St. Catharines…The Garden City….is located in Southern Ontario, has a total population of approximately 132,000 people. The largest age group is now 45 – 60. Great place to invest and is only 19 kilometers from the nearest border crossing. This city has superb access to key U.S. markets and the entire Niagara Region. It stands to benefit from the Niagara Peninsula GO Train Line and offering some of the lowest housing prices in the province’s major urban centres. St. Catharines proves to be a great place to reach out to for wealth accumulation by owning property and real estate investments. There are many many projects in the making and are almost completed such as….

The Health and Wellness sector represents a significant opportunity for St. Catharine. The entire Niagara Region has been identified as having the attributes needed to support a strong health and medical sector, while St. Catharines’ network of public and private organizations clearly position the city to play a leadership role in medical innovation.

The Performance Arts Centre is a multi-million dollar development, jointly funded by the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario and City of St. Catharines. The Centre will feature four distinct performance venues: an 800 seat concert hall, a 285 seat recital hall, a 184 seat dance/theatre venue and a 190 seat film venue. The facility is going to be a cultural hub for the community that will present, promote and develop the arts in Niagara.

Here is a list of the Investments being made in St. Catharines alone:

• St. Catharines Health Care Complex and Cancer Centre
• Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Complex (Brock University)
• Performing Arts Centre
• Smart Centre’s Redevelopment Shopping Centre
• Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts
• Carlisle Street Parking Garage
• Ridley College Arena
• Kiwanis Aquatics Centre and Grantham Branch of the St. Catharines  Public Library
• Calloway REIT Mountain Locks Plaza Redevelopment
• Brock University International Services Building
• Q.E.W. Expansion
• Port Place Condominium
• Generator at One expansion (nGen)

In addition to these exciting projects, the city has been a part of a successful GO Train Pilot project, which has exceeded expectations for weekend GO Train travel between Toronto and Niagara. It averaged more than 1,500 riders per day. GO Bus service provides daily connections from St. Catharines to the Burlington GO Train Station. It is only a matter of time where there will be direct routes via a high speed train.

Wouldn’t you want to be part of this exciting time of growth in Niagara. Woods & Mazzulla Properties can help get you started. Everyone will envy you because you saw the vision and potential of this wonderful area by making that important call to Jeff Woods @ 905-688-1586. St. Catharines will not only be known as the Garden City but the Prosperous City!

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