By Pepper Parr
June 27th, 2024
BURLINGTON, ON
It has been an eyesore for years.
But changes are in the work.
Fire damaged all of the east side of the building during the December 6th
The burned out hulk of the former head office for Paletta International will be torn down and a new building put in place that will be the head office for Alinea.
The company has site plan approval; they are currently working with the architects on last minute changes to the new building.
No firm date yet on when shovels will be in the ground.
The site covers 18 acres and the company is preparing longer term plans that will be driven to a significant degree by market demand.
Just a shell of what was once the headquarters for Paletta International.
Maybe consideration should be given to using this land as the Alinea GO West development site instead of the planned, and I might add “unwanted and undesirable” location at Appleby and Fairview. At the meeting on June 17 it was stated this is a 20 year project. Just what an already busy intersection needs, housing for 25,000 residents and 20 years of construction traffic delays.
Did they ever find out how the fire started?