Mississauga’s City Centre has long been a landscape of untapped potential. With scarcely more than Square One Shopping Centre and a movie theatre to attract residents, Amacon’s Parkside Village, a master-planned community, might just be the impetus Canada’s sixth-largest city needs to enliven its core.
Once completed, Parkside Village will comprise 10 low-rises, 12 mid-rises, and 15 high-rises, including seven green rooftops that are sure to become Mississauga’s crowning architectural jewels. Parkside Village will contain 6,000 residential units and plenty of world-class amenities. In addition to state of the art fitness and wellness amenities and hotel-inspired party rooms, it will feature three acres of parkland for both residents and the community at large to enjoy.
The desired effect is two-pronged: not only will Mississauga attract new residents, it will retain people who grew up there, as moving east to ‘The Big Smoke’ becomes less essential for live-play opportunities. Amacon, a Vancouver-based builder, is bringing some of their west coast development ideas to Parkside Village, Frank Da Silva, Amacon’s VP of development and construction told The Epoch Times.
“We want to bring the Vancouver model here, where you walk downstairs and it’s more alive,” Da Silva said. “We want Mississauga to be less of a bedroom community and more active,” he explained.
In all, the master-planned community will span 30 acres. Parkside Village will serve as a quintessential example of how to intensify an area efficiently, as it will be built with plenty of commercial and green spaces to encourage vibrant street life and social hubs. Once completed, “Parkside Village is where people will live, work and play,” said Da Silva.
Amacon was instrumental in lobbying for Mississauga’s long overdue LRT, which will span from Lake Ontario, the base of the city, and ascend through to Brampton.
“The LRT, when it’s built, will change the way people perceive Mississauga from a big town to a small city, which it is, and that transit will help the city in general. It will even assist in the retention of people who live in this area,” said Da Silva.
