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Markham Live - Introduction
Markham Live is an 6.0 - 10.0 million square feet mixed-use complex that will
be built at an estimated cost of three to five billion dollars. It will be Markham’s
competitive edge in the worldwide competition for jobs.
The project goals are to:
• Make Markham the centre of Canada’s largest mega region
• Create connectivity, using the 407 Transitway and Unionville Go-Transit Line
Venue # of Seats Sq. Ft. Est. Capital Cost Partnership
20,000 Seat NHL Arena 20,000 839, 793 $362,987,000
3,300 Seat Performing Arts Centre 3,300 ????? ?????
5,000 Seat National Aquatic Centre 5,000 164,000 $141,459,500
National Olympic Training Centre 2,000 150,000 $84,560,500
4 Community Arenas 1,000 153,500 $73,031,553
6,000 Seat Trade/Field House Centre 6,000 200,000 $111,232,000
Condominiums/Apartments 8-15,000 18,000,000
Private Sector Public Sector Ontario Government
Many opportunities arise from the design of this ambitious project. They include
knitting a large-scale project into a community with finer grain scaling and massing.
We propose to achieve this balance by aligning the major part of the project along
the north side of Highway 407. This achieves two things. The community is buffered
from the highway by large scale buildings. It also benefits from a complex that is
lively, urbane and socially animated.
The 407 side of the development is designed as a large scale series of walls
that the facility, and the Town of Markham, can promote events with large-scale
graphics. The north side will include a green pedestrian road lined with trees,
cafes, restaurants and other entertainment amenities, within the complex and on
the opposite side of the proposed street.
• Develop Markham as a green and sustainable environment
• No building backing on to the Rouge River Parkland
• Intensify development around rail transit hubs and stations
• Make Markham Live the kind of community that attracts the best and brightest
talent for the knowledge economy
• No single story retail buildings in the downtown
Venue # of Seats Sq. Ft. Est. Capital Cost Partnership
Twin Towers - Five Star Hotel 600 - 800
rooms
2,204,760 $900,000,000
Major Convention Centre 2,000 seats 300,000 ?????
Metrolinx Anchor Hub ??????? ?????
Major Retail on top of the hub 1.8 to 2 million ?????
Major Office/Retail Centre 4-8 million ?????
Multimedia Entertainment Centre 120,000 ?????
As a regional transit hub, Markham Live can connect the lines of at least four
different transit groups, loading and unloading up to 100,000 people a day from
the time it is completed in 2013. It then can grow to a projected 200,000 – 250,000
a day within five years. Markham Live will be a hub of social activity for our
community and an important global centre. In concert with Markham’s Sports
Complex, Class A Office Commercial, World Class Retail, Performing Arts Centre,
and the Five Star Hotels and Convention Centre, Markham Live will redefine
Markham and the GTA.
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