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Groundbreaking: Lakeview Village Celebrates Major Milestones

If you were to visit Mississauga’s waterfront today, you’d see clear signs of the transformation underway at Lakeview Village. Once the site of a coal-fired power plant, this stretch of Lake Ontario is evolving into a vibrant, sustainable community.

The vision for Lakeview Village is becoming a reality with the breaking ground celebration for the community’s first residential building and innovative district energy system, and City officials took a tour of the site to witness construction progress. Dignitaries and community leaders including Mayor of the City of Mississauga, Carolyn Parrish, Councillor Stephen Dasko, Councillor Sue McFadden, Councillor Martin Reid, Councillor Joe Horneck, Councillor Matt Mahoney, Councillor Alvin Tedjo, Councillor Natalie Hart, MPP Mississauga Lakeshore, Rudy Cuzzetto, MPP Mississauga Streetsville, Nina Tangri, and Chair and CEO of the Region of Peel, Nando Iannicca were all in attendance to celebrate the occasion.

The events marked a significant leap forward for the community - one that highlights the deep commitment to create something that will foster community, drive innovation and sustainable building, and set a new standard of living for waterfront neighbourhoods across the country.

First Official Groundbreaking

As the first building to break ground, the groundbreaking for Tridel’s Harbourwalk, held on October 7, 2024, marked the beginning of the first residential project at Lakeview Village. Harbourwalk is designed to seamlessly blend into the waterside landscape with terraces cascading toward Lake Ontario to provide sweeping views of the water. Designed by architectsAlliance and II BY IV DESIGN, the 455-unit residence will offer a range of one-, two-, and three-bedroom homes and will set the tone for future development thanks to its distinctive design centred around a 57,000-square-foot, European-inspired courtyard encouraging a sense of community through a central gathering and outdoor space for people to gather, exercise and relax, sustainable and thoughtful design.

“This is an incredibly exciting moment for all, for ourselves as builder and developer, the city, the region, the province, all come together and see advancement of this transformational project in the waterfront,” Brian Sutherland, a Vice President at ARGO Development Corp. and lead development planner for Lakeview Community Partners Limited (LCPL), said at the event.

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“Actually having services in the ground, roads, the community starting to come together, the first homebuilder breaking ground and started construction to deliver more homes here, and have a project that has been talked about for quite some time to finally being implemented and moving forward, all parties, all stakeholders, couldn’t be more excited.”

Explore the event's media coverage: Tridel's Harbourwalk Groundbreaking

Discover more about this incredible milestone: City of Mississauga District Energy Press Release

Ambitious District Energy Project Breaks Ground

The groundbreaking of Lakeview Village’s district energy system followed on October 21. Designed to make the community one of Canada’s most sustainable waterfront developments and built in partnership with LCPL, Enwave Energy Corporation, the City of Mississauga, and the Region of Peel, the District Energy system will be a first for Ontario and the largest of its kind in North America.

Unlike traditional heating and cooling systems, which are large contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, district energy systems use a network of pipes to heat and cool an entire community from a centralized location. These systems allow for a combination of generation assets that work seamlessly together to improve efficiency, consume less energy, and reduce GHG emissions. They’re also more reliable and resilient than traditional systems. To bring this new system to life, the City of Mississauga and Enwave have signed agreements allowing Enwave to build the necessary pipes and infrastructure on city land and construct a new building to operate the system. These agreements mark a major milestone in the Lakeview Village project and follow several years of collaboration.

“Lakeview Village’s focus on low-carbon solutions makes it more than just a development - it sets a new standard for sustainability,” Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish said of the project’s use of the innovative technology. Enwave CEO Carlyle Coutinho also emphasized the scale of collaboration involved, noting, “This complex undertaking, the largest of its kind in North America with effluent integration, wouldn’t be possible without the dedication of all partners.”

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Celebrating Lakeview Village's Progress

On October 16, LCPL hosted City of Mississauga staff from all faculties on a site tour of Lakeview Village as a way to commemorate their efforts in bringing this project to fruition.

The team visited the future location of Tridel’s Harbourwalk and toured the lakefront shoreline, the Marina District, and the future home of the district energy system, which will serve as a hub for public learning about sustainable practices.

The day ended with a walk along Canada’s longest freshwater pier, which is set to be redeveloped with a $28 million investment from LCPL into a year-round landmark for locals and visitors. Wright reflected on the City’s involvement, saying, “We’re another step closer to opening our waterfront for a new generation to live and work in Mississauga. Lakeview Village is happening!”

Read the latest media coverage: Mississauga’s waterfront revitalization is moving forward at Lakeview Village

With each new milestone, Lakeview Village is moving from vision to reality, transforming Mississauga’s waterfront into a sustainable, connected, and vibrant neighbourhood that’s set to thrive for generations to come.