Simcoe County is our home market. Terrahills is headquartered in Ramara and our own 100,000 sq ft multi-unit steel development, the Ramara Industrial Park, is here, so the zoning offices, the servicing questions and the snow loads that shape a storage facility in Barrie, Innisfil, Bradford or Orillia are things we deal with every week.
Storage demand follows households, and the county's growth is concentrated in Barrie and along the Highway 400 corridor through Innisfil and Bradford West Gwillimbury, where new subdivisions, townhomes and apartments bring residents with less space than the houses they left. Orillia and the Highway 11 corridor add a market that also stores boats, trailers and seasonal equipment for the lakes. Both kinds of tenant are served by the same site: climate-controlled units for household goods at the frontage, drive-up and vehicle storage behind.
Simcoe County sits in the Georgian Bay snowbelt. Ground snow loads here are among the higher ones in southern Ontario, and drive-up sites with closely spaced buildings drift snow onto roofs and into aisles. That makes building spacing, aisle width, snow storage areas and frame design one decision rather than three. The approvals track runs through the lower-tier municipality with County, and Lake Simcoe Region or Nottawasaga Valley conservation authority sign-off on the stormwater a large paved site needs.
What it costs here
indicative 2026 Ontario ranges, hard costs per gross square foot: single-storey drive-up $70–$120, multi-storey climate-controlled $160–$260, conversion of an existing building $50–$120. Land, servicing, development charges and soft costs sit outside these bands, and a Class C estimate against the unit mix and the site is the number to plan on.
Proof of delivery
Ramara Industrial Park: 100,000 sq ft multi-unit steel development, Ramara, Simcoe County, taken from greenfield through zoning, servicing, structure and envelope to tenant occupancy under one contract. Headquartered at 1632 Ramara Road 51.