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A year late,
l
but Gallery
G
at Bennett
B
Village open
ns
Thursday Occtober 8 2009
By Lisa Tallyyn, staff writer
A year latter than was originally
o
planned, The Gallery at
Bennett Village
V
officially opened Frid
day afternoon..
The multi-purpose room
m at the Halto
on Hills Dr. bu
uilding
ed for the cele
ebration and ribbon-cutting
r
g with
was packe
residents,, community members,
m
politicians and th
he
many peo
ople who work
ked hard over the past seve
eral
years to bring
b
the Life Lease develop
pment to fruittion.
Ernie Bod
dnar, chairman
n of The Galle
ery Land Use
Committe
ee, said ground-breaking on
n the building was
three years ago and the grand opening was expec
cted
ear ago.
to be a ye
“But unfortunately we initiated the project
p
during an
ented boom of
o high-rise co
onstruction
unprecede
throughou
ut the GTA. Itt certainly slow
wed down the
e
progress. “
aid it’s been “a
a little bit difficult” getting
Bodnar sa
things don
ne on time, an
nd he thanked
d the people who
w
had purch
hased suites, particularly
p
th
hose who boug
ght
off plans, “because they
y are really th
he ones who made
m
this happen.”
“Thank yo
ou for your pattience,” said Bodnar.
B
“We’ve ha
ad a little roug
gh go for a wh
hile trying to get
g completed, and I’m sure
e the results will
w be satisfying
for all,” Bo
odnar said.
Wellington
n-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arno
ott offered his
s congratulatio
ons and said, “our
“
seniors deserve
d
the ve
ery
best.”
ngratulated the Bennett Hea
alth Care Boarrd of Directors
s “for being so
o
Halton Hills Mayor Rick Bonnette con
visionary.””
“This is a very importan
nt project for the
t
town,” said Bonnette. He
H said in the past some se
eniors have ha
ad to
n because the
ere were no ho
ousing options
s for them.
leave town
He said th
he Town was pleased
p
to make some conc
cessions to ma
ake the projec
ct work.
John Lenz, resident spo
okesperson, sa
aid he and his
s wife were ve
ery happy to be
b living at The Gallery.
ed The Bennettt Centre for sponsoring
s
the
e building.
He thanke
“I also want to thank yo
ou not only fo
or building it fo
or seniors, but actually designing it to meet our needs
s,”
said Lenz, who also thanked the stafff of the building.
sented a lot off problems, including noise,, drywall dust,,
Lenz said moving into a construction site has pres
o get jobs don
ne, noisy fans,, defective heat pumps, and
d waiting five minutes or so
o for
chasing trradespeople to
an elevato
or.
“In the gra
and scheme of
o things, they
y are really jus
st inconvenien
nces,” said Lenz, who congratulated the
residents for
f their patie
ence.
A total of 89 of the 105
5 suites in the building are sold.
s
One-bed
droom suites start
s
at $224,9
900 and two
bedrooms— $306,900.
ease project is for those ag
ged 60-plus an
nd includes am
menities such as a resident lounge, librarry,
The Life Le
fitness cen
ntre, guest suite, car wash bay and walk
k-out terrace with
w
barbecue
e.
For inform
mation visit ww
ww.bennettvilllage.ca.