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Little Lake Seniors Community in Barrie, Ontario
Integrated multi-phase project to include medical
centre, condominiums and a retirement community
Canadian Design and Construction Report special feature
Work is well underway in developing the Little Lake
Seniors Community in Barrie Ontario. Once completed,
the multi-phase project is expected to include a medical
centre, a condominium development and a retirement
community. The project's first phase, a five-storey 50,000 sq. ft.
regional community health centre, has been designed
by MCL Architects Inc. and is being built under the su-
pervision of construction manager Brimanor Construc-
tion Services Ltd. President Robson Knapp says the first
phase is expected to be completed in October with the
next phases coming in over the next few years.
“There is a five-acre parcel of land in the centre of the
project set to become 360 condominium units with
amenities including a pool, fitness centre, café and
salon. That development though is contingent on the
completion of the bridge bypass which is at least a two-
year project.”
He says the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund also
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plans to build a 150-170 bed retirement home including
assisted living and memory care housing options. This
phase should open next summer.
“When everything is done you can buy a condo-
minium, be guaranteed a doctor through the medical
centre and have the retirement community adjacent for
flexible assisted living when those services are re-
quired,” he said.
Knapp says the medical centre has been constructed
with local trades, incorporating common-sense energy
savings. Features like the third floor communal waiting
room with curtain wall overlooking Little Lake make the
centre bright and airy and connect visitors to the natural
environment. The centre will include family doctors, specialist,
minor surgery services, a pharmacy and lab, optometry,
health and wellness services, nurses and nurse practi-
tioners. Knapp says Brimanor Construction Services Ltd. has
developed an expertise with this type of project, having
constructed several others across the province.