A new Shake Shack is headed for the busy corner of New Independence Parkway and Hamlin Groves Trail in Horizon West, adding yet another burger option to a neighborhood that already has at least seven restaurants slinging patties. The 3,532-square-foot restaurant would sit on the northwest corner of that intersection, with the restaurant and patio facing New Independence Parkway.
Plans Cleared
According to GrowthSpotter, the Orange County Development Review Committee approved the Shake Shack proposal.
Shake Shack
Shake Shack itself is based in New York.
A Crowded Burger Scene
Hamlin's burger lineup has grown steadily since Horizon West's population exploded, climbing from about 14,000 residents in 2010 to 58,101 by the 2020 census, per GrowthSpotter. Ford's Garage, known for gourmet burgers and American craft beer, opened at 5375 Hamlin Groves Trail on Jan. 12, 2022, according to the West Orange Times & Observer. Miller's Ale House and Chick-fil-A are also in Hamlin, alongside The French Café, The Pizza Press, Bosphorous Turkish Cuisine and The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill.
Hamlin's business mix includes Taco Bell, Tijuana Flats, Maple Street Biscuit Company, Agave Bandido and Outback Steakhouse. More than 100 businesses now operate across Hamlin overall, according to Boyd Development, as cited in GrowthSpotter's reporting on a separate grocery-anchored project pushing west along the corridor.
Commercial Growth Pushing West
That westward expansion includes Hamlin Macaway Commercial, a planned 19.06-acre shopping center near Avalon Road, McKinney Road and New Independence Parkway that Boyd Development intends to build, extending commercial activity farther along the parkway toward the Lake County line. The project's anchor building is labeled in submitted plans only as a proposed grocery store, with no tenant named. A roughly one-mile, four-lane extension of New Independence Parkway toward Lake County's Wellness Way corridor was expected to open within months of Boyd's September update, GrowthSpotter reported, a sign of how quickly the area's roadway and retail footprint keep expanding.
