A Grand Avenue West medical building is losing all its tenants.
The building, at 857 Grand Ave. W., home to numerous doctors’ offices, as well as Life Labs, is being vacated to make way for the transition to a 43 apartments, according to municipal officials.
Municipal officials confirmed they have received a building permit application for the converson of the building into apartments.
The medical building at 857 Grand Ave. W. is zoned Urban Commercial, and officials said a permitted use is for apartments.
Most of the physicians’ offices have already relocated out of the building. Life Labs is to move to St. Clair Street, in the southern portion of the Nortown Plaza, just north of McNaughton Avenue, officials said.
TekSavvy gets high marks
Forbes has rated Chatham-based TekSavvy solutions as the 50th best employer in the country.
The telecommunications company, founded in 1998, is an independent service provider of Internet, phone and television services.
The company has long fought for better pricing for consumers. It’s motto is “Different. In a good way.”
“We believe Canadians deserve a better choice and a better deal when it comes to telecommunications services. We are that alternative,” TekSavvy states on its website.
Forbes has been producing its Best Employers list since 2016. To determine rankings, Forbes partnered with Statista, a research firm, and surveyed more than 40,000 Canada-based employees working for companies and institutions that employ at least 500 individuals within Canada.
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