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Mississauga approves over 600 housing units as part of new developments last month: 3 things to know

Thestar.com
Nov. 3, 2021

Mississauga’s planning and development committee approved over 600 residential and commercial units in October. Here’s three things to know about the projects, including why some residents were opposed to them.

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Mississauga’s planning committee, which is made up of the city’s 12 council members, held two meetings in October and approved 618 units and 471 apartments, as well as 147 townhouse dwellings.

The over 600 units were part of three developments that had proposed zoning and official plan amendments approved and one project, a 16-storey apartment building at 86 Dundas St. E. by EMBLEM Developments, had holds lifted.

A draft subdivision plan for the development of 105 townhouses in the area of Britannia Road West and Whitehorn Avenue was also approved last month. Rezoning and official plan amendments for the development were allowed by city council last June.

DEVELOPMENT DETAILS

Mississauga’s planning committee voted on Oct. 4 to approve a four-storey, 43-unit condo building owned by Di Blasio Corporation at 6620 Rothschild Trail.

The low-rise condo building is in the Fletchers Creek Valley lands near the Meadowvale Village neighbourhood and still requires site plan approval.

The city planning committee also approved adding a 12-storey, 92-unit apartment building at 36 Elm Dr. W., near Hurontario Street and Elm Drive in Ward 7. The 12-storey building will have ground floor commercial space and is planned to be attached to a 50-storey apartment, which is already under construction on the site.

Developer Solmar is the owner of the Ward 7 project.

A 147-townhouse development at 51 Tannery St. in Mississauga’s Streetsville area was also approved by the city’s planning committee.

The development, which was proposed by NYX Tannery Ltd., involves knocking down two existing single-detached houses as well as four industrial buildings that are currently home to mechanics Schueler Auto Service and Superior Vault Company, which sells burial monuments.

Plans for the development also include extending Emby Drive to connect Tannery and Thomas Street, as well as derailment protection from the CP Rail line that runs parallel to the project site.

OPPOSITION TO TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT

Mississauga resident Julie Daly started a petition against the 51 Tannery St. development and told the planning committee on Oct. 25 that around nine affordable rental units would be demolished with the new development.

She also said that Mississauga’s rental housing protection bylaw, which requires a special permit to demolish eligible rental housing, should have been in place to protect dwellings on the site.

The bylaw, which was put in place on June 1, 2019, requires replacement rental units at similar rents for dwellings that are demolished or converted into condos.

City of Mississauga lawyer Graham Walsh said related applications for the site were submitted prior to the rental protection rules being in place and the bylaw doesn’t include “retroactive enforcement.”

Local councillor and planning and development committee chair George Carlson said the development would be a good addition to Streetsville.

“It’s intensification without going too crazy with it,” he said, adding that city planners have “managed to walk a fine line” with the development.

The development will go before Mississauga city council in November for further approvals.