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Twelve Mile Creek (known informally as Bronte Creek) flows through the middle of town and empties into Lake Ontario. Main roads include Bronte Road (north-south), Lakeshore Road West (east-west, parallel to Lake Ontario) and Rebecca Street (east-west). Streets in the business section include Lakeshore, Jones, Marine, and Ontario Street.  Bronte is also accessed via a superhighway (the Queen Elizabeth Way) located to the north of the former village.", "narrative_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "narrative_source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronte,_Ontario", "zoning_change": "approved in 2012 following the resolution of a zoning dispute between the developer and the Town of Oakville at the Ontario Municipal Board", "public_subsidy": null, "entitlement_year": 2012, "planning_notes": "Approved by Ontario Municipal Board.", "wikidata_qid": "Q4974069", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronte,_Ontario", "osm_id": null, "verified": "draft", "verified_by": null, "last_verified": null, "last_updated": "2026-10-18", "created": "2026-10-18", "contributor_name": null, "contributor_org": null, "contributor_link": null, "international": 1, "county_fips": null, "opp_score": null, "opp_reasons": null, "for_sale": 0, "distressed": 0, "url": "https://retrofitatlas.org/strips/canada/bronte-bronte-village-mall/", "events": [{"year": 1959, "date": null, "kind": "note", "detail": "Originally an L-shaped strip mall built in 1959 coincident with the development of the surrounding subdivision", "source_id": 7634}, {"year": 2009, "date": null, "kind": "note", "detail": "Proposal for revitalizing the mall presented", "source_id": 7635}, {"year": 2012, "date": null, "kind": "note", "detail": "Zoning approved", "source_id": 7636}], "sources": [{"id": 7633, "site_id": "n-39f21c312a", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronte,_Ontario", "title": "Bronte, Ontario", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "date": null, "quote": "Bronte Village Mall", "kind": "wikipedia", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}, {"id": 7634, "site_id": "n-39f21c312a", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronte,_Ontario", "title": "Timeline", "publisher": null, "date": null, "quote": "Originally an L-shaped strip mall built in 1959 coincident with the development of the surrounding subdivision, it has undergone several expansions by which it has been enclosed with the closing of Seabourne Street between Tansley Drive and Rebecca Street.", "kind": "quote", "license": null, "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}, {"id": 7635, "site_id": "n-39f21c312a", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronte,_Ontario", "title": "Timeline", "publisher": null, "date": null, "quote": "In April 2009, the Bronte Business Improvement Association and the owners of the Bronte Village Mall presented a proposal for revitalizing the mall which includes residential, office and retail space.", "kind": "quote", "license": null, "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}, {"id": 7636, "site_id": "n-39f21c312a", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronte,_Ontario", "title": "Timeline", "publisher": null, "date": null, "quote": "The zoning was approved in 2012 following the resolution of a zoning dispute between the developer and the Town of Oakville at the Ontario Municipal Board.", "kind": "quote", "license": null, "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}], "deals": [], "parties": [], "parcels": [], "context": {"assessment": {"what_happened": "Bronte Village Mall (L-shaped strip mall, built 1959) was redeveloped into mixed-use. 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