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• The property is located on the west side of Leslie Street approximately one kilometre north of Wellington Street in Aurora.
• This 25-acre property has about 11 acres of developable land; the rest is protected bush land with a stream that runs along the entire southern boundary from east to west. It also has a one-acre pond.
• The property is protected on the entire west side by roughly 70 acres of wetlands owned by Ducks Unlimited.
• The property has a Residential development of 17 acres immediately to the north of the property and just beyond this approximately 80 acres of protected bush lands.
• Based on the above, this means that the property is protected on all sides except at Leslie Street by bush and wetlands and the 17 acre Residential development noted above.
• The property has access to Leslie Street, a main thoroughfare.
• Since February 2008, the C2 lands, in which your property is situated, is considered urban and not agricultural. This signals another milestone in enabling the construction of a seniors’ home to move forward. The next step is the development and approval of a secondary plan.
• The property has been audited for environmental issues and soil tested to ensure that the lands are suitable for the intended purposes and both these reports have come back favorably.

Additional Facts regarding the Vicinity of the Property:

• The site is in close proximity to numerous churches in the Aurora, Newmarket and the Richmond Hill area.
• The property is located less than a half a kilometre from a huge new shopping complex with Wal-Mart as the anchor store.
• The Aurora Recreational Complex and pool is located just west (on the north side) of Leslie Street at 1400 Wellington Street East. The Fred Bolsby Fire Station is adjacent to this facility. The Aurora Family Leisure Complex housing the Club Aurora Fitness Centre is only minutes from the site.
• Bayview Avenue shopping, restaurants and cinema is less than two kilometres west of the property.
• The Go station for the trains and buses is less than three kilometres away and will be serviced by a local bus at the time the building is ready to be completed.
• The South Lake Hospital located in Newmarket is less than ten minutes from this site.
• The Town of Aurora and the Town of Newmarket offer live theatre in which they frequently perform drama and musicals.
• The downtown core for Aurora is less than four kilometres from the new property.
• Highway 404 is less than a kilometre from the site; it is just a few hundred metres east of the Leslie Street and Wellington Street intersection.
• This property is close to various walking and bike trails.
• The new fully accessible Aurora Seniors’ Centre, Town Hall and Civic Square Park are only minutes from the property. The Town of Aurora’s website is: www.town.aurora.on.ca. This website is an excellent resource on recreational and leisure activities and community services. Also, the website offers insights into the Town’s plans with regard to various properties in the surrounding area as well as the natural heritage plan.