[Northern Light]

Back from the dead:

Ontario Newsroom

news.ontario.ca

- New Laurier Campus, combined with new Congestoga Campus.

- A long term care home will also be built on site.

Key points from the News Release:

-The new Milton campus is expected to accommodate 6,700 students and will focus on university and college academic programs in high-demand fields such as science, health care, engineering, technology, and business.
-This includes approximately 3,750 students for Conestoga College and approximately 2,940 students for Wilfrid Laurier University.
-Campus opens 2024 (presumably September)
-Campus will be 275,000ft2
-The Schlegel Villages long-term care home is expected to open in late 2023 and will provide 192 new, modern, safe and comfortable long-term care spaces in Milton.
-Much back-patting as this will be expedited by MZO.

Location:

Laurier Presser here:

Wilfrid Laurier University to establish new campus in Milton with focus on STEAM and planetary health

Wilfrid Laurier University will have another community to call home following provincial approval to establish a new university campus in Milton. The Government of Ontario announced its approval at a news conference June 17 for Laurier to develop this milestone project in collaboration with the...

www.wlu.ca

 

[Paclo]

Previous discussion regarding previous plans can be read in this thread: https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/laurier-campus-in-milton.6369/ , posts relevant to current plans have been copied above.

The Milton Education Village is a master-planned mixed-use institutional, residential & commercial development on the lands west of Tremaine Road, south of Derry Road and north of Britannia Road in West Milton. These lands were subject to a MZO in June 2021:

Ontario Newsroom

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Master Concept Plan, prepared by Korsiak:

Wilfrid Laurier University and Conestoga College are developing new campuses south of the existing Mattamy National Cycling Centre:

Laurier will Call Milton Home in 2024!

Laurier will have a new campus in Milton to call home! We’re excited to bring Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) programs centred on planetary health and sustainability – and our student experience – to Halton.

www.wlu.ca

Conceptual renderings of the Laurier Campus:

During development of the MEV, Laurier will renovate the Laurier Milton Academic Centre, Laurier's leased space within the MEVIN Building at 555 Industrial Drive, Milton:

 

[Paclo]

Milton Education Village

Learn about the Milton Education Village (MEV) Secondary Plan and discover how we’re creating complete urban community around the MEV.

www.milton.ca

• Interim water and wastewater servicing strategy is underway with Halton Region
• Wilfrid Laurier University has a site alteration permit under review for structural fill of phase 1 (just south of the Mattamy National Cycling Centre)
• Schlegel Villages
  • Foundation (conditional permit) has been issued for phase 1 and work is underway
  • Site alteration under construction to bring in structural fill and setup temporary stormwater for the building site

Milton Campus Photos

wlu

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Site prep is underway as of September 2023:

 

[Northern Light]

I have to say, within the context that this will be sprawl built over current farmland, the plans look decent'ish.

But if a campus could not have been placed super close to downtown Milton, I think my second choice would have been:

About 4km north of the proposed site. My logic would be this, it would be directly linked to Main Street in Milton, which does go downtown and this link would help support the downtown and the University and a solid transit artery. It would also be next to the GO Milton corridor (beyond the current terminus, but by a mere 2.7km, perfect for extending Milton GO by a single station, right at campus.

 

[ShonTron]

It still makes me angry that Brampton’s transit-oriented downtown university project went down the shitter while Milton’s gawdawful site is actually happening.

 

[sixrings]

I have to say, within the context that this will be sprawl built over current farmland, the plans look decent'ish.

But if a campus could not have been placed super close to downtown Milton, I think my second choice would have been:

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About 4km north of the proposed site. My logic would be this, it would be directly linked to Main Street in Milton, which does go downtown and this link would help support the downtown and the University and a solid transit artery. It would also be next to the GO Milton corridor (beyond the current terminus, but by a mere 2.7km, perfect for extending Milton GO by a single station, right at campus.

Put anything of substance along the Milton line to try and encourage all day service.

 

[Wm Perkins Bull]

It still makes me angry that Brampton’s transit-oriented downtown university project went down the shitter while Milton’s gawdawful site is actually happening.

Algoma now exceeds the proposed TMU student body by this date. Brampton got the university, just run as a branch of a different university.

 

[interchange42]

Algoma now exceeds the proposed TMU student body by this date. Brampton got the university, just run as a branch of a different university.

York University started as an affiliate of the U of T before becoming independent, so it is possible (even if I think unlikely) that some of the satellite campuses being setup these days may eventually follow a similar path.

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[Branden Simon]

Renderings for new Schlegel Village’s The Village of Ridgeview Court sub project located on Tremaine at Dymott up to 2 x 12 Storeys retirement home and 3-Storey for Long Term Care Home up to 192 beds

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

So...what's that curious pill shaped building, may I ask?

 

[Hawrylyshyn]

So...what's that curious pill shaped building, may I ask?

Are you referring to the large, round white building? It's the Mattamy National Cycling Centre (Velodrome)