Mimico Residents Association, in partnership with the South Etobicoke Community Land Trust (SECLT) and the Community Benefits Association of South Etobicoke (CBASE), is pleased to invite you to a community town hall to discuss the twice-suspended “Grand Central Mimico” development and options for helping move the project forward in a community-oriented direction.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐡, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟔:𝟑𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝟖 𝐩𝐦, 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 (𝟒𝟕 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐲𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭. To RSVP (whether online or in person), click here: https://mimicoresidents.us5.list-manage.com/track/click…

Grand Central Mimico – intended as a transit oriented community to revitalize the Mimico GO station as well as build much needed housing units directly next to the station – has entered receivership for the second time. This means the developers have run out of funding and cannot complete the project, leaving our community with a gaping hole in the ground for going on ten years.

In addition, our conversations with the receivership company and others indicate that current market conditions make it extremely unlikely that a third developer will pick up the project in the near future. Somehow – despite an ongoing housing crisis – it is not considered sufficiently profitable to build housing directly atop a major transit line. No, we don’t understand it either.

𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒈𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔.

We are holding this town hall as an introductory conversation with you and the rest of the South Etobicoke community who are impacted by this, to collectively explore ideas for resolving the issue without waiting for yet another developer or the government.

We will send an event agenda to RSVP’d individuals in advance of the event, and we will send a survey to those who are unable to attend but still want to share their thoughts.