FROM BRICKYARD TO BRIGHTWATER SITE LEGACY & TEAM
A Visionary Partnership
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary often comes down to one thing – synergy. At Brightwater, four of the country’s leading developers have joined forces to bring this extraordinary vision to life.
DiamondCorp
DiamondCorp is a Toronto-based developer, committed to enhancing the residential, retail, and commercial experience within their award-winning communities. Founded in 2008, the company is committed to the growth of the Greater Toronto Area, bringing unmatched dedication and experience to developing innovative, high-quality, award-winning communities by recognizing the potential of under-utilized sites and applying practical solutions to planning policies and objectives. In partnering with private and public sector organizations and working with councillors, municipal staff, and community groups, DiamondCorp has built a reputation as a creative developer with real-world solutions to complex challenges.
Kilmer Group
Kilmer Group is one of Canada’s most trusted development and investment groups, a multi-generational Canadian company built on a heritage of excellence in operations and growth-oriented stewardship. The company's real estate investments focus on unique public-private partnerships, mid-rise urban infill projects, and master-planned communities that enable a complete transformation and rejuvenation of waterfront lands and brownfields in Ontario and Quebec, communities like the award-winning Canary District in downtown Toronto, and Brightwater, on the shores of Port Credit.
Dream
Dream is a leading real estate developer and has an established and successful asset management business, inclusive of $28 billion of assets under management across three Toronto Stock Exchange listed trusts, our private asset management business and numerous partnerships. We develop land and housing in our master planned communities in Western Canada and hold a growing portfolio of income generating properties across Canada. Dream has a proven track record for being innovative and for our ability to source, structure and execute on compelling investment opportunities.
FRAM + Slokker
A powerhouse merger of Mississauga-based, FRAM Building Group, and Dutch development firm, Slokker Real Estate Group, FRAM+Slokker brings over a century of combined community-building experience to create premier residential and mixed-use communities across Canada and the United States. The company has received numerous awards for their future-forward developments that combine innovative construction techniques and old-world craftsmanship to stunning effect. They have been a driving force behind the Port Credit Village and Brightwater.
Design Team
History of Brightwater
In 1891, a young man by the name of Thomas Nightingale purchased the site and opened what would ultimately become the Port Credit Brick Yard. At its height, the yard produced 140,000 bricks per day, bricks that were used in the construction of Port Credit, and sent to Toronto and beyond. Today, you can still spot bricks marked with a “T.N.” – Thomas Nightingale’s legacy stamped into the Canadian landscape.
The parcel of land passed through many owners throughout the twentieth century, leading to its purchase by Imperial Oil in 1989. In 2016, the Port Credit West Village Partners – a visionary team that combines the expertise of four of the country’s leading developers – purchased the land where Brightwater sits and began imagining the future of a truly complete waterfront community.
Extensive remediation regenerated the land, laying the foundation for a healthy community. Strong community engagement helped to shape and refine plans, until there was a clear vision for a future-facing, master-planned community; a new neighbourhood that would honour the rich heritage of this place while paving the way for an inspiring and innovative future.
Community visioning during Canada Day 2017 in Port Credit, in which residents were asked to draw their ideas for what the new community should be.
Office Staff at Port Credit Brick Company ca. 1880.
Image Credit: Mississauga Library System (BR0044)