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Hamilton’s Highest Valued Development Projects in 2022

Hamilton hit $1 billion worth of construction on June 17th, 2022, earliest on record. Alan Shaw, The City of Hamilton Chief Business Officer, told the Hamilton Spectator that he is receiving increased calls from developers outside of the area and believes that Hamilton’s talent…

North American Leader in Logistics And Food Storage expands facility in Hamilton

Sierra Supply Chain Services has had a long history in Hamilton, adding to the city’s position as a hub for food, manufacturing and supply chain. Sierra (formerly known as Eastern Meat Solutions) was first established in Ontario in 1967 and has steadily expanded their…

McMaster Researcher working on cure for Type 1 Diabetes

Canada is already known for the discovery of insulin, but Hamilton-based researcher is looking for a cure. Dr. Harald Stover, a professor at McMaster University and co-founder of Allarta Life Sciences Inc. is working to treat diabetes with a cell-based therapy. This new technology…

Welcome to Hamilton, AXYZ!

from left is Grant MacLean (MPP Donna Skelly’s Office), Alf Zeuner (AXYZ Automation), MP Muys, Councillor Partridge, Jason Thorne (City of Hamilton), Norm Schleehahn (City of Hamilton), Luke Hansen-Macdonald (AXYZ Automation), John Krpan (Krpan Group) (developer) and Matteo Patricelli (Flamborough Chamber of Commerce) The…

The City of Hamilton hits $1 Billion worth of construction – earliest on record

Hamilton’s director of Economic Development, Norm Schleehahn, spoke with Scott Radley on AM900 CHML regarding the significant permit milestone the City of Hamilton achieved in 2022 The City surpassed $1 billion worth of construction value by June – the earliest the City has ever…

Hamilton is on Target to meet many of its Ecdev Action Plan Goals

Hamilton Economic Development is on target to meet many of its business goals from the 2021-2025 Economic Development Action Plan. The 2021-2025 Economic Development Action Plan is a city-wide document which was jointly led by the Economic Development Division and the Tourism and Culture…

Omniabio shares expansion plans with Hamilton investment partners at Collision Conference

Omniabio announced their expansion to the City of Hamilton at the Collision Conference in Toronto, one of the world’s largest tech conferences. Omniabio a subsidiary of CCRM, will be bringing a $580 million, 250,000 sq ft facility into the city as well as 250…

NY-based company, Verificient Technologies chooses the City of Hamilton for their Canadian home

Rahul Siddharth, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Verificient Technologies spoke with Scott Thompson from 900 AM CHML Hamilton Today about their new Canadian office in the City of Hamilton. Verificient creates world class solutions for identity verification and online remote monitoring using AI,…

the 2021 Hamilton Economic Development Highlight Book

2021 was one of the best years on record, download the 2021 Hamilton Economic Development Highlight Book to learn why

Hamilton Hits Historic $2 Billion in Building Permits

The City of Hamilton hits historic $2 billion in building permit values, shattering all past records

L3Harris Cuts the Ribbon on new Canadian Head Office in Hamilton

L3Harris’ Waterdown facility supports local advanced manufacturing and employs 1,250 people

Now Live: Hamilton’s 2021-25 Economic Development Action Plan

Our new economic Development Action Plan is live Hamilton City Council has approved the 2021-2025 Economic Development Action Plan (EDAP). This document will now serve as the blueprint for our economic development activities in Hamilton over the next five years. We established six priorities…

Hamilton Honoured as one of Canada’s Best Locations to Invest in 2021

Hamilton honoured as one of Canada’s best places to invest.

Hamilton Investor Buys Retail Giant Toys “R” Us

Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us operate 81 stores, employing more than 5,000 people across Canada. Ancaster’s Putman Investments is about to add Toys “R” Us and Babies “R” Us Canada to its growing roster of retail brands. The purchase of Toys “R”…

Government of Canada invests $400 million in Hamilton’s Steel Industry!

Government of Canada investing in Hamilton’s steel industry to support the Green Industrial Transformation which includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions, supporting green jobs, and a stronger green economy. This investment will support ArcelorMittal Dofasco’s investment of $1.764 billion dollar project to convert the steel…

Infarm’s Hamilton facility will become its largest vertical farm in North America

The company’s facility near the airport is set to grow dramatically over the next several quarters. This expansion is part of a national strategy to strengthen Infarm’s relationship with grocery store chain Sobey’s Inc. Infarm provides greens grown at an indoor vertical farm to…

All-day GO trains from Hamilton to Toronto starting August 7th!

Hamilton has been waiting since 2011 for all-day GO train service from Hamilton to Toronto! Starting August 7th the West Harbour GO Station will host hourly train service to Toronto. The new service will not affect existing routes running out of the Hamilton GO…

Automotive and Aerospace hub lands in Hamilton!

IHub is the country’s newest hub for collaboration with automotive and aerospace companies to test and develop electric, self-driving and energy efficient technology. The new multi-million hub will be situated at McMaster Innovation Park where it will develop and test 100 products or services…

McMaster Innovation Park welcomes a new radiopharmaceutical manufacturing plant!

McMaster University and Fusion Pharmaceuticals are working together to build a radiopharmaceutical manufacturing facility at MIP. The new radiopharmaceutical manufacturing plant will be 27,000 square feet and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certified. It’s a custom built space that will complement ongoing activities for Fusion…

2020 Success Stories

Despite the pandemic, Hamilton’s economy continued to operate and some industries have thrived. Check out some of the economic development successes in 2020! Please click here.

Government invests $6 million into Hamilton’s Life Sciences Sector

The federal government via Fed Dev Ontario is investing $6 million into the Innovation Factory and the Synapse Life Sciences Consortium in the hope for developing made-in-Canada cutting edge life science companies and products. This funding will launch the Southern Ontario Pharmaceutical and Health…

Site Selection Magazine highlights Hamilton in their March 2021 Digital Issue!

Site Selection magazine is an internationally circulated business publication covering corporate real estate and economic development. This month Hamilton has been highlighted by Site Selection Magazine as a city that’s been leading Ontario in company project attraction and investment. Real estate developers, investors, economic…

Hamilton based Zentrela Inc is measuring cognitive impairment and cannabis

Zentrela Inc., is measuring cognitive impairment using neural signals and machine learning and applying it to cannabis impairment research. Israel Gasperin, a former international student graduate in McMaster University’s entrepreneurship program founded Zentrela and has been attracted to neurotechnology research since 2016. Last month,…

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