Mississauga Square One Expansions and Revitalization | ?m | ?s | Oxford Properties | MMC Architecture

[otiselevator9439]

They have closed off SQ1 drive after the bus terminal and fenced off the northwest parking lot and removed all the lighting. Next phase?
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How do the car get to access to the mall parking lot when they close it at the roundabout?

 

[sauga1962]

How do the car get to access to the mall parking lot when they close it at the roundabout?

There are two more entrances south of the roundabout, and another on Rathbun Rd

 

[sauga1962]

Per Sq 1 website:
Parking Advisories

• P6 is closed for construction until early December.
• Square One Drive is closed From Duke of York to Hammerson until late November. Valet and pedestrian access will continue.

P6 is the north east lot.

 

[otiselevator9439]

Here are the progress being made so far.

 

[drum118]

Oct 30
The first new store for the Target Store is supposed to open today and will be some time before I get a look at it.

 

[junctionist]

At first I thought that Mississauga's city centre of towers around a mall was strange. But it's like the old European cities built around market squares where hundreds or thousands of vendors would engage in retail and trade.

 

[WislaHD]

It would be fascinating if we could complete surround Square One with high-rises.

 

[Rascacielo]

At first I thought that Mississauga's city centre of towers around a mall was strange. But it's like the old European cities built around market squares where hundreds or thousands of vendors would engage in retail and trade.

Except here the market square is a bunker-like behemoth surrounded by parking lots

 

[junctionist]

Except here the market square is a bunker-like behemoth surrounded by parking lots

It's a modern take on an ancient idea in city planning. While a "bunker-like behemoth" and parking lots aren't aesthetically pleasing like cobblestone market squares filled with patios, in past centuries many a market square was filled with utilitarian stalls for vendors, horses and trailers on market days, mud, manure, and perhaps even sewage.

 

[Big Daddy]

 

[Jasonzed]

In due time, I see the mall expanding right to Duke of York with two pedestrian bridges one to connect the second floor to the expansion and another one to connect the expansion to the redeveloped movie theatre.

 

[holographic plastic]

wow that parking lot is looking rough

 

[Jasonzed]

wow that parking lot is looking rough

I'm sure SQ1's next expansion announcement will address it.

 

[sauga1962]

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As I understand it, it is a part of bringing Square One drive up to City standards, from the bus terminal, over to the traffic circle. When the HLRT is built, it will run up Duke of York to Rathburn.
Rd.

 

[interchange42]

It's a modern take on an ancient idea in city planning. While a "bunker-like behemoth" and parking lots aren't aesthetically pleasing like cobblestone market squares filled with patios, in past centuries many a market square was filled with utilitarian stalls for vendors, horses and trailers on market days, mud, manure, and perhaps even sewage.

Most cities didn't have their market squares controlled by a single owner.

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