The former Harding Carpets will be renamed the Holmedale Business Centre as part of King & Benton Redevelopment Corp.’s final steps in its project to reclaim the former brownfield site.

In a news conference, officials from King & Benton, the Brant Historical Society, the city’s heritage committee and the Holmedale community advisory committee unveiled the new name for the transformed warehouse-distribution centre, along with plans to open a Holmedale Community Heritage Room.

Stacey McKellar, director curator at the Brant Museum and Archives, said the room will make a welcome adjunct to the area’s historical displays.


Cindy Macdonald-Krueger, chairwoman of the heritage committee, is equally enthused.

“The approach is fabulous,” she said. “It’s an excellent reuse of an old building. I don’t know anywhere else that this has been done, certainly not in this town.”

The company has set up a Web site where people can visit and post memories. The Web site is www.holmedaleheritage.com.