Current or potential new business owners in Oakville, Ont. can now easily search for real estate opportunities in town with FindOakville. The new state-of-the-art map-based online tool allows users to search for available commercial and industrial buildings as well as vacant employment land based on their own specific search criteria. Properties are then displayed on an interactive map. Users are able to turn on and off additional layers of data, allowing them to access important information investors look for when making decisions about where to locate their business.
The town developed the tool using a web mapping program called Geocortex that creates interactive maps. By linking the active commercial real estate listing data feed from the Oakville, Milton and District Real Estate Board (OMDREB) to the interactive map the town is able to provide the most up-to-date available listing in real time.
With this new site selection tool, users will be able to quickly find the zoning of the properties of interest, look up active development or site plan applications as well as building permits issued near those properties, access aerial photos, find Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) property boundaries and create and print maps and individual property reports.
The tool provides an additional venue for the local real estate community to showcase their listings and available sites, says the board. The public will also be able to contact the town’s Economic Development department to have commercial or industrial properties added to the site.
