Le Zen [rue de la Fabrique, Aylmer] | 10x6f | U/C

[harls]

Originally Posted by Harley613

World Class View + Zero Architectural Merit. This building is almost a non-building, it's so boring to look at that I can barely see it.

Check out the new building near Front and Allumettières, I think it is similar.

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by harls

Check out the new building near Front and Allumettières, I think it is similar.

Yeah, but that one has a view of a perpetual traffic jam, a box mall, and the new 'Destination V UberEats Kitchen Complex'. This one has a view of Parliament and the river.

[Horus]

Originally Posted by harls

Check out the new building near Front and Allumettières, I think it is similar.

I assume you mean this one:
https://zenappartements.ca/en/

Maybe that one needs a thread. I have some pics from last week of the progress as I go past that build a lot.

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by Horus

I assume you mean this one:
https://zenappartements.ca/en/

Maybe that one needs a thread. I have some pics from last week of the progress as I go past that build a lot.

This one is literally on my street 🤣
First tower is topping out at the sixth floor this week. Prefab construction.

[rocketphish]

[J.OT13]

Yessss... all that parking is oh so zennnnnn.

[Horus]

From their marketing: [comments mine]

Zen is conveniently close to many amenities:

Two shared terraces
Almost every imaginable service [so long as you have a car to get there]
Eight primary schools
One secondary school
Several parks
Four golf courses in a 10-km radius
The Aylmer Marina only 3 km away
According to the city’s plans, the light rail project should stop right by [except you can't get there from Zen by foot]
Downtown Ottawa just 10 minutes away by car [at 2am while traveling 120km/h and running every traffic light]

[rocketphish]

Originally Posted by Horus

From their marketing: [comments mine]

Zen is conveniently close to many amenities:

Two shared terraces
Almost every imaginable service [so long as you have a car to get there]
Eight primary schools
One secondary school
Several parks
Four golf courses in a 10-km radius
The Aylmer Marina only 3 km away
According to the city’s plans, the light rail project should stop right by [except you can't get there from Zen by foot]
Downtown Ottawa just 10 minutes away by car [at 2am while traveling 120km/h and running every traffic light]

They forgot to note that an excellent beer selection can be had just minutes away at Depanneur Rapido [a 30 minute uphill climb with your full case]

[Horus]

From earlier this month

[Harley613]

Omfg it actually says Downtown Ottawa is 10 minutes away by car. I had to check, I thought that was a joke. I live 300 feet away. Downtown is 22ish minutes off peak, and 40-80 minutes peak time depending on the traffic du jour.

[skyscraperaccount]

Originally Posted by Harley613

Omfg it actually says Downtown Ottawa is 10 minutes away by car. I had to check, I thought that was a joke. I live 300 feet away. Downtown is 22ish minutes off peak, and 40-80 minutes peak time depending on the traffic du jour.

I seem to recall reading that Carling at Richmond is "Westboro" so maybe SJAM at Island Park is 'Downtown' now.

[harls]

Just so you know, I didn't create this thread

[harls]

Holy moly, there are going to be 9 more of these going up?

Plateau-Ouest.

[harls]

Originally Posted by Horus

Downtown Ottawa just 10 minutes away by car.

The new construction on Allumettières should help loads.

[Horus]

Originally Posted by harls

The new construction on Allumettières should help loads.

At least now all of your car will get downtown

[harls]

Originally Posted by Horus

At least now all of your car will get downtown

That reminds me, can you pick up that hubcap for me near the Metro next time you swing by? Thanks!

[harls]

As I sat in the perpetual line up of the rue Front Tim Horton's for 40 minutes, staring at the condos directly beside, my youngest son (who wanted so badly to have a crème boston and chicken wrap not that long ago) said, 'who would want to have their window overlooking a Tim's drive thru?'

He's 13.

[Horus]

Zen 2 is rising.

[harls]

I can't get over how these places look like cardboard boxes.

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by harls

I can't get over how these places look like cardboard boxes.

I can't get over the fact that they are building 60 car-centric residential floors on my street in this development, and they are about to launch a whole new neighbourhood to boot.



At what point does development in Aylmer/Plateau become untenable? Right now, on a bad day, it takes 90 minutes to cross the bridge in the morning/afternoon. Where is the threshold?