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Originally Posted by Fraser
That Appletree site has to be redeveloped soon, right? It’s the only site left in that shot. It could hold a nice, slim, 31-storey.
In general though, we need we need some varied height in scattered in there, particularly in the background.
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Originally Posted by Harley613
Why 31 stories? Why not 40, 50, 60? Moon and Releve bring cachet to this strip, there are no height restrictions, it's a single tower sized lot...
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Well, we have to be realistic here.
M+M could see that 38 was pushing it for what will now be the Renaissance Marriott.
Minto owns the entire "L" formed by the Apple Tree clinic (Credit Bureau Building is its official name) and the two adjacent parking lots.
Some history:
https://urbsite.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-credit-bureau-of-ottawa-and-hull.html
Hopefully Minto is thinking about how to develop this land and propose a couple tall (for Ottawa) and slim towers.