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A major development is being proposed beside the Cooksville GO station in the Mississauga, with Infrastructure Ontario filing plans for one of the largest Transit Oriented Community (TOC) projects in the Greater Toronto Area. Designed by Arup, the two-site proposal would deliver eight towers ranging from 28 to 49 storeys, introducing more than 3,000 new homes across the East and West Cooksville TOC Sites. The Hurontario-Main Line 10 LRT, currently under construction, will also serve the site at its east end.
The TOC program, launched by the Province of Ontario to bring higher-density housing and employment to new and existing transit stations, is intended to offset infrastructure costs while creating complete communities.
The Cooksville TOC lands encompass two surface parking lots tied to Cooksville GO Station, sitting kitty corner across from one another at John Street and the station's access road, west of Hurontario Street. Both properties fall within the Cooksville Protected Major Transit Station Area, where a mix of high-rise apartments, low-rise housing, schools, parks, and local retail define the neighbourhood. Once the surface parking for Cooksville GO is redeveloped, its multi-storey parking garage will remain, west of the East site, and north of the West site.
The East Site, located at 3210 Hurontario and John Streets, currently functioning as a GO surface parking lot and staging ground for the LRT construction, is planned as the denser of the two parcels, with four towers ranging from 40 (124.5m) to 49 storeys (151.5m). The towers would sit atop two podiums joined by a common underground garage. Together, they would introduce 1,680 residential units in a mix of 170 studios, 840 one-bedrooms, 500 two-bedrooms, and 170 three-bedrooms. The program totals 168,579m² of Gross Floor Area (GFA), with 117,343m² for housing, 8,991m² for offices, and 7,658m² for retail, with a Floor Space Index (FSI) of 11.68 times coverage 11,584m² lot.
Anchoring the East Site would be the primary POPS (Privately-Owned Publicly-accessible Space), a 3,000m² elevated plaza positioned above a sheltered pick-up and drop-off zone for GO users. The plaza would serve as a pedestrian gateway linking the towers with Cooksville GO Station and the LRT. A 13.3m-high crash wall is planned alongside the rail corridor edge.
Interior amenities for the residential buildings of 3,520m plus 2,008m² of outdoor resident space are planned, along with an additional 1,364m² of non-residential outdoor space. Vertical circulation is currently indicated as 12 elevators (three in each tower per the diagram below), giving a ratio of one cab per 140 units, which is too few to adequately serve buildings of this size; further advancement of the plan should indicate more elevators. Below grade, a five-level garage would accommodate 594 residential parking spaces. Active transportation is supported by 1,135 bicycle parking stalls, split between 1,028 indoors and 107 outdoors.
The West Site, at 99–107 Hillcrest Avenue, is organized around a U-shaped podium connected by a canopied bridge that frames a central courtyard. Four towers rise above, ranging from 28 (85.5m) to 44 storeys (133.5m). Together, they would bring 1,375 units across a mix of 140 studios, 690 one-bedrooms, 410 two-bedrooms, and 135 three-bedrooms. GFA would total 138,551m², with 110,147m² of residential and 2,308m² of retail uses, with an FSI of 11.16 times coverage of the 10,074m² lot.
A raised courtyard would be accessible from the GO Access Road and designed as a more intimate counterpart to the East Site’s large plaza, also serving as a POPS. Retail activity is concentrated at key corners, particularly at Hillcrest and John. Indoor amenities would span 3,304m², paired with 2,292m² of outdoor spaces on podium rooftops and terraces.
As with the East Site, 12 elevators are currently indicated (three per tower) for an approximate ratio of one cab per 115 units overall, likely adequate for the two shorter buildings, but the taller two will need more for good response times. Below grade, a five-level garage would provide 375 residential parking spaces. There would be 901 bicycle parking stalls, including 828 indoors and 73 outdoors.
Cooksville GO station on the Milton Line offers bus connections to Union Station when the trains are not running, while MiWay bus routes serve the area as well as the LRT which will be open before these buildings are built. While Metrolinx is planning for for two-way all-day service across its GO train network, no date has been announced for such service on the Milton Line. The planned Dundas BRT, less than 700m away, would further expand transit connections. For cyclists, planned road upgrades will reconfigure Hurontario for the LRT with separated bike tracks. John Street and the GO Access Road are slated for redesign with a new bi-directional cycling path.
Other intensification of the area is underway or planned near the Cooksville TOC sites. To the south, Arte Residences is under construction at 18 storeys, while proposals nearby include MW Condo at 28 storeys, Six Five Agnes at 29 storeys, and 55 Dundas Street West at 34 storeys. East of the site, additional towers are planned at 3161 Hurontario Street (37 storeys), 3085 Hurontario Street (four towers of 31 to 39 storeys), 3115 Hurontario Street (42 storeys), and Connecting Cooksville (five towers ranging from 34 to 46 storeys).
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