
The Brampton Library has found a new but much smaller home for the Chinguacousy branch as the City makes room for a new medical school.
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) will be taking over the Bramalea Civic Centre for its new school of medicine, which could open as soon as 2025. City Council gifted the property worth some $48 million to TMU, forcing the Brampton Library to search for a new home for one of its busiest branches.
Now the Library says it has found a new, temporary home for the soon-to-be displaced Chinguacousy branch at the Mount Chinguacousy ski chalet. But the Library’s CEO says the “considerably smaller” space only has around one-third the room of the current branch, meaning not all features and amenities will make it into the new building.
“While a portion of the building will continue to be used…