New 23-storey condo building design gets mixed reactions in Mississauga

Love it or hate it, a new 23-storey condo building will likely proceed as planned in Mississauga.

The condo building is planned for a block of land in Port Credit at 17 and 19 Ann St., 84 and 90 High Street East and 91 Park St. E., near the Port Credit GO Station.

The official plan amendment and rezoning application were approved at the City of Mississauga Planning and Development Committee meeting on Monday.

Known as The Ann, from developer 10 West GO GP Inc., the 363-unit condominium with ground floor commercial space has a modern design. Mayor Carolyn Parrish compared it to bedroom furniture.

“When I first looked at it, this is just me, it looked like a dresser that somebody left all the drawers open,” Parrish said at the meeting.

The councillor for the area, Stephen Dasko, said the building design from Core Architects Inc. was one of several and it “shone” out. It is meant to complement the heritage buildings on the site.

However, some area residents aren’t fans.

“terrible looking building .. what are they thinking .. they have already destroyed the feeling in PC now this crap.” one person wrote in the Port Credit Friends Facebook group.

Another person described it as “one ugly building” and a “hot mess.”

Some community members said the building doesn’t fit the character of the area and it is too tall, according to the planning report. But city planners said high density residential development is in keeping with the area’s planned character as it is near transit.

First proposed in 2021, the project has undergone some revisions including increasing the height by 3.2. metres, and increasing the number of units from 351 to 363, which reflects an increase in the number of one-bedroom and one-bedroom plus den units, according to the staff report.

The total number of proposed parking spaces has been increased from 283 to 307 spaces.

The heritage buildings at 84 and 90 High St. E. will be preserved and “polished up” but remain on site, said Dasko.

One building will continue to house six affordable apartment units, Dasko said. The other building will be used for commercial purposes.

Dasko said he is pleased with the application and the process with the property owner.

“It has been a collaborative approach all the way through,” Dasko said.

Councillor Brad Butt praised the project for keeping the heritage buildings while still increasing housing for the area.

The city owns the former lawn bowling site and the developer owns the remainder of the block. There is a “land swap” planned to achieve the vision for the site.

The future design of the public park on the property is being considered separately from the development application.

Dasko said he wants the city to have good public park space.

“There is a really great opportunity to make this an iconic gateway into Port Credit and I want to make sure we get that done just right,” Dasko said.

For more information on this development, see the meeting here.

Renderings: City of Mississauga submission, Core Architects Inc.