Hamilton city council has approved the sale of the single biggest piece of the new phase of the Ancaster industrial park to a Tim Hortons company.

The city has accepted an offer of $1.862 million by Fruition Manufacturing of Oakville for the 9.66 acre lot.

Fruition Fruit and Fills is listed as a division of Tim Hortons’ collection of vertically integrated companies in its 2007 annual report.

There is no information on what the company plans to build.

However, Tim Hortons noted in its 2007 annual and third quarter report that its board of directors approved the construction of a $30-million coffee roasting facility in southern Ontario.

Councillor Lloyd Ferguson would not confirm if the company was a Tim Hortons division as the details of the deal were discussed in camera at council Thursday night.

However, he did say that aside from a condition by the company that gas and electrical servicing be completed quickly, “it’s a done deal.”

Ferguson said council instructed the mayor and the city’s economic development manager, Tim McCabe, to give the deal “first priority.”

Tim Hortons would not comment.

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