Officials gathered Friday, July 25, 2025, for a ground-breaking ceremony for the new Presqu'ile Place in Brighton. /Sarah Hyatt/MBC
Brighton was booming with overall construction estimated at $148 million in 2025.
Last year included monumental projects getting off the ground like the new 256-bed Presqu’ile Place long-term care home on Georgina Street, which is responsible for $76 million of that $148 million, says Ben Hagerman, the Municipality of Brighton’s manager of economic development and communications.
What’s more, the LTC build is expected to generate $138.1 million in local GDP and $96.4 million in labour income over the course of construction, according to the municipality.
Omni Quality Living is supposed to welcome its first residents this summer. The official ground-breaking ceremony for the four-storey facility was last July at 20 Georgina St.
In terms of other building stats, 55 new dwellings were also constructed in 2025, and a total of 151 building permits were issued, Brighton’s economic development advisory committee recently heard.
Overall, it was a record-breaking construction year for the municipality.
This year is also off to a solid start with a notable project for a new triplex at 127 Main St., which will replace the building previously destroyed by a fire in November 2024.
(Written by: Sarah Hyatt)
