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Here's a new site plan and rendering for the redevelopment of Prudhommes Landing, in the town of Lincoln, just west of St. Catharines. The development is called Prudhommes Landing Town Center...


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With over 1/2 mile of Lake Ontario shoreline on 84-acres, this mixed-use development is located in Ontario wine country between Hamilton and Niagara Falls. This master planned development includes 300,000 sf of retail, 200,000 sf of office, 850 residential units, with hospitality, special attractions, public amenity features and park areas. - dorskyyue.com

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The property sold earlier this month, and part of the hotel burned down a few days ago...

CHCH News: Prudhommes Landing sold [w/ video]

June 10, 2016

After years of being on the market, a high-profile lakeshore property known as Prudhommes landing in the town of Lincoln has been sold. While some people are excited about a new development, others who own property next to the land are not as optimistic with the thought of years of construction in their backyards. But the town of Lincoln is delighted by the sale as they expect it will boost the economy and bring more people to the region.

Prudhommes Landing is right next to the QEW extending from the Tim Hortons near Victoria Avenue to the edge of the Lakehouse restaurant. The 80 acre property with a kilometer of shoreline has been sitting on the market for decades. Buildings abandoned and falling apart, covered in graffiti.

It may look deserted now but in the 1980’s the site featured waterslides, a go-cart track and mini putt. The amusement park eventually closed and the vandalism began. People think with the sale the area will improve.

Ken Fowler enterprises sold the land to FBH Ontario Incorporated last night. It’s a branch of an Italian construction company. Fowler told CHCH that the new owner will carry out a vision that’s been in the works for years which will include new homes and condos.

Lincoln’s chief administrative officer showed us the plans that were drawn up in 2014. “Recreational amenities along the waterfront, were looking at some commercial along the QEW and residential options.”

In terms of the sale price Ken Fowler said it was private but added that he was pleased with the number. Unconfirmed reports suggest the land sold for nearly $30 million. Not everyone is excited for the development including Ken Pachkowski who’s home backs on to Prudhommes Landing. He’s expecting to see his trees tore down in the back and a row of condos put in. “We’re not going to be happy about the construction and the noise, I guess the density involved. We still don’t know how many people they are going to put in that area,” says Ken.

Mayor Sandra Easton says they will work with the people of Lincoln to ensure the design meets everyone’s needs.

CHCH News: Prudhomme’s Landing Inn fire [w/video]

June 29, 2016

It is a derelict landmark and now the site of the former Prudhomme’s Landing Inn is at the centre of a suspicious fire. Just this month the 80 acre property in Vineland was sold after sitting vacant for years.

Locals are not surprised about the fire though, calling the hotel a sitting target.

The fire is believed to have started on the second floor and now an entire chunk of the building is gone.

For locals, including Vicky Thompson, seeing the burnt out wreckage was emotional.

“I just, I don’t know, brings back childhood memories I guess, It is sad. Heartbreaking. You know it used to be a nice place, a happening place, but now all it is is nothing.”

Fire officials say the blaze spread to the roof making the vacant building unsafe.

The property was once a bustling place to be. It was at one time home to the Wet n’ Wild water park but it all closed down in 2002.

Graffiti, broken windows and overgrown vegetation is all that remains, making it a popular spot for vandals.

“The building has been abandoned for more than a decade now, so I am not really surprised. I mean it was bound to happen. It has been a condemned building for quite awhile and that’s what happens to old buildings- they start to fall apart and people move in and make use of it.”

And it’s not the first time firefighters were called to the property. In 2009 Victoria Hall went up in flames. That fire was also suspicious in nature.

The land was sold to an Italian constriction company on June 9th. They plan on developing the site into homes and condos. The construction company says there will be round-the-clock security at the hotel.

Demolition work is expected to begin in the coming weeks and the site should be completley leveled by July.