““We had a theory that the best sites had the best natural features built into them,” said Huggett. “Here, the existing circumstance was so great we thought we would just try and enhance it.””
SustainableBiz | Ironwood Development Leads to Cleaner, Naturalized Oshawa Creek
OSHAWA - An Oshawa development has had a significant positive impact on the environment before construction even begins on the project itself.
The due diligence for the site involved temporarily diverting Oshawa Creek and removing concrete fragments, asphalt, large segments of interlocking steel sheet piles, and aluminum culverts from the creek and the surrounding land this past summer.
“We had to do it in a very careful and limited window because of salmon spawning and some other sensitivities around the diversion of the creek,” Podium vice-president Christian Huggett told Sustainable Biz.
Oshawa Express | A New Spin on a Piece of Oshawa’s History
OSHAWA, ON - The city’s iconic Pleasure Valley Ranch opened in the late 1930s. The ranch featured a wide variety of attractions including a man-made lake, a dance hall, outdoor skating, horseback riding, and pools.
Ironwood in North Oshawa features three unique blocks within its borders, The Tweed, The Houndstooth, and The Herringbone. All three offer different takes on the unique living experience of Ironwood in North Oshawa.