The owner of Brampton’s Shoppers World mall, RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, is moving forward with its proposal to demolish the existing mall and replace it with a mixed-used neighbourhood that includes roughly 5,000 residential units.

Brampton’s Planning and Development Committee heard a presentation from the city’s central area planner, David VanderBerg, in January, providing detailed plans and concept drawings for the site.

Located at 499 Main St. South, Shoppers World sits on 21.5 hectares and has been a Brampton retail institution for more than 50 years.

“The applicant is requesting a zoning bylaw amendment and approval of the draft plan and subdivision to permit the redevelopment of the Shoppers World mall for a mixed-use development with residential, retail, office and institutional/community uses,” VanderBerg told the committee.