Pritchard and Stonechurch rd development.

[cooker]

There is now Vicano Development signs on the land at the north east corner of Pritchard rd and Stonechurch Rd The large signs have went up with one on Pritchard an the other overloooking the Linc. This was one of the sites that was perposed stadium sites during the Pan-Am stadium debate. There is already a Vicano trailer on the site, so it looks like they are ready to do something soon. This is a large parel of land. has anyone heard anything about this?

[thmx]

I think it is phase II of the Heritage Greene shopping centre.

[thmx]

Whatever this development is, it is staring construction. I drove by today and there were a lot of people working on the site.

[CaptainKirk]

Originally Posted by MeIsThomas

Whatever this development is, it is staring construction. I drove by today and there were a lot of people working on the site.

Might this be it...This is listed as being at 134 Mud st, at the corner of Pritchard, which doesn`t seem right to me

new office building fronting the Red Hill Valley Parkway in Hamilton's Heritage Greene Shopping area.

http://www.vicano.com/node/1746#gallery

[thmx]

I thought that might be it, but then I looked up the location and it is on the property just north of the one starting construction, so now I am not sure.

[CaptainKirk]

Originally Posted by MeIsThomas

I thought that might be it, but then I looked up the location and it is on the property just north of the one starting construction, so now I am not sure.

Yeah, 134 Mud st just doesn't seem right to me.

[cooker]

Originally Posted by CaptainKirk

Yeah, 134 Mud st just doesn't seem right to me.

The address is kind of strange because Mud street ends at the east side of the RedHill Valley. I would have thought that it would be a Pritchard or Stonechurch address.

I wonder if this is another development that will be located on Mud st behind the heritage green shopping complex.

[CaptainKirk]

Originally Posted by cooker

The address is kind of strange because Mud street ends at the east side of the RedHill Valley. I would have thought that it would be a Pritchard or Stonechurch address.

I wonder if this is another development that will be located on Mud st behind the heritage green shopping complex.

I'm thinkin' someone at Vicano goofed by using Google maps and pinpointing the wrong corner of Pritchard at the junction of the RHVP/LINC by selecting the 1st to the north of the junction instead of the 1st corner to the south which is Stonechurch, which is where the construction is happening.

[urban_planner]

I hope it is this! as oppose to more big box! I like how there is some office within all the retail at Heritage Green!

[palace1]

I looked up 134 Mud St at map.hamilton.ca and this is the property outlined in red:


LOCATION 134 MUD ST
PROPERTY NUMBER 251806058108280
FRONTAGE 150.92
DEPTH 391.4
SITE AREA 5.14 Acres

[thmx]

^ mystery = solved


It makes sense that it has a Mud St address actually because before the Red Hill Parkway was there Mud St went right past this property and ran right into the Linc.

[cooker]

Ground is being cleared to make way for an office building on Pritchard Road next to the Red Hill Valley Parkway. Vicano, the property owner, hopes to start building this year.

Office building planned next to ‘earlobe’ land


By Gord Bowes, News staff

Change is coming to an empty lot on the east Mountain next to the Red Hill Valley Parkway.
Vicano Development Limited is clearing and preparing the five-acre site at 211 Pritchard Rd. for an office building.
Peter Vicano, president of the company, said he’s working to get a building permit soon so construction can begin in the spring.
It will be a two-phase project, he said, with a 35,000-square-foot, one-storey building being completed this winter and a tenant taking possession in the new year.
“The building plans are being completed as we speak,” Vicano said late last week.
Phase two is an extension which will double the building’s size, he said, but that’s a project for the “distant future.”
Vicano said he’s currently finalizing a deal with a tenant. He would not disclose who the client is.
Vicano said his company is not interested in owning a piece of property adjacent to his which is being sold by the Hamilton public school board.
That land, next to the Red Hill off-ramp to Mud Street and Stone Church Road and dubbed the “earlobe,” was once eyed by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as a location for the new Pan Am stadium. The parcel is landlocked, but has an easement through the Vicano property.
“Not at all,” Vicano said when asked about buying it. “The reason we bought this property was, size-wise (about five acres) it was in our realm of what we can handle.”
There has been a lot of development in the past two years on the eastern edge of Ward 6. Canada Post built a new facility further down Pritchard Road, while a block away Carmen’s built its upscale Best Western Premier C Hotel and CARSTAR constructed its new headquarters. Across the border in Ward 9 sits the Heritage Greene shopping centre.
Vicano said the location will continue to be developed as it serves the needs of the growing population in the upper city.
“They need to access services and commercial space and offices — whatever they need to live,” he said. “So it is just going to naturally hover around the (Red Hill and Lincoln Alexander Parkway) … Let’s face it. It’s all about accessibility, its all about time, it’s all about ease of getting there.”
Coun. Tom Jackson (east Mountain, Ward 6) said he expects to see much more development in that pocket of the city over the next five years, particularly after the Trinity Church Road extension connects Stone Church and Rymal roads. That project could be started this year.
“As we get closer — fingers crossed, later this year, early next year — to getting a shovel in the ground … you’ll see even more commercial/manufacturing/light industrial applications coming forward,” said Jackson.

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