An Ontario golf club built less than 15 years ago will be partially lost to a proposed large-scale redevelopment.
Established in 2010, Turnberry Golf Club (TGC) is one of the Greater Toronto Area’s younger golf courses, built in a former quarry within a fast-growing pocket of Brampton near Highway 410 and Bovaird Drive in Brampton.
During these nearly 15 years of operation, the surrounding area has continued to grow with the addition of new subdivision housing in the area, and even the lot directly across the street from the golf course has been built out with a new big-box retail store.
And changes are once again on the horizon for this site at 10100 Heart Lake Road, which could soon be transformed with a major redevelopment scheme that would create a new residential and employment centre on the club grounds.
Plans to redevelop a large portion of the club were first floated in 2022, and an update was recently revealed after two year of the proposal advancing behind the scenes.
A recent pre-application concept filed with the City of Brampton outlines the significant changes planed for TGC, with a scheme to develop the eastern and southern portions of the existing club with a mixed-use community featuring four high-rise residential towers, four commercial buildings, and a new park.
The plan from York Major Holdings and Vardon Flyer Athletics would intensify the site with residential towers rising as high as 29 storeys, a notable height in an area dominated by single-family homes and low-rise commercial properties.
Renderings don’t offer much about the designs from Graziani + Corazza Architects at this early stage of planning, and serve more as a preview of the density in store for this site.
A total of 945 units proposed in the project’s four residential buildings, while the site would also see four standalone commercial buildings totaling almost 11,350 square metres.
Golf lovers can rest easy that the sport will remain a key element in the plan. While the current 18-hole course would be cut down by one-third and reduced to a 12-hole course, the addition of a year-round golf performance and entertainment centre would allow golfers to keep their game in tune during winter months, and turn TGC into a year-round golfing destination.
Renderings of this BBB Architects-designed performance and entertainment centre are much more detailed than images of the residential buildings.
The golf performance and entertainment centre would back out onto a driving range that would be a huge capacity upgrade over the small unsheltered driving range that exists today.
Golf not your thing? The project will also introduce a 0.824-hectare public park and trail system that includes a 0.543-hectare public park and a 0.281-hectare open space linkage, meeting the provincially-mandated 15 per cent minimum for parkland dedication.
The Turnberry proposal comes just a couple years after developers Cityzen, Tercot Communities and Greybrook revealed their proposal to transform the Flemingdon Park Golf Club in Toronto.
