the Meaford Golf and Country [...]
The Mountaincroft new home development in Collingwood is now into its third year and so, I thought I’d check in on the progress of this new home community. Mountaincroft is a venture between developer Grandview Homes and Builder, Brownco who are both currently involved in three projects that include Bear Creek Hollow in Barrie and Forest [...]
I often get enquiries about the proposed Terrasan Craigleith Village Development planned along Highway 26 in Blue Mountain just west of Collingwood. The developer is proposing to build a large Village Community which includes a combination of commercial, retail, recreational, institutional and natural and open spaces. The zoning by-law has been approved. The 63.75 acre site [...]
When you drive from Collingwood west up Mountain Road to Blue, you pass some older homes, the Mair Mills subdivison and lots of open farmland. Did you know that most of that farm land is sold and planned for future development? As the area continues to grow in leaps and bounds, change is the only [...]
Guest post by David Larock When couples decide to divorce, financial assets accumulated while together must be equitably divided and in many cases, the most substantial shared asset is the matrimonial home. While each spouse is usually entitled to 50% of the accumulated home equity (minus the amounts contributed by each spouse individually when the [...]
In one of it’s final acts before their term expired, Collingwood’s last council gave approval to a Draft Plan of Subdivision, subject to appeal, of a long proposed development on the south end of town. The new Eden Oak development is proposing a subdivision of 243 new homes located just east of Hurontario Street at [...]
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