Utility breaks ground on new headquarters in Ontario city

Construction is now underway on a new headquarters for Oshawa Power after the  utility broke ground on a 6.5-acre site in the Thornton Business Park.

Ninety-five years after the then-named Oshawa Public Utilities Commission moved into their brand-new building on the south side of downtown, Oshawa Power is readying for its move into new digs, with the city-owned company “on track” for move-in by the fourth quarter of 2027.

The new facility will be built with the help of three construction partners: Cushman & Wakefield, a global commercial real estate and development services firm with 52,000 professionals worldwide; Barry Bryan and Associates, local architects and engineers specializing in building architecture, structural engineering, heritage consulting, and project implementation; and Fortis Group, the contracted construction company whose expertise and teamwork are bringing this project to fruition.

“We are thrilled to begin the process of moving to a new facility that will better accommodate our fleet, consolidate operations, and allow us to continue providing Oshawa with safe and reliable electricity for decades to come,” enthused Oshawa Power CEO Daniel Arbour when plans for the move were first announced. “We look forward to enhancing our service capabilities, fostering innovation, and supporting our community from our accessible, state-of-the-art facility.”

Oshawa Power has been supplying the city’s electrical needs complex since 1887, when a group of businessmen and entrepreneurs got together to form the Oshawa Electric Company, with 15 light posts to bring power to a few local businesses for the first time.

The company’s headquarters at 100 Simcoe St. S has been home base since 1931.