Ontario Place: Government promises 1,600 dedicated spa parking spots [Video]

The Ontario government has released the terms of its 95-year lease with European company Therme for the spa and waterpark it plans to build at Ontario Place, and it shows the province has promised 1,600 parking spaces for the private facility on Toronto’s waterfront.

The spa and waterpark have been the subject of vocal criticism, particularly for the fact that the province is on the hook for building the parking area, and opponents have long called on the government to release the details of the lease.

An auditor general report last year suggested Ontario’s obligations to provide parking for Therme factored in to its decision to relocate the Ontario Science Centre from east Toronto to the redeveloped Ontario Place attraction.

The report said a government proposal on relocating the science centre suggested parking could be integrated with the building at Ontario Place “in order to dispel public/stakeholder concerns relating to …