Who knows why.... But if you look at the pictures the sequence of activity on the site points to digging the middle while leaving the north and south sides alone until all of a sudden there is activity and movement on the City Centre and Burnhamthorpe sides of the site.
 
afransen said:
There's really nothing organic about it. If anything, if it were organic, it should have been maybe Cooksville or Hurontario/Dundas, as it still has decent highway access but it has the potential of being on a heavy rail connection to the rest of the city. If Milton line is upgraded, would not be at all surprised to see MCC drift southward toward Cooksville.
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Yup. Turning freight traffic away from the Milton Line ( see The Missing Link), and maybe extending a branch to Mississauga City Centre can greatly help reduce car traffic and bring a sense of community to the city. Dundas and Hurontario both have two condo's with first-floor commercial being build or in planning stages near the Dollar Store, and near Confederation and Dundas.
 
Taken today 27/06/2021.
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sixrings said:
That would be great because the whole section at Dundas and hurontario leaves much to be desired. It’s not like some small gritty downtown Toronto street which has some sort of urban appeal. It just looks like super neglected and ghetto suburbs.
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MCC was supposed to be built at Hurontario and Dundas, but developer Bruce McLaughlin owned lots of land (and a spec-built office building) up at Burnhamthorpe, and after a "mysterious" fire at the original city hall, he coaxed the City to move in, and the rest is history.

I think Cooksville would definitely have been a better location because it would easy to intensify due to its built form. It could have looked a lot like North York Centre. It's too bad it was built as a "ghetto" area.
 
Transportfan said:
MCC was supposed to be built at Hurontario and Dundas, but developer Bruce McLaughlin owned lots of land (and a spec-built office building) up at Burnhamthorpe, and after a "mysterious" fire at the original city hall, he coaxed the City to move in, and the rest is history.

I think Cooksville would definitely have been a better location because it would easy to intensify due to its built form. It could have looked a lot like North York Centre. It's too bad it was built as a "ghetto" area.
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Access to the 403 410 and 407 make square area the better choice. Higher order transit will go through both areas with the LRT. Just an opinion of course.
 
They are stretching the meaning of penthouse a bit, don’t they? Why not call all the top 10 floors penthouse section and charge more money for them!
 
They're actually disregarding the definition of penthouse entirely. What's next, listing the price in US dollars but only indicating it in the fine print? I feel sorry for the sales people who have to sell these as 'penthouses' while keeping a straight face. What a bunch of shysters.
 
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