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Eastgate Square, a longstanding mall in Hamilton's Stoney Creek area, is proposed to be transformed into a mixed-use community. Located beside the future eastern terminus of the Hamilton LRT B-Line, the southern half of the shopping centre site would become a transit-oriented community featuring residential towers as high as 20 storeys rising above retail and public spaces. Plans designed by BDP Quadrangle for Harrison Equity Partners include renovating the existing mall while adding the significant new density, similar to many mall redevelopment proposals across the Greater Toronto Area.
The site spans 73,799m² at the northwest corner of Centennial Parkway and Queenston Road. Currently occupied by the low-rise mall and its extensive surface parking, plus a Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) bus terminal accessed from Queenston Road. The new LRT B-Line terminal is to be built in the middle of Queenston Road beside the southwest corner of the site, with bus terminal relocated to the base of the development block immediately north of it.
Opened in the early 1970s, Eastgate Square Mall has served as a key retail and community hub for eastern Hamilton. The surrounding area features a mix of single-detached homes, low and mid-rise residential buildings, and commercial uses. With development pressure across the Greater Golden Horseshoe having intensified, initial plans emerged in 2022 for 16 blocks up to 42 storeys in height, as per the image below.
A new Draft Plan of Subdivision was presented to Hamilton's Planning Committee on December 3, 2024 that is scaled back somewhat with a mix of 3-storey townhome blocks plus 19 residential towers ranging 16 to 20 storeys, all delivering a total of 4,325 residential units. To support this density, plans call for 3,481 vehicular parking spaces for residents. The towers would rise from mixed-use, mid-rise podiums, while 9,680m² of POPS (Privately Owned Publicly accessible Space) would be split across three park blocks.
The new plan proposes a total Gross Floor Area of 348,078m², with 334,136m² dedicated to residential space, 9,480m² for retail (plus much more existing retail mall space on the northern portion of the site), 3,405m² for a community centre, and 1,056m² for office use. The Floor Space Index for the site would total 4.72 times lot coverage. Retail and community uses would be located around the new HSR bus terminal adjacent to the B-Line LRT terminus. A network of public and private roads would improve connectivity within the site.
The project is planned to unfold over a decade in four phases, with initial efforts focusing on the blocks that include the new HSR bus terminal. Subsequent phases would complete the remaining blocks.
Approximately 1km north of the site, a new GO station at Confederation Parkway is currently under construction, which will likely require further rerouting of some Hamilton Street Railway bus service in the area to provide new connections.
There are more projects and proposals in the area. North of the site, proposals include 150 Centennial Parkway North at 15 storeys, 2481 Barton Street East at 17 storeys, and the Parkway Plaza Redevelopment, ranging 17 to 20 storeys. Northeast, the Riverdale Community Hub is planned at 9 storeys, while LJM Tower is nearing completion at 15 storeys. To the east, proposals include Paradigm Stoney Creek (two 12-storey towers) and 928 Queenston Road (14 storeys), with 870 Queenston Road nearly complete at 14 storeys. To the west, Queenston Condos calls for a 17-storey tower, while to the south, 118 King Street West is planned at 12 storeys, and 2900 King Street East would add two towers at 18 and 20 storeys.
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