URBAN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING REUSE POTENTIAL
For Alcan, was retained to assess the office, industrial and residential market for a site in the west end of Toronto. This information was used to analyze the feasibility of renovating and reusing an existing multi-storey building.
HOUSING INTENSIFICATION STUDY
For the City of Guelph, undertook a housing intensification study to provide Guelph with a greater variety of housing types, to provide opportunities for revitalization, and to promote a more compact city form. We assembled and managed a team of planners, architects, and engineers to collaborate on this assignment. An extensive public consultation process was integral to the successful completion of the assignment which involved many new ideas and politically sensitive planning issues. A strategy was recommended to City Council which encouraged appropriate forms of intensification while addressing reasonable concerns related to visual, community service, and physical impacts.
INDUSTRIAL AREA MARKET AND LANDVALUE ASSESSMENT
For Marathon Realty Company Ltd. and Canadian Pacific Railway, have conducted numerous planning market and valuation studies for a number of sites including: a market and planning study for a potential 800-acre development project in Port McNicoll; an assessment of redevelopment opportunities and land value implications for CP Rail's 50-acre site in downtown North Bay; a market analysis of their Midhurst holdings, and in Toronto, a complex land valuation and market analysis in the Cherry Street/Eastern Avenue area; a valuation of a site at the foot of Bathurst Street; and a planning and development feasibility analysis of an industrial subdivision in northeast Scarborough.
NEW RETIAL WAREHOUSE
For Price Club (now Costco), prepared a fiscal impact study that assessed the financial implications, costs and benefits for the former City of Etobicoke of a proposed Price Club retail warehouse. This analysis followed a methodology prepared by Scott Burns that was accepted by the Etobicoke Planning and Finance Department staff. The warehouse, which has been built, is located along the QEW Highway in the southern part of the City.
INDONESIAN URBAN INDUSTRIAL PARK
For the Pulogadung Industrial Estate (JIEP) in Jakarta, Indonesia, was retained in 1996 to prepare an industrial revitalization program. This 570-hectare government-operated industrial estate is the oldest in Jakarta founded in 1973 and was about 80 per cent developed. However, it was competing with Jakarta’s new business parks on the urban fringe and there was pressure to release this area for residential development. The management of JIEP had picked Toronto as a comparable case and Scott Burns was asked to visit Jakarta to prepare an industrial revitalization program. This program was used by the Indonesian government to plan the future course for the estate.
KINGSTON MARKET STUDY
For a private owner/developer of property in downtown Kingston, Ontario, was retained to direct a full market analysis for a proposed office condominium project.
INDUSTRIAL LAND MARKET STUDY
For the Ontario Land Corporation, was retained to prepare a full market study for the 2,500 acres of their land surrounding the Cambridge Toyota plant site. This included prestige industrial uses, auto-related uses, residential uses and business park support uses.
SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR STUDY
For the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Technology, completed a review of the Province of Ontario’s Community Small Business Centre Program involving an evaluation of the seven “incubator” projects funded by the Ministry.
SMALL BUSINESS CENTRE
For Massey Ferguson Properties and the City of Toronto, directed the preparation of a Business Plan for the Toronto Small Business Centre Project and the conceptual planning for an associated technology transfer program with the University of Toronto and Ryerson Polytechnical Institute.
MODEL FOR URBAN INDUSTRIAL AREA REVITALIZATION
For the Province of Ontario, directed a comprehensive study of industrial revitalization opportunities in six separate municipalities and the preparation of a model industrial area development plan and implementation program.
ENERGY BASED INDUSTRIAL PARK
For the Town of Newcastle, was retained as Project Director for the preparation of a development plan for a 200-acre Energy Park associated with the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station.
WINDSOR AREA MARKET ASSESSMENT
For an industrial development company, prepared a market assessment, development strategy and land valuation analysis of a proposed 400-acre industrial-commercial business park in the Windsor area.
OFFICE BUILDING EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS
For the Harbourfront Corporation, was retained to direct a consultant team in the preparation of a site plan, an initial building design, and an efficiency analysis for a 300,000 square foot office building at Harbourfront, in Toronto, as part of a unique office development project.
CITY-WIDE INDUSTRIAL POLICY
Scott Burns was previously employed by the City of Toronto Planning & Development Department. With the City, he undertook projects involving City-wide industrial policy, economic development, area development strategies, and neighbourhood plans. He was responsible for preparing the City’s economic development strategy which led to the formation of the Economic Development Division.
Mr. Burns has conducted workshops and given lectures for municipal and provincial economic development officers on the subject of business incubators and other small business assistance programs, as well as assessing development opportunities in urban employment areas.
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