another major retail project beside the Tangers outlet cenre
Bass Pro Shops coming to Ottawa in 2015
Outdoor megastore to be anchor tenant of huge development in Kanata North
BY VITO PILIECI, OTTAWA CITIZEN NOVEMBER 13, 2013
OTTAWA — News that a new Bass Pro Shop is schedule to open in Ottawa has yanked back the curtain on much larger development plans that include another massive major retail project to be situated a stone’s throw away from Canadian Tire Centre.
Bass Pro Shop announced its plans to open in 2015 as the anchor tenant in a new development project that will be led by Broccolini/Laurentide Holdings on Huntmar Drive, just north of Highway 417. According to Ottawa commercial real estate experts, the previously unannounced development is expected to be huge.
The inclusion of Bass Pro Shops’ new 120,000-square foot store alone, when mixed with other construction already announced for the area, will bolster development in Kanata North, allowing the Ottawa suburb to boast more commercial construction activity within its borders than the rest of the entire City of Ottawa.
“That’s including Landsdowne, the extension of Bayshore, the extension of Rideau Centre and St. Laurent Shopping Centre,” said Barry Nabatian, director of market research for Shore-Tanner & Associates. “That area is going to have more growth than the rest of the city combined. Ottawa has reached a level of population where it can now support these kinds of things.”
No one from Broccolini would comment on the news Wednesday, the company has been working to keep its development plans for the plot of land under wraps.
According to City of Ottawa documents detailing the property, land owned by the developer totals more than 50 acres. Thanks to the recent construction for Minto’s Arcadia subdivision, which will eventually see 1,700 homes located across the street, and Tanger’s massive outlet mall, which will be next door, Broccolini’s plot is now fully serviced and ready for construction.
The location will also play host to a stop for the city’s eventual extension of the light-rail transit system, making it the ideal spot for a large shopping centre.
“They couldn’t have picked a better location,” Nabatian said. “North Kanata, in particular, is really underserved when it comes to retail.”
The new development will bolster a deluge of construction already going on in the area. To its North, Tangier is busy building an American-style outlet mall which will feature 350,000 square feet of retail space and more than 80 shops. Tangier has already applied for phase two of the project that will see it build a hotel and several restaurants on the site.
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