The Town’s employment lands accommodate businesses across a wide range of sectors, including manufacturing, retail trade, transportation and warehousing, construction, wholesale trade and professional, scientific and technical services.
Halton Hills has four designated Employment Areas that account for approximately 8,500 jobs and 44% of the Halton Hills’ total employment. The Premier Gateway will continue to be the Town's main area of job growth between 2019 and 2041, accounting for approximately 85% percent of all forecasted employment growth. Future development opportunities in the Georgetown, Acton and Mansewood Industrial Areas are limited due to land supply.
| Industrial Area | Size (Net Acres) | # of Jobs | # of Businesses | Employment Growth (new jobs to 2041) |
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| Premier Gateway | 1,317 | 3,720 | 147 | 11,762 |
| Georgetown | 289 | 4,670 | 186 | 855 |
| Acton | 175 | 1,530 | 73 | 704 |
| Mansewood | 59 | 290 | 8 | 528 |
Learn More About Halton Hills' Employment Areas
| Premier Gateway |
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The Premier Gateway Employment Area is situated on the southern edge of Halton Hills along the north side of Highway 401, between James Snow Parkway (and the Town of Milton) in the west and the City of Mississauga to the east. It is an emerging Employment Area and the Town’s largest Employment Area in terms of land area. The area offers excellent exposure to both Highways 401 and 407 and is geographically well-positioned along the Highway 401 corridor immediately west of Mississauga. The majority of the area is designated as Prestige Industrial Area, which allows for freestanding office buildings, in addition to the Premier Gateway Area which allows for hotels and retail at major points of entry.
Established and emerging uses for the Premier Gateway:
The Premier Gateway offers significant vacant land available for development at competitive land prices both in the short and longer term, with Phase 1 planned to accommodate employment growth to 2021 and Phase 2 for the 2021 to 2031 planning period. Halton Hills’ Premier Gateway accommodates approximately 3,700 jobs and 147 businesses, with a large concentration in retail trade (the Toronto Premium Outlets mall) comprising approximately two-thirds of its employment base. Transportation, and warehousing and manufacturing round off the top three sectors in the area, with 16% and 5% of its employment base, respectively.
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| Georgetown Industrial Area |
Situated on the north side of Highway 7, the Georgetown Industrial Area is designated as a General Employment Area. The industrial area is well established and approaching buildout with a developed area of 117 net ha (289 net acres) and limited development opportunity available.
Established and emerging uses for the Georgetown Industrial Area:
The area accommodates 4,670 jobs and 186 businesses and has the largest share of manufacturing employment among the business parks in Halton Hills, accounting for 84% of the Town’s manufacturing employment base and 72% of the total employment base within the Georgetown Industrial Area. Given the relatively limited opportunities for development on vacant lands, recent development in the Georgetown Industrial Area has been modest, accounting for approximately 1% of the G.F.A. absorbed on employment lands within the Town over the past decade. The existing employment density of the Georgetown Industrial Area is 40 jobs per net ha (16 jobs per acre), which is the highest among the Employment Areas in Halton Hills. |
| Acton Industrial Area |
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With a developed area of 71 net ha (175 net acres), the Acton Industrial Area is located in the urban settlement of Acton on the north side of Highway 7 in Halton Hills and is designated as a General Employment Area. This Employment Area offers rail access via a rail spur but lacks access/proximity to a 400-series highway. Established and emerging uses for the Acton Industrial Area:
Manufacturing is a dominant use, accounting for 53% of the employment in the industrial area, with wholesale trade and professional, scientific and technical services accounting for 17% and 14%, respectively. Recent development activity within this area has been relatively minimal over the past decade. In 2016, however, a B.C. based real estate company, Futura Properties Ltd., purchased 22 ha (55 acres) of industrial land at 340 Main St. N to developed into a high-quality industrial subdivision.
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Mansewood Industrial Area |
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The Mansewood Industrial Area is a rural industrial subdivision located in Halton Hills on Regional Road 25 immediately north of the Milton 401 Industrial/Business Park. Mansewood is privately serviced and is the smallest Employment Area in Halton Hills, with a developed area of 24 net ha (59 net acres) accommodating 8 businesses and 585 jobs.
Established and emerging uses for the Mansewood Industrial Area:
The Mansewood Employment Area is in proximity to Highway 401 and in close proximity to the Milton 401 Industrial/Business Park. The area has limited vacant land supply opportunities and the lack of municipal servicing limits development potential. |
