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501 Lakeshore Road East

Trinity Development Group has made proposals to allow the former Inglis lands at 501 Lakeshore Road East (in the Lakeview District, bordering Port Credit, in Ward 1) to be redeveloped with a mix of mainstreet and big box retail, commercial / office and residential uses. 

The 14.5 acre site extends from Lakeshore Rd, north to the CNR line, between Enola Avenue and the Cooksville Creek. 

► Trinity's development website: The District at Lakeview.

► Click for Trinity's Lakeview Concept Presentation dated November 17, 2011 (28p PDF) as presented publicly.

COMMUNITY MEETING:  Wednesday, April 4 @ 7-9 p.m. at the MISSISSAUGA SENIORS CENTRE, 1389 Cawthra Road (map).  Hosted by Ward 1 Councillor Jim Tovey to discuss the proposal.  All ARE WELCOME.

► Click for the MEETING NOTICE.

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BACKGROUND

501 LAKESHORE ROAD E. OPEN HOUSE:  Took place on February 1, 2012 @ 6 - 9 p.m.  ON-SITE in Unit A-10, hosted by Trinity Development.  A brief 15-minute presentation by the developer was included.

► Click image for full-size NOTICE with map.  

► Click for covering LETTER and attached PROPOSAL package (7p PDF) received by TOPCA on January 25, 2012.

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TOPCA STATEMENT: The TOPCA Executive released a Statement (December 9, 2011) concerning the large-format retail component of the proposal for 501 Lakeshore Rd E (depicted above as 'RETAIL 7').

RE:  Development proposal for 501 Lakeshore Road East in Lakeview District (mixed use retail, commercial/office and residential)

For several years, citizens of Port Credit and Lakeview have participated in community visioning to ensure that future growth along the Lakeshore Corridor both evolves and strengthens village character. 

TOPCA has taken the time to receive community input regarding ‘501’ over a period of many months, and recently invited advice from a professional panel at our public meeting ‘Whither Mainstreet Retail?’ held on November 30, 2011.  We have also reviewed the developer’s published concept plans and the existing context of the site.  After this careful consideration, it is TOPCA's position that the proposed large-format retail component is incongruent with the long-term vision of either community. 

We look forward to working with the Port Credit BIA, the Lakeview Ratepayers Association and our Ward 1 Councillor to encourage appropriate development in support of our shared vision for mainstreet vibrancy, multi-modal transportation and economic sustainability along the Lakeshore Corridor. -- The TOPCA Executive on Dec. 9, 2011

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See the TOPCA Meetings webpage for information about the TOPCA Town Hall entitled Whither Mainstreet Retail? (November 30, 2011) which explored retail and related issues of concern to the historic communities along the Lakeshore Corridor. 

► Mississauga News article (Nov. 30, 2011): Residents urged to fight big box stores.

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LAKEVIEW RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION:  The LRA released a Statement (December 14, 2011), as posted on Facebook, concerning the scope and location of the entire development concept. 

Lakeshore Road Development Policy Paper

The community of Lakeview over a number of years, has initiated, developed and brought forth to Mississauga City Council a locally created vision of how we would like to see our community develop.

This vision is popularly known as the Lakeview Legacy Project.  This vision was unanimously adopted by Mississauga City Council as the guiding principal for much of the Lakeshore and Waterfront public visioning sessions that were to follow and were, we believe the signpost that led the way to the Lakeshore Corridor policies that are imminently expected from the city.  This is a largely unprecedented level of input from a local community.  Thus we have a large stake in the smart development of our community after years of hard work and volunteer effort.

We envision a Main Street retail corridor connecting Port Credit in the west with Long Branch in the east.  Lakeview is the only major historical community in Mississauga without a defined social and commercial centre.  The Legacy Project describes a community hub that is located centrally in Lakeview.  This has many advantages.  It minimizes economic conflict with our sister community of Port Credit and provides for an intensity of development that can run east, west and south.

The proposed development at 501 Lakeshore Rd is being described by its developers as Lakeview’s new community centre.  We reject this notion because it’s location on our extreme western end does not allow for smart development and does not minimize conflict with existing local main street retail.

We encourage development and density on the site, but believe that the development should abide by the careful and community driven planning and visioning that has taken place over years of careful and unprecedented city, resident, and all other levels of government cooperation.

We are the Welcoming Edge of Mississauga. It is imperative that we all insist on an adherence to smart growth and innovative planning policy.

Approved by the Lakeview Ratepayer's Association Board of Directors Dec 14, 2011

► Letter to the Mayor: June 23, 2011 from the Lakeview Ratepayers Association.

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► Statement by Ward 1 Councillor Jim Tovey.
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PORT CREDIT BIA POSITION:  The Port Credit BIA has announced their opposition to any big box retail on the Lakeshore Corridor mainstreet.  In a breakfast networking presentation to BIA members on November 17, 2011, General Manager Ellen Timms stated the BIA supported appropriate development and residential intensification but were not in favour of large format retail, defined as over 50,000 sq ft.  This was a timely discussion for small business owners who are the backbone of the local Port Credit economy. 

The Port Credit BIA is quoted in the Mississauga Village Times (Dec. 2011/Jan.2012 edition) just published.  General Manager Ellen Timms states (p45): "We strongly support mixed use development but not large format retail" which would "displace existing jobs or damage the existing commercial structure."

► See the active Facebook Page maintained by BIA members: NO big box outfits Lakeview and Port Credit. 

 

NOTE: This article is under revision to include additional information from the former TOPCA webpage.