Huron Heritage Village Town Centre
Huron Heritage Village Town Centre

Prominently located at the key intersection of Fischer-Hallman Road and Huron Road in south west Kitchener, Huron Heritage Village Town Centre and its surrounding master-planned neighbourhood will link vehicle access, parking and pedesterian design elements to the commercial district and network of urban villages, office space, parks and trails. 

 

The shopping centre is comprised of a commercial block (16.2 acres) and a mixed-use block (10.4 acres) on the south side and north side (0.6 acres) of street one. The plan provides both appropriate frontage to arterial streets and an emphasis on pedestrian-scaled uses and design along internal streetscapes. 

 

The commercial site is oriented and designed to provide strong connectivity to adjacent residential communities and the future City of Kitchener 80 acres South West Distric Park (2013-2014 construction). 

 

The immediate adjoining neighbourhood allows for approximately 955 dwelling units with a unit mix of 25% apartments, 30% townhouses, and 45% single detached - providing for 2,557 residents at full build out. 

 

Developer RBJ Schlegel Holdings and Schlegel Urban Development have been community builders for more than three decades with seniors housing, residential and commercial projects. 
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 Stats & Facts: 
Location: 
Southeast corner of Fischer-Hallman Road and Huron Road

The Project: 
Master Planned, Mixed-Use Node

Size: 
400,000 square feet

Timing: 
Approx Spring 2013

Tenants Sought: 
Grocery, large and small box retail, restaurants, financial, fashion, home furnishings and personal services

Customer Base: 
Average Family Income of $75,840

Traffic Count: 
Existing annual      12,860
Projected 2012       27,800
Projected 2017       38,750

Accessibility: 
  • Frontage and access via Fischer-Hallman and Huron Roads
  • Fischer-Hallman is planning to expand to four lanes within a ten year period

Features:
  • Tremendous site exposure
  • Integrated with Master Planned 180 acre residential development
  • Good connectivity to Hwy 7/8, Hwy 401, surrounding residential developments and adjoining 80 acre district sports complex

Huron Heritage Village is a new mixed-use neighbourhood 
containing stand-alone and mixed use commercial buildings, a wide range of residential dwelling types, an elementary school, neighbourhood parks and parkettes, and significant natural spaces. 

The central focus of the neighbourhood is a linear "central green" through the heart of the neighbourhood, which is framed by rear-laned townhouses and provides a high quality urban space for residents. The central green is linked to a large greenspace area, comprised of a naturalized stormwater management pond and a preserved wetland area.

The alignment of an existing diagonal road is creatively incorporated into the neighbourhood's open space system through a series of commemorative spaces that signify various points in the property's history, and create a "heritage walk" through the neighbourhood. 
Huron Heritage Neighbourhood Concept Plan
Location
Huron Heritage Village Town Centre site plan
Huron Heritage Village Town Centre & Estates
Heritage House at 1940 Fischer-Hallman Rd to be preserved
 Guiding Principles 
Huron Heritage Neighbourhood Concept Plan:

The guiding principles for the design of the Huron Heritage Estates neighbourhood are: 


  1. Develop clear and strong focal points for social, cultural and commercial interactions in the Huron community and establish meaningful identification with that community

  2. Encourage opportunity for meaningful human interaction within and beyond the community

  3. Provide for balanced and complimentary modes of transportation including the car, public transit, cycling and walking (with a strong emphasis on enhancing the latter three modes)


  4. Plan for mixed uses that involve effective and functionally integrated commercial, residential and institutional uses


  5. Achieve efficient land use


  6. Adopt a lifespan perspective and plan for social diversity through a full range of housing options


  7. Maintain human scale in buildings and provide for diversity of architectural expression


  8. Establish a coherent urban grid to provide a framework for clear location within the community


  9. Preserve natural physical environments, and celebrate and preserve heritage attributes to the extent possible  within overall design objectives for the generation of healthy social environments


  10. Build a 'social infrastructure' to directly serve the social needs of the community


  11. Plan elements to foster stability


  12. Demonstrate the economic and social viability of each component elsewhere


  13. Phase the overall development in a manner that demonstrates reasonable  coherence and integrity at each stage of completeness