{"id":533701,"date":"2026-03-13T12:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/533701\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T12:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:50:09","slug":"a-once-in-a-generation-vision-mississaugas-downtown-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/533701\/","title":{"rendered":"A \u2018once-in-a-generation\u2019 vision: Mississauga\u2019s downtown transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MISSISSAUGA, ONT. \u2013 Mississauga City Council has announced it is onboard with a major re-envisioning of 12 acres of city-owned land next to city hall.<\/p>\n<p>The vision is anchored by a 400,000- to 500,000-square-foot conference centre, a 400-room hotel with 1,500 to 3,000 underground parking spaces, a music hub with a 2,500 to 5,000 capacity performance venue, recording studios and a music school, explains a release.<\/p>\n<p>It also features a new nine-storey office building and 20-storey purpose-built rental development with \u201catrium-style retail space along a re-designed pedestrian-friendly Princess Royal Drive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a signature Sky Park with an elevated open space and a more programmable Community Common urban park.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-525620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Annotated-vision-downtown-city-lands-7web.png\" alt=\"There will also be a 400,000- to 500,000-square-foot conference centre, a 400-room hotel with 1,500 to 3,000 underground parking spaces, a music hub with a 2,500 to 5,000 capacity performance venue, recording studios and a music school. It also features a new nine-storey office building and 20-storey purpose-built rental development with atrium-style retail space.\" width=\"700\" height=\"280\"  \/>CITY OF MISSISSAUGA \u2014 There will also be a 400,000- to 500,000-square-foot conference centre, a 400-room hotel with 1,500 to 3,000 underground parking spaces, a music hub with a 2,500 to 5,000 capacity performance venue, recording studios and a music school. It also features a new nine-storey office building and 20-storey purpose-built rental development with atrium-style retail space.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The redevelopment site includes the Living Arts Centre (LAC) and four other parcels of city-owned land that are currently used as parking lots and underutilized open space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the LAC remains a cornerstone of Mississauga\u2019s cultural infrastructure, the building is outdated and requires significant investment to make it viable to meet the needs of a modern city,\u201d the release adds.<\/p>\n<p>The area is also ideal for linking to the city\u2019s Civic Centre area, including Sheridan College as well as several transit lines.<\/p>\n<p>In order for the vision to come to fruition, the redevelopment underwent a technical, financial and cultural analysis including a hotel and convention centre feasibility study, land appraisals and development analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Staff will now develop a project plan including required technical analysis, business case studies and a financial strategy for project delivery.<\/p>\n<p>As the project advances, residents, businesses and partners will be invited to help refine the vision, the release notes.<\/p>\n<p>The build-out is expected to result in 28,000 job-years in construction trades, engineering and professional services as well as indirect local employment for a total of $4 billion in economic output.<\/p>\n<p>City staff will provide an update in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MISSISSAUGA, ONT. \u2013 Mississauga City Council has announced it is onboard with a major re-envisioning of 12 acres&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":{"0":"post-533701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mississauga","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mississauga"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}