Hamilton McMaster Innovation Park: OmniaBio Facility | ?m | 3s | McMaster University | McCallum Sather

[innsertnamehere]

This is an industrial area off the 403 along Longwood Road which McMaster is using to try and build a bio-tech innovation hub. There are several buildings proposed, though none have started construction yet:

new Gowling WLG Office block. This is the closest to construction:

The "Glass Warehouse" - a renovation and restoration of a historic factory building to be used as an innovation incubator sort of similar to MaRS:

CCRM Biomanufacturing facility:

There is also a hotel proposed, with a very unhealthy amount of surface parking. Only a site plan is available:

 

[AlbertC]

Very cool, the central atrium space reminds me of the shared interior area within the Foundry Lofts building in Davenport Village.

 

[innsertnamehere]

The LRT Maintenance yard is also proposed right beside the Glass warehouse, which will include an extension of Frid Street to better connect with the rest of the city.

 

[AlbertC]

According to this, 606 Aberdeen Ave (The Glass Warehouse), is expected to open in December 2024:

Leasing 606 Aberdeen Ave Hamilton | MIP Today

Introducing Aberdeen Ave! This MIP facility is available for leasing! It features new amenities & meeting spaces to meet your business needs

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Various photos of it pre-renovation:

Hamilton, Halton construction outlook deep, varied - constructconnect.com - Daily Commercial News

The cancellation of Hamilton’s billion-dollar LRT project, announced by Ontario Minister of Transportation Caroline Mulroney Dec. 16, could have cast a pall over the Hamilton-Halton Construction Association’s 2020 Forecast held a month later, but that’s n

canada.constructconnect.com

Crumbling Hamilton industrial relics to get new life as global pandemic nexus

The old Westinghouse factory at 606 Aberdeen is part of a newly conceived global pandemic nexus, involving McMaster University and McMaster Innovation Park.

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[AlbertC]

McMaster Innovation Park wants more residential dev.​

May 16, 2022

Current zoning allows for residential uses on the employment lands to amount to eight per cent of overall gross floor area in a maximum of two buildings. MIP, however, has asked Hamilton city council and staff for permission to boost that to 15 per cent and have 524 residential units in buildings of 26, 22 and 14 storeys.

“As the innovation park has evolved and the density has increased for life sciences, the appropriate ratio of 15 per cent of the GFA was requested as a revision based on a residential study,” MIP vice-president of development and design Frances Grabowski said in an email interview with RENX.

City staff members are fine with the 15 per cent proportion, but recommend holding the number of residential buildings at two and locating them at the northeast part of the site, according to an article in The Hamilton Spectator.

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A residential study completed in 2021 by B.Lyons identified the need for rental units and not condominiums at MIP, according to Grabowski. Young families and professionals are the target demographic, but no unit sizes or mixes have been decided.

Grabowski said the intent is to partner with other developers to build the apartments, but this also hasn’t been finalized.

Other elements focusing on the functional and cultural requirements of MIP are also planned.

“This includes amenities, green space, connectivity, walking trails and bike paths, and related services to meet the needs of our park-wide community,” said Grabowski.

MIP is also working with the YWCA.

Anticipated timelines for approvals, construction and occupancy are still under review.

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It was announced on March 31 that Invest Ontario is providing OmniaBio Inc. with about $40 million as a loan as part of a new 250,000-square-foot, $580-million bio-manufacturing facility on Longwood Road which will be part of MIP.

One building is scheduled for completion in 2024 and the second a year later. The firm is expected to employ at least 250.

McMaster Innovation Park wants more residential dev. | RENX - Real Estate News Exchange

A multiresidential housing component was always planned for the McMaster Innovation Park (MIP) in Hamilton, but now its developer wants more. Current zoning allows for residential uses on the employment lands to amount to eight per cent of overall gross

renx.ca

 

[Paclo]

More info on the McMaster Innovation Park and phasing can be found here and here.

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Subproject #1: 191 Longwood Road South: the 4-storey office & institutional building to be constructed as part of Phase 1 of the McMaster Innovation Park. It will be anchored by Gowling WLG, the architect is NEO Architects and the developer is The Cora Group.

Renders from The Cora Group:

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Subproject #2: OmniaBio Facility: AKA "OmniaBio B" a 3-storey biomanufacturing and research labratory facility focusing on gene therapy production:

 

[Paclo]

The McMaster Innovation Park has been added to the database with the sub-project 101 Longwood Rd S (the Gowling WLG office building).

Additional pages and threads will be broken away as needed as development phases continue.

This thread should be used for general discussion regarding the McMaster Innovation Park, phasing updates and news.

McCallum Sather has designed the Master Plan, here is the full vision for the Park, courtesy of the official website:

Additionally, here is a night-time aerial by rendering studio LNG Studios:

More renders of the McMaster Innovation Park can be found on their website.


More information on proposed properties and phasing can be found here.

 

[Branden Simon]

McMaster Innovation Park first new industrial building OmniaBio Inc now under construction (Photo from google maps from May and this month).

 

[Branden Simon]

The Hyatt Hotel at MIP is back on the list as being under development (or pipeline as they call it) according on Hyatt Corp website. During the Pandemic The Hyatt Hotel has been removed from its website from couple of years ago.

The Hyatt Hotel project at MIP is back on track with a proposed of 7-Storey Hotel and 162 new hotel rooms

 

[Chris R.]

MIP announces new interim CEO, search for permanent CEO set to begin

Over the past year, McMaster has been working to create stronger alignment between McMaster Innovation Park’s (MIP) priorities and the university’s research strengths. Thanks to . . .

dailynews.mcmaster.ca

 

[Branden Simon]

OmniaBio Inc new building at MIP complete (December 17, 2024)