Jasonzed
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We might as well start a thread for this one 
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This is not part of the SQ1 lands. The whole empty parcel was purchased by Camrost Felcorp (previously owned by Greenpark Homes), with this section being sold off to Emblem.Is this a part of oxfords development or separate? Those buildings look like they have potential either way
Thanks for the clarification. I didn't think it was SQ1 but that development is massive it's hard to be sure. Yet another building for mississauga though! The intensification here is insane!This is not part of the SQ1 lands. The whole empty parcel was purchased by Camrost Felcorp (previously owned by Greenpark Homes), with this section being sold off to Emblem.
This whole section of development (EX District, EX District South, 180 Burnhamthorpe, Burnhamthorpe & Kariya) contains 12 towers and is likely going to be much denser than anything planned in MCC yet. It's absolutely crazy and I'm very glad to see it happening. I hope that the SQ1 district and M City increase their densities for future phases accordingly in response.Thanks for the clarification. I didn't think it was SQ1 but that development is massive it's hard to be sure. Yet another building for mississauga though! The intensification here is insane!
Is it at all feasible to run LRT down Burnhamthorpe from Islington to SQ1? Length is equivalent to Port Credit to 401.Hurontario LRT and Mississauga Transitway is probably the only 'rapid transit' MCC is going to get, and I would not call either rapid transit. No way is Line 2 getting extended to MCC. Maybe we will get a creative way of branching the Milton Line (elevated guideway up Confederation) up to MCC at some point in the distant future.
My concern is that the area isn't going to be walkable because the roads are too wide and not enclosed enough to create spaces.
At this point, I think only big healthy street trees can help with making these streets walkable. Along with reducing lanes, narrowing lanes, reducing speeds adding green medians. I don't think the buildings will frame the road well enough. They are still building new buildings with strange green strips of grass between them and the sidewalk. Not park or amenity space, just weird unnecessary setbacks. It would be better if they were plantings with benches etc.Roads can be narrowed and sidewalks tripled/quadrupled in width. Their biggest oversight was not chopping up those monster sized blocks. It's not something they can go back and fix later. It's difficult to create a finely grained urban experience when intersections are 200m apart and the buildings lining it equally gargantuan at street level.
Forget LRTs, the way the city of Mississauga is growing i can see a 10 stop subway line extension from Islington Ave. to Hurontario StreetIs it at all feasible to run LRT down Burnhamthorpe from Islington to SQ1? Length is equivalent to Port Credit to 401.
Not at $1.3B per km! Frankly, it's unnecessary. Spend all that money getting the Milton corridor widened with sufficient track for electrified frequent all day service.Forget LRTs, the way the city of Mississauga is growing i can see a 10 stop subway line extension from Islington Ave. to Hurontario Street
...give it 10-15 years and you'll hear all about it