Mississauga Exchange District Condos | 232m | 72s | Camrost-Felcorp | Arcadis

[fanoftoronto]

I don't live in the MCC area but was there recently.

I was sorta impressed with how Confederation in between the highway and Burnhamthorpe felt more urban than most locales in Mississauga, but the rest of the area?

The stroads really take away from the walkability.

You're downtown Toronto and you're not crossing that many lanes of traffic just to get to the other side.

I do a lot of walking... I've almost been hit plenty of times by careless drivers... crossing that many lanes of road is a little unnerving and definitely takes away from foot traffic from people who don't even consider the concepts of "walkability" and "urbanism"... and that's nothing to say for the people who struggle walking or even moving.

I hope this area somehow redevelops to become more walkable, but I'm not holding my breath.

Anyhow, this is off topic... I'm looking forward to the completion of the Exchange District... hopefully we get some good tenants on the ground that help liven up the space even more.

Here's an idea that has a lot of holes in it but would be nice.

Taking Burnhamthorpe as an example, take away 2 lanes of traffic and the centre turning lane. Move the remaining 4 lanes of traffic to the north side of the current right of way. Put in an urban plaza or park on the south side of the right of way utilizing the saved 3 lanes of traffic.

Very off topic but just my two cents.

 

[isaidso]

The stroads really take away from the walkability.

I hope this area somehow redevelops to become more walkable, but I'm not holding my breath.

Stroads can always be narrowed, sidewalks widened, etc. I'd like to be optimistic but the existence of super-blocks makes it very difficult to make these stroads appealing vibrant pedestrian friendly city streets 15-20 years down the road. You need an intersection every 60-70m to slow traffic and create pedestrian flows in the perpendicular direction.

 

[ThatSlickCat]

From 09/21:

I like the new fascia on the south side of the building

 

[afransen]

Burnhamthorphe and Hurontario might be a write-off in terms of making a properly pedestrian-oriented street, but there will be plenty of other streets in downtown Mississauga that we should encourage to take on more of an urban walkable character and not merely loading and garage access functions.

 

[khaldoon]

Today, from SQ1.

 

[khaldoon]

Today.

 

[Lake Ontario]

 

[FCD]

Oct 1

 

[drum118]

Sept 19
More Up on my site

 

[khaldoon]

The crane on the first tower is being brought down.

 

[mininamib]

This is so exciting to observe. All I want to see are more pedestrian-friendly streetscapes and active podiums which are in conversation with the sidewalk. From what I have seen for most condo towers outside of downtown Toronto is a lack of much retail or institutional space in the podiums, making the sidewalks seem a bit dead. (One of the worst offenders I can think of are the low rise towers along Dundas in Oakville with ground floor condo units without any fence or barrier fronting 8 lanes of traffic.)

 

[Lake Ontario]

Today at 7pm:

 

[Tim MacDonald]

Moments ago

 

[Lake Ontario]

The tower crane for EX3 has been installed:

 

[drum118]

Oct 11
More up on my site
The hole and base for the T4 crane been ready over a week ago.

Lots of holes been dug for the foundation with the exicator removing the dirt from the hole and into the dump truck.

Work has started on level 3 for T3 with work at level 25 on T2 for level 26