Hamilton Light Rail Update
Here is an update on Hamilton’s light rail transit story. I was honoured to be asked by Founding Partner of R.E.I.N., Don Campbell to write a guest post.
8 St. Catharines Economic Development Projects that are Growing the City
In 2008, the government of Ontario identified downtown St. Catharines as an Urban Growth Centre in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, and took the first step to transforming the area when it announced it would invest in a new centre for the arts. The centre is just one infrastructure investment that the St. Catharines economic development…
How the St. Catharines Population Will Soon Change
In 2041, the province expects St. Catharines population to grow by 179,000 residents. To put that into perspective, it would be like a whole city the size of present-day Burlington moving into St. Catharines in the next 25 years. As well, students of the St. Catharines population now prefer to live downtown. The Niagara Region 2041…
Via Rail St. Catharines & GO Transit Are Expanding
In 2012, a commuter train left the Via Rail St. Catharines station never to return. The twice-daily weekday return trains, which ran from Niagara Falls to Toronto and stopped in St. Catharines, became cancelled. However, in June 2016, a GO transit train pulled into the Via Rail St. Catharines station. The Ontario province announced it will bring weekday…
St. Catharines Real Estate Market: Why You Should Invest Now
If you’re looking to invest in the St. Catharines real estate market, the time is right. A November 2016 St. Catharines Standard article said “Niagara’s real estate market is at a boil.” For example, if you sold in October 2015, your residential average sale price would have been 26 per cent higher by October 2016. Niagara…
St. Catharines Zoning Bylaws Guide
Will you want to convert a single family St. Catharines home into a legal duplex? Do you know the St. Catharines zoning bylaws associated with doing that? When you’re looking at properties in St. Catharines, you’ll want to know a thing or two about what you can and can’t do to the investment you may…
New Interactive Zoning Tool
The Hamilton Economic Development Office is now pleased to share the news that a brand new interactive zoning tool is available for investors and brokers/realtors.