Instead, LCP ignored that buffer when the development consortium forged ahead with its own, taller, denser vision for the property-at odds with what area residents were calling for and what Mississauga Council initially approved-and pushed the future development 30-metres closer to the facility. The initial plan for the project, known as Inspiration Lakeview, called for a 150-metre buffer between the wastewater plant and any future residential development, a minimum distance recommended by the Province, that could have assisted with many odour issues faced by future residents.

It’s a mess LCP could have easily avoided. However, on certain days, the odour can be hard to ignore, and with the proximity to the Lakeview property, it will be hard to escape for future residents and visitors without proper mitigation measures. Booth Wastewater Treatment Plant that sits immediately next door, a stone’s throw from the eastern edge of the massive project, is the last thing LCP wants people thinking of when their minds turn to Lakeview Village.Ī map shows the close proximity of the Lakeview development to the G.E. LCP purchased the 177-acre piece of prime real estate - previously owned by Ontario Power Generation, a public entity - for the bargain-basement price of $275 million in 2018. The squeaky clean image for Lakeview Village is something the development consortium behind the project, Lakeview Community Partners (LCP), has worked hard to cultivate, not only to keep City officials behind the project, but also to motivate potential buyers of the 8,000 residential units that will be erected on the property in the years ahead.

A quantum leap for the property previously home to a smog-spewing, coal-fired power generating station, known around Mississauga as the Four Sisters. The giant mixed-use community will be one of the first practical examples of City Hall’s vision for future growth - green, dense, walkable, vibrant, clean. The completion of Lakeview Village will be a watershed for Mississauga’s waterfront.

Quantum Leap by John Peel