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Taunton Community Of Oshawa Ontario

The Taunton Community of Oshawa is a relatively new community, with currently ongoing new construction and development projects. One of the first and most prominent landmarks of this area is the Sobeys Grocery Store. In 1998, Sobeys purchased The Oshawa Group (owners of the IGA Franchise). Shortly thereafter, Oshawa's Sobeys was built where it currently resides on the north-east corner of Taunton and Wilson Roads.This transaction made Sobeys the second largest grocer in the country. Once Sobeys was completed and opened, new local retail stores, fast food restaurants, and banks also began popping up in the area. As these retail outlets were being completed, several new homes and subdivisions were already in the works to the north and the east of these stores. This is what became known today as the Taunton Community. There has been consistant growth in this area over the last 10 years. To this day, construction is still an ongoing process in the Taunton Community, with new housing projects being approved regularly to meet the current demands in Oshawa. Other landmark buildings in the Taunton Community that require mentioning are located in the Harmony and Taunton Road area. These include more stores such as Walmart, Michaels, a Home Depot hardware store, banks, fast food outlets, as well as a host of others stores to give the general public the "full shopping experience". The Legends Centre, located to the north of these stores, offers year round recreational enjoyment. It includes a four pad arena, a leisure pool with a waterslide, fitness centre, library, and much more. Although a very important feature of this community, the Legends Centre serves as the perfect local facility in an area where families are being raised. The Taunton Community of Oshawa has an assortment of different housing types. The most popular houses scattered around this community are the single family detached 2-Storey Homes. Bungalows and Raised-Bungalows are situated in this community as well, although fewer, most are located in the subdivisions directly east of Wilson Road. The Taunton Community also has a select number of Bungalofts. They are situated farther to the north in the Red Deer Avenue area (also known as Forest Hills) A limited number of 2-Storey Townhouses are located in this community; most of which are to the west of Harmony Road and north of Coldstream Drive. Also, a new subdivision of Ballantry Townhouses are in the process of being built. These new Townhomes are located on Grandview Street just north of Coldstream Drive. Semi-Detached homes are almost non-existent in this community. The few that are found populate the subdivision just north of Taunton Road and west of Harmony Road. The Taunton Community of Oshawa is bordered on the north by Conlin Road and the south by Taunton Road. It is also bordered on the west by Wilson Road and the east by Townline Road. This community is well served by public transit.