PORT CREDIT WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT

PORT CREDIT WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT

This development for the Port Credit Yacht Club and adjacent lands, is located on Mississauga’s waterfront, in an area transitioning from two-storey brick houses and small apartment buildings (circa 1950s) to a waterfront studded with new condominiums, parks and public walkways.

Programmatically comprised of offices, condominiums, retail space, a hotel and a new yacht club, this large mixed-use project weaves itself into the existing two and three-storey suburban fabric, while enlarging its scale, as it gets closer to the waterfront.

By extending Helen Street south to Lake Ontario, a new breakwater and park now bound the east side of Port Credit’s newly designed yacht club, defining an enormous water court. Further, this park-like breakwater, complete with boat storage and parking facilities, is linked to the existing sunken cargo ship (another breakwater), now incorporating windmills, to be used for the yacht club’s electrical demands.

Inserted perpendicular to the shoreline is the main precinct; a huge mixed-use project, resembling a giant docked boat. This nautically inspired mass exemplifies the best in urban design, with the creation of an enormous courtyard at scale with the best of Italian precedents. As such, life within the “boat” is a rich mixture of people, cars, fountains, office and retail space, all blended at ground level. Outside the “boat”, public walkways and landscaping merge with the architecture, complementing the leisurely lifestyle associated with waterfront living.

LOCATION: Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario

ARCHITECT: Adamson Associates Architects

DESIGN LEADERSHIP: Michael Poitras,
Partner-in-Charge of Design (Adamson)

CLIENT: Withheld

STATISTICS:

  • No. of storeys (hotel): 17
  • No. of storeys (condominiums): 5 to 7
  • No. of storeys (office): 6
  • Total floor area (hotel):
    294,425 ft2 (27,353 m2)
  • Total floor area (condominiums):
    1,234,525 ft2 (114,691 m2)
  • Total floor area (offices):
    242,950 ft2 (22,571 m2)
  • Below grade parking: 973 stalls
    (including 17 barrier-free)
  • Below grade bicycle parking: 170 stalls

MATERIALS:

  • Honed Wiarton stone cladding
  • Buff precast concrete cladding
  • Silver curtain wall windows & doors
  • Silver window wall
  • Silver pre-finished metal panels
  • Precast concrete pavers (grey)

GENERAL PROGRAM:

  • Hotel
  • Condominiums
  • Office
  • Retail
  • Yacht club + floating docks
  • Outdoor public space:
    • Parks
    • Gardens
    • Public walkways
  • Breakwater + winter boat storage
  • Windmills
  • Loading docks: 12 large + 7 small

LEED: Gold

COST: Withheld

COMPLETION: Project