HAMILTON, ON – Some 500,000 square feet of new stage space is coming to Hamilton in a move that could catapult the city into an international hub for film, television and digital media production.
Film and TV studios developer Aeon Studio Group (ASG) said Tuesday that the Hamilton Studio District, billed as a live-work-play development, will include a production campus with modern soundstages, production offices and backlot, with other studios for post-production, animation, visual effects, game development, and music. The space will also include a crew training facility, workspaces for the artistic and creative industry community, two residential towers and an open public area.
“Hamilton is the perfect place for a production hub in the west-end of the Greater Toronto Area because of its proximity to diverse filming locations, thriving arts and culture workforce, limited traffic congestion and because productions that film there qualify for additional provincial tax credits,” said ASG partner Mike Bruce at the press conference.
The Hamilton Studio District will occupy the City-owned Barton-Tiffany lands, which are located by the intersection of Barton Street West and Tiffany Street, and abutting the new West Harbour Go Train station near the bay in Central Hamilton.
ASG added the first 150,000 square feet of stage space in Hamilton will be operational within a year.
