The Ontario Land Tribunal has formally approved the settlement agreement between the City of Hamilton and developer New Horizon Development Group (NHDG) to permit the redevelopment of a 3.9-hectare shopping plaza site at 499 Mohawk Road East.
The property has now been rezoned to permit 1,850 residential units in three 20-storey buildings, two 16-storey buildings, one 14-storey building, seven 3-storey townhouse blocks and three 3-storey back-to-back townhouse blocks are approved, with the tall buildings focused on the southeast portion of the property at the intersection with Upper Sherman Avenue.
The zoning amendment states there will be 1,912 parking spaces.
Affordable Housing and Multi-Bedroom Units Key to Deal
The City of Hamilton secured a minimum of “17 affordable dwelling units” as part of the deal.
The City is requiring a minimum of 23.0 percent of the units to be two or three bedroom units. 3.1 percent of the units shall be three-bedroom units. [Of the total 100 percent, not a sub-set of the 23.0 percent]
The deal is similar to what City Council required in September 2024 when it approved a 20-storey building at 1600 Upper James (the northwest corner at Rymal Road West). In that rezoning, Council required three “affordable rental units” and that 18 percent of the units be two—or three-bedroom units.
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Published: March 28, 2025
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Fantastic, but there should be a shuttle or bus going down the center of this thing, with a comfortable shelters like they have in Mississauga/Brampton, that connects directly to Fortinos and Lime Ridge.