The Westhills Land Corp. development, one of the largest residential projects in the capital region’s history, was founded in 2006 with property already owned by the Stewart family and the acquisition of neighbouring land already zoned for residential construction.

2. By: Westhill Consulting Langfords
Housing Development
The Westhills Land Corp. development, one of the
largest residential projects in the capital region’s
history, was founded in 2006 with property already
owned by the Stewart family and the acquisition of
neighbouring land already zoned for residential
construction.
Langford calls Westhills one of the municipality’s
“most audacious projects and one of the city’s
move-to neighbourhoods.”

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4. Today, the company is owned by his children, and sons Reg
and Roy Stewart are directors.
Keycorp Consulting, led by veteran builder Jim Hartshorne, is
the development manager for Westhills. Keycorp designs,
builds and markets the residences. Victoria Design is
responsible for much of the design of the homes.
The builder is Verity Developments, headed by Hartshorne’s
son-in-law, Chad Bryden. Westhills sales are handled by Mike
Hartshorne, Jim’s son, a real estate agent with DFH Real
Estate.
The late Geoff Stewart had owned the
western-most portion of the site for years.

5. The success of the development to date has been
due to the management ability and fiscal strength of
the Westhills company, Jim Hartshorne said,
because Westhills remains part of planning as the
project is built out.
Development companies can lose control if they
give up some of the things that Westhills has held on
to, he said. “This approach is very different and very
unique.”