Waterfront Shores Summary
Waterfront Shores master-plan community is a pre-construction development headed to the burgeoning city of Hamilton. The artificial land is located on the west end of Lake Ontario, at West Harbour,giving your potential investment condo a gorgeous waterfront view.
The city will soon be home to a new urban waterfront community that is expansive in nature, that it poses the ability to change the game for the increasingly popular city. The project proposes to house 1,500 residential units, 13,000 square metres of commercial and institutional space and over 1,400 parking spaces.
A community of this scope is a step towards major job growth and urbanization. This condo development is being designed with sustainability, innovation, design, social relevance and economics in mind — the project is intended to be a neighbourhood that will enrich families and encourage engagement and accessibility. Considerable effort will be put towards ensuring the grandiose project will marry Hamilton’s history with its modern future, making for a rustic but urban waterfront community.
This master-plan community will be comprised of a community building with live/work units, a flagship restaurant, cafe, fresh market hall, fitness & healthy eats centre, flagship bier hall and new artisan market. 40 percent of the site will remain open space, which was allocated with the intent of providing the community with a place to host annual and seasonal events.
There will be 197 condominium townhouse units. These units will have private outdoor space, and all residents will have access to amenity spaces encouraging community. After all, the concept behind the master-plan is largely creating a neighbourhood, familial feeling.
The condos will break down as follows; 27 studio/bachelors, 760 one-bedrooms, 411 two-bedrooms, 68 three-bedrooms and 6 live/work units to invest in.
The condominium project will be home to eight separate blocks, with four different architectural firms attached to their design. Assigning different architects to each blocks will make for a mixed-bag aesthetic that will provide a rustic but modern look.
Each row of townhomes will have their own unified design, setting each block apart from the other. The other structures, like the bar and podium, will also boast unique exteriors. The current plans place considerable emphasis on making every structure stand out, while also maintaining unity through all structures.
The non-residential blocks will be broken down as so; block 3 will be home to a fitness, health and wellness centre; block 6 will act as the Flagship Bier Hall; blocks 4,5, and 7 will include a site for personal services, cafe, fresh market/food hall, and a flagship restaurant.
This pre-construction project is so wide in scope, that it even called for developers to compete for the right to develop the coveted project.
The consortium of bidders was responsible for creating development proposals designed around the city’s criteria. This includes the parameters of affordable housing green space and building- height restrictions. The city will evaluate these proposals to narrow down which team will earn the exclusive rights to purchase the Waterfront Shores for development.
The final bid, however, went to Waterfront Shores comprised of Cityzen Development Corp., Fernbrook Homes Group. In partnership with GFL Environmental Inc., Greybrook Realty Partners Inc and KPMB Architects.
If these competing developers don’t entice you to invest, its thorough planning will.