The Hamptons Commercial Overview
The Hamptons is an established west Edmonton community located near 87 Avenue and 178 Street, surrounded by the mature residential communities of Callingwood and Lymburn. The community's neighbourhood commercial nodes serve a large and stable residential catchment of long-established owner-occupied homes characterised by above-average household incomes, mature family demographics, and high community attachment. The Hamptons' commercial environment reflects the nature of established west Edmonton — quiet, well-maintained neighbourhood commercial strips with long-tenured operators serving loyal local customer bases built over many years.
The 87 Avenue arterial corridor connecting The Hamptons to the Meadowlark commercial district to the east and the developing communities to the west along Anthony Henday Drive positions The Hamptons commercial nodes as part of a broader west Edmonton commercial network. Traffic along 87 Avenue — driven by both local residents and commuters using the corridor as a cross-town route — provides consistent daily exposure for commercial tenants at key intersections along this important west Edmonton arterial.
Key Commercial Corridors
87 Avenue between 178 Street and the broader Callingwood commercial area is the primary commercial corridor for The Hamptons, with neighbourhood commercial strip plazas positioned at key collector road intersections to serve the residential communities on either side of the avenue. The 87 Avenue corridor's east-west orientation and its role as a major west Edmonton cross-town arterial ensure that commercial tenants benefit from not only local resident patronage but also commuter traffic from the developing communities to the west of Anthony Henday Drive.
178 Street provides a north-south commercial dimension for The Hamptons area, with commercial uses at the 87 Avenue intersection and northward toward the larger west Edmonton commercial nodes. The 178 Street corridor connects The Hamptons to the West Edmonton Mall area and the 87 Avenue corridor to the growing Lewis Farms and Grange communities to the north along Anthony Henday Drive, routing community residents and through traffic past The Hamptons commercial nodes throughout the day.
Asset Classes
Neighbourhood Strip Retail
Community-serving bays from 600–3,000 sf. Net rates $20–$28 psf. Established tenant mix including food and beverage, personal care, and specialty retail.
Medical & Professional Office
Medical, dental, and allied health from 800–2,500 sf. Professional office above retail or standalone from 500–2,000 sf. Gross rates $18–$38 psf.
Investment Strip Plazas
Stabilised neighbourhood commercial with established multi-tenant rosters. Cap rates 5.5–7.0%. Predictable income in mature west Edmonton residential setting.
Commercial Pads
Free-standing pad sites at 87 Avenue intersections for drive-through and large-format users. 0.3–1.0 ac. Access to significant daily arterial traffic volumes.
Investment Drivers
The Hamptons commercial investment case is built on the permanence and stability of an established west Edmonton residential community. The community's long-term residential base — with high owner-occupancy rates and deep community attachment — provides a stable and predictable consumer market for neighbourhood commercial uses that is not subject to the lease-up risk or demand uncertainty of newer suburban commercial development. Investors in The Hamptons commercial properties benefit from established tenant relationships, consistent commercial performance, and the incremental growth of the trade area as newer west Edmonton communities develop to the north and west along Anthony Henday Drive.
The corridor's relationship to the broader 87 Avenue west Edmonton commercial network — anchored by the Meadowlark Health and Shopping Centre to the east — supports tenant demand for The Hamptons commercial nodes by creating a continuous commercial environment along 87 Avenue that routes residents from multiple communities past The Hamptons locations. This arterial commercial network dynamic supplements the local residential patronage base with cross-community traffic that incrementally broadens the trade area for established commercial tenants.
Development Pipeline
The Hamptons is a fully built-out residential community with minimal new residential or commercial development within its established boundaries. The community's commercial pipeline consists primarily of building renovations and tenant repositioning as older commercial plazas are updated to attract the quality of tenants demanded by The Hamptons' established residential demographic. The growing west Edmonton communities of Lewis Farms, The Grange, and Rosenthal to the north of Anthony Henday Drive will expand the 87 Avenue corridor's overall trade area over the medium term, benefiting established commercial nodes along the full length of the corridor including those in The Hamptons.