Highland Gate Golf Course Redevelopment

Golf Course Redevelopment

Aurora, ON
2014 to 2016

Highland Gate Golf Course Redevelopment

Highland Gate Golf Club was located in the heart of Aurora between Yonge Street and Bathurst Street, north of Wellington Street West.

The Golf Club officially closed on November 9, 2014, its owner citing that the golf course was no longer financially viable. The closure of the Highland Gate Golf Course represented a prime opportunity for significant reinvestment in the community through the redevelopment of these now underutilized lands through an infill residential community that is compatible within the broader context of the surrounding residential neighbourhood.

Malone Given Parsons was retained by Highland Gate Developments Inc. as land-use planners for the preparation of Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments and Draft Plan of Subdivision applications for the golf course redevelopment for 184 single-detached dwellings and a high-density block containing an estimated 144 high-density residential units in close proximity to Yonge Street. The overall layout provides for the golf course redevelopment within the linear stretches of developable land while ensuring that the natural heritage, ecological and hydrologically sensitive features are preserved, including appropriate buffers and mitigation measures between the proposed lots and existing residential areas. The Draft Plan was designed to provide an efficient lot layout, which necessitated single-loaded roads throughout most of the plan area. The proposed streets are designed to minimize the impact to existing residences from noise and light impacts and the need for terrain modification through cut and fill or the need for retaining walls.