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Rona also changed its name from Rona Dismat Group Inc. to Rona Inc. In 1999, Rona opened a new warehouse adjacent to its headquarters, measuring 654,000 square feet (ca. 6 ha), doubling its warehousing capacity. In the year 2000, Rona acquired Ontario-based Cashway Building Centres, with 66 stores.
The Bramalea City Centre had its grand opening on March 28, 1973; [2] this was only four years after Brampton's first mall, Shoppers World Brampton, opened its doors in 1969. Initially opening with 160 outlets, Bramalea City Centre housed various retail stores, large anchor store tenants, grocery stores, restaurants and even a hardware store ...
Springdale is a large suburban district in Brampton, Ontario, Canada covering 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) [2] in the northern part of the city. It is generally bounded by Countryside Drive to the north, Bovaird Drive to the south, Heart Lake Road to the west, and Airport Road to the east. [3]
Bovaird Drive East Interchange with RR 107 and Highway 410: RR 7 Bramalea, Brampton Continues east of Airport Road as Castlemore Road under the jurisdiction of the City of Brampton Bush Street, Forks of the Credit Road Intersection with Wellington CR 25/Peel RR 19 (boundary with Wellington County, continues as Wellington CR 52) Highway 10
The first moot hall in the Market Place in Brampton dated back at least to the mid-17th century. [1] The Parliamentary forces of Oliver Cromwell , led by Major-General John Lambert , held 48 prisoners in the building in 1648 during the Second English Civil War .
A new Fountain Stage was unveiled in June 2008 at the nearby Garden Square. Brampton has eight library branches to serve its population. [78] Festivals in the city include the annual Festival of Literary Diversity, a literary festival devoted to writers from underrepresented groups such as people of colour and LGBTQ writers. [79]
In Brampton, it is six lanes wide from Highway 407 to south of Queen Street through the former hamlet of Huttonville, [34] four lanes wide from there to Bovaird Drive, [35] but is still only two lanes north of Williams Parkway in the north of the city, which is (as of 2021) seeing rapid residential construction in the areas to the east.
Brampton's Old Fire Hall, built in 1854 at 2 Chapel Street, was originally a market hall. The second floor "long room" was being used by the village council chambers by 1860. The first meeting of Brampton Town Council took place here in 1874. Council meetings were held here until 1911. [9]