Rosewater Estates - Former Lear plant (demolished) (Windsor, Ontario)

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As of 2021, construction of Condos and a housing development are underway at the site. Possibility of a hotel was talked about but seems highly unlikely at the time.

History of former Lear Plant:
Demolished in 2009, built in 1965 for General Motors and known as the Trim Plant, the 719,000 sq. ft. plant at one time employed 2,800 mostly female workers in seating assembly and injection molding. In 1996, in an effort to outsource more of its requirements, General Motors decided to exit the component business and sold the plant to Peregrine Windsor Inc. At that time employment was approximately 1,400.

After several years of financial difficulty the plant was sold by Peregrine to Lear Seating in 1999. Lear too experienced a decline in business and by 2008 when the plant closed employment was down to 160 workers making seats for the Buick Lucerne.

The building and surrounding 100 acs. of land were acquired by London area developer Shmuel Farhi in 2005 for $8 million. In 2006 Farhi traded the easterly 40 acres of the property to the City of Windsor for its new arena in return for 1.1 acs. of property downtown west of the Art Gallery.