The new look of Dixie Outlet Mall which will be surrounded with condo towers.
Dixie Outlet Mall may soon be joining Cloverdale Mall and Sherway Gardens in having condo towers built on some of its parking and surrounding areas.
A proposal has been submitted to the City of Mississauga for a 25, 22, 18, 12 and 9-storey mixed-use residential, retail and park space constructed along the northwest of Dixie Outlet Mall, south of the Queen Elizabeth Way and west of Dixie Road.
The City of Mississauga’s Planning and Building Department is conducting a land use review of the Dixie Outlet Mall site to help guide redevelopment.
Dubbed ‘Plan Dixie’, the developers filed a re-zoning application with the City in December 2022 for the property at 1250 South Service Rd.
The owner is proposing to demolish a portion of the mall and build five residential apartments in the northwest portion of the site. The site where the grocery store is located is owned by Choice Properties and no application has been made to the City, according to documents filed.
One of the many residential buildings to soon be constructed around the Dixie Outlet Mall.
The City is required to process a development application and within certain timelines. The City will work with the property owners in coordinating the policy and the development application reviews, according to the Building Department.
“Given recent economic and consumer behaviour changes, including a rise in e-commerce and the global COVID-19 pandemic, the role and nature of retail is changing and evolving,” Glen Schnarr & Associates Inc. wrote in the re-development application submitted for the owner Sheridan Retail Inc.
The development is being designed by Giannone Petricone Associates for Slate Asset Management and Choice REIT.
“Retail-based landowners are re-evaluating lands and identifying potential redevelopment opportunities,” Schnarr said.
This is expected to be the first phase of development for the Dixie Outlet Mall. A long-term vision for the 35.5 acre Mall site is for 16 new residential buildings wrapping around the existing mall with heights ranging from 11 to 29 storeys, according to the application.
The first phase of the project is two 15-storey residential buildings with a total of 620 units and 713 shared parking spaces, some in an underground garage.
The first building would have 249 units and the second would have 371 units. The breakdown proposed is 221 one-bedroom units, 369 two-bedroom units, and 30 three-bedroom units.
Over 1,200 new residential units are proposed, along with 3.5 acres of parkland and public trails. In total, the development parcel consists of 7.1 acres of the mall property.