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A property on Clarke Road, well outside the city core, will become the site of London’s new emergency youth shelter.

Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU) plans to make the announcement at the site – 585 Clarke Road near Oxford St. — on Friday morning.

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YOU executive director Steve Cordes said the 30-bed shelter will be one of only 15 in the country, with most of those located in the Greater Toronto Area.

When the project was first announced in February, Cordes signaled YOU would be looking for a site outside the city core.

The new youth shelter would be about seven kilometres from downtown, but Cordes said the area is serviced by major bus routes and youth staying at the facility will be provided with bus tickets or taxi chits.

He said the 0.6-hectare site offers a lot of possibilities.

“This site really jumped out at us. It has substantial space that will allow us to build a one-storey building and create a green space around it, so it will be a good environment,” he said.