Features: immediate neighbourhood will be known as Riverview Heights, containing ~4,000 housing units (incl. executive) on 385 acres
A new Kaneff Group retail centre in the heart of Bram West, which Brampton has earmarked to be a GTA premier commercial and residential Gateway (Bram West covers 6,050 acres (2,450 ha) in SW Brampton)
Project Description & Timeline:
Neighbourhood shopping centre on 19 acres with about ~ 190,000 sq. ft. of leasable retail area
Anchor: Major food store
Only “Neighbourhood Commercial” designated area in the Block Plan
Timeline: expected completion in 2013. Next phase of approvals for Bram West is for lands associated with Lionhead Marketplace (40-3), which are undergoing block planning by the City with approvals expected by late 2010.
On Mississauga Road at Financial Dr. across from Lionhead Golf and Country Club 2km north of 407
Transportation & Accessibility: Easily accessible from Hwys. 407 & 401 (2-5km south). Mississauga Rd. will be widened to 6 lanes to intersect with Financial the Marketplace’s south end
Top employers within 10 min. commute (many from nearby Meadowvale): Loblaw, Microsoft, DuPont, Maple Leaf Foods, RBC Financial, GlaxoSmithKline, Valeant, Medtronic, BMO, Baxter, Walmart and Patheon
Brampton is 10th largest city in Canada; 2nd in population growth among Canada’s 20 largest cities. Trade area population within 2 kms expected to exceed 15,000.