General Update/Rumour thread [Urban Ottawa]
 

Well, we need some sort of general thread for rumours, tidbits, planning & environment agendas, etc, so here we go.... I thought it might be better to put updates and rumours together for now, since we don't have the same volume as a place like Vancouver.

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Westin Hotel
 

Has anyone else noticed construction at the Westin Hotel? It looks like they are adding a floor to the podium on Colonel By Dr...any details?

330 Gilmour

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recommended for refusal

I think 330 gilmour would be a nice addition to the area, why is it being refused?

Yeah I think it's nice too... if you read the link 330 Gilmour on the other post you can read the official rejection from the good folks at city hall. It's the usual 'just a little too high' story, but the developer probably proposed a building a few stories higher than he actually intended to build so that the planners could have their little victory. I imagine a slightly reduced version of this building will eventually get built.

How is 9 storeys a little too tall?!?! Holy Hampster wheel, city hall is really starting to piss me off!!! :hell:

From what I understand they are building a new ballroom for weddings and other functions. It will cost 3x to book it compared to the older ones but it's supposed to be pretty nice.

What happened to the new Galaxy Camera Flagship store that was supposed to go on that empty sand/bush lot on Bank and Florence? I noticed that they took down the "Coming soon!" sign a little while ago...

Shoot, I hope not. That was going to be a really nice addition to Bank Street!

:previous: Well, the sign was taken down a while ago and I haven't heard of any updates or plans for that lot.

Wasn't there supposed to be a building going in where the James Street Pub is? I seem to remember an article stating that the pub was going to have to close.

Yes, but that is a different project entirely. Although, it is/will be literally 20 feet from the new Galaxy Camera flagship store. :D

390 bank street - bank and james (james street feed company)

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The existing property contains a one-storey restaurant built in the 1960s at the south end (James Street Feed Company) and surface parking on the north and westerly part of the site. The proposed building is illustrated in Documents 2-5 and in the Cultural Heritage Impact Statement included as Document 6. It will include five storeys of underground parking, one storey of retail/commercial space at ground level, one storey of office/commercial space, and five storeys of residential space containing approximately 50 units.
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I jsut found this online. It's from the Ottawa Citizen.

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/...a4&k=80956&p=2

The Ottawa Citizen are phoning around this afternoon trying to get quotes from people in the planning industry (private or public sector I would think) for another article tomorrow about the potential removal of some portions of the Greenbelt.

The annointed one, Diana Holmes, has not blessed it. Remember density is great in Ottawa as long as it isn't in the beloved Centretown.

On another note, has anyone heard anything regarding Lansdowne Park or any new proposals for it?

P.S. I wish we could get something like what Winnipeg is getting for their new Blue Bomber Stadium.

/me smacks his head into the nearest brick wall.

So... instead of actually refusing to issue development permits for subdivisions outside the greenbelt, as was the original intention, they're just going to totally surrender the idea of stopping urban sprawl. :shrug: :koko: :shrug: :koko:

Good to see the NCC is keeping it's record of idiocy intact. :cheers:

:previous: Suburban life is jsut too lucrative and "attractive" to give it up.