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65 Agnes Street

Advancing transit-oriented growth in Downtown Mississauga.

The ask: Enable the transformation of an underused Downtown Cooksville property by obtaining the planning approvals necessary to deliver a new residential tall building.

Collaborator
Sweeny&Co Architects
Client
Intentional Capital
Location
65 & 71 Agnes Street, Mississauga

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Partner

Senior Associate

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The Challenge

The Owner required Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments to permit increased height and density on a site that is strategically located near the Cooksville GO Station and the Hazel McCallion LRT corridor. As part of the planning and design approach, it was important to demonstrate compatibility with the evolving Downtown Cooksville context, provide appropriate built-form transition and respond to the City’s urban design objectives. In addition, the application required comprehensive technical analysis related to servicing, stormwater management, transportation, noise and wind conditions, while advancing a significant intensification project in one of Mississauga’s fastest-growing transit-oriented communities.

Our Solution

Bousfields provided planning justification and expertise throughout the planning application process, including as land use planning experts at the Ontario Land Tribunal. Through extensive collaboration with the rest of the consultant team, we demonstrated that the proposal represented an appropriate form of intensification within a Major Transit Station Area and Intensification Corridor, located near Cooksville GO Station and the future Hazel McCallion LRT.

Following the Ontario Land Tribunal approval, Bousfields has helped lead the project through the Site Plan Approval stage.

The Outcome

Through participation in Tribunal-led mediation, Bousfields helped facilitate a settlement between the Owner and the City, leading to an approval by the Ontario Land Tribunal. Bousfields also prepared the necessary policy and zoning instruments to enable the development and the site now has permissions to allow for a 29-storey residential building.

The project provides for significant new residential intensification in Downtown Mississauga within immediate proximity to transit, thereby achieving a wide array of provincial and municipal policy objectives. 

65 Agnes Street

Intentional Capital

Address: 65 & 71 Agnes Street, Mississauga

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David Huynh

Partner

Planning
416-947-9744x242
dhuynh@bousfields.ca

David has extensive experience in obtaining development approvals (Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-law Amendment, Site Plan Approval, Plan of Subdivision, Plan of Condominium, Consent and Minor Variance), project coordination and management, undertaking reports and studies (Planning and Urban Design Rationales, Segment Studies, Block Context Plans, Housing Issues Reports) and associated research assignments, as well as providing expert planning witness at the Ontario Land Tribunal and presenting to Council, Committees and the general public.

In line with Bousfields Inc.’s collaborative approach, David works to build strong relationships with clients, consultants, community members and municipal staff to work towards solutions and positive outcomes.

Specializing in land use planning matters, he has been involved in a number of intensification and infill projects, as well as greenfield projects, throughout Toronto and the GTA. These projects include residential, commercial, office, institutional and mixed-use developments.

David joined Bousfields Inc. in 2004 as a full-time planner and became a partner in 2015. David earned an Honours Bachelor of Environmental Studies degree from the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo (2002). David is a full member of the Canadian Institute of Planners and a Registered Professional Planner in Ontario.

Projects Include:

65 Agnes Street

Advancing transit-oriented growth in Downtown Mississauga.

6 Dawes

Creating connections for an emerging community.

Ryan Doherty

Senior Associate

Planning
416-947-9744x293
rdoherty@bousfields.ca

At Bousfields, Ryan is actively involved in a range of land use planning matters and development projects in the City of Toronto and the Greater Golden Horseshoe. His responsibilities include the management of various development applications, including Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments, Site Plan Approvals, Plans of Subdivision and Committee of Adjustment applications, in addition to providing research and analysis towards the preparation of planning rationale reports and associated studies for such applications. Ryan has given expert evidence at the Ontario Land Tribunal and the Toronto Local Appeal Body and has prepared evidence for hearings.

Prior to joining Bousfields, Ryan worked in the private sector as a Research Analyst for a Toronto-based retail market consulting firm, where he worked on several retail market demand studies and commercial land needs assessments for various development projects and municipalities across Canada.

Ryan is a Full Member of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) and the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP). Ryan is a Registered Professional Planner.

Projects Include:

65 Agnes Street

Advancing transit-oriented growth in Downtown Mississauga.

320 McCowan Road

Delivering residential intensification with consideration for existing tenants.

Chris Sim

Planner

Planning
(416) 947 9744 x 307
csim@bousfields.ca

Chris joined Bousfields in May 2024 as a Planner after graduating with Distinction with a Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning from Toronto Metropolitan University. He is involved in a wide range of projects in Toronto and the GTA. He assists in the preparation of proposals, research into the policy and regulatory framework as it applies to potential development sites, reports including planning rationales and associated reports and studies, highest and best use reports related to Official Plan Amendments, Zoning By-law Amendments, minor variances and expropriations, and development application coordination and submission.

Projects Include:

65 Agnes Street

Advancing transit-oriented growth in Downtown Mississauga.