New commercial development approved in LaSalle [Video]

The Town of LaSalle has approved a $200-million commercial development, labelled by some as the largest build of its kind in the municipality’s history.

Located at the corner of Sandwich West Parkway and Heritage Drive, the overhaul will create about 145,000 square feet of commercial space, according to a town report.

Scott D’Amore, the President of the D’Amore Group and a representative of the LaSalle Heritage Group, which is behind the development known as The Shoppes at Heritage, said the opportunity to add another commercial district has long alluded LaSalle.

“I think when people look and see they can come down and come right off the highway or right across the bridge, they can stay in a hotel, they can shop, they can go to restaurants, they can do the retail across the street,” D’amore said of plans for the site.

On Tuesday night, D’Amore approached LaSalle Council to remove …