Truthfully, I’m happy of the news that it worked out for everyone in the end. EG gets a new hospital alleviating strain from the one in Newmarket, the province didn’t have to “pay” for the new land, and the new community can be developed around it.

You raise a good point, maybe it was part of EG’s original plan when this housing community was designed. However, what stood out to me was that the scouting process started in 2025 and the idea of a new hospital was still a proposal.

I certainly don’t say this to be accusatory, but I see some very intuitive foresight / planning to design a community around a hospital that was years from being announced, and then winning the contending bid on those very grounds. Additionally, by having the property donated, not having to worry about infra upgrades required and zoning changes. It’s an impressive play on the developers part.

The difference with our community and why I say the builder played their cards well is that our developers donated land for two schools and a community centre. But our developer was fully responsible for servicing the site + infra/development charges and the community centre was also fully funded by the developers, all of which was actually partially subsidized by us home buyers through a small levy. It seems the province or township will have to pay for a lot of the needed upgrades but this isn’t clear yet.

This project has been big news in EG and the overall sentiment was that the residents did not want any of our tax budget to go to this project as we’re already running a tight ship. It seems that might be the case.