Is hemlock the big street running east-west in the image above? With the wild setbacks to the low-rises?
I just crave a European paved town square, I guess. Doesn't have to be anything grandiose, but like a dense core to create some traffic. I went walking there a bit ago, its very sleepy. The walkable inter-condo pass-thru things are super nice, but I just worry it's not well populated.
and forget about the goddam towns and singles on the upper right and lower right in the image. What a hellhole (personally). To have a walkup that nobody ever uses, and then ANOTHER laneway/driveway/detached garage. Its just pavement. and very unfriendly. It doesn't even look fun for kids to bike. Their front street has traffic, and back street is a flat collage of garage doors. Other cities have these garage door neighbourhoods, and they're great for women-of-the-night to generate business (see: Singapore).
No Hemlock is the east-west street towards the left side of the picture.
There is a paved town square as mentioned above. Most of the area around it has not been developed yet but it will be surrounded my medium density apartments/condos with retail at the bottom. I don't know why you would expect it to be "lively" at this stage?
Are you sure you have walked around this neighborhood? Almost every street has bike lanes or a mixed-use path along it. Kids in the neighborhood already have access to three parks with huge playgrounds with more planned. The large playground at Eugene Martineau Park is packed with kids on any day with decent weather and clearly has been attracting plenty of families from outside the neighborhood.
Is hemlock the big street running east-west in the image above? With the wild setbacks to the low-rises?
I just crave a European paved town square, I guess. Doesn't have to be anything grandiose, but like a dense core to create some traffic. I went walking there a bit ago, its very sleepy. The walkable inter-condo pass-thru things are super nice, but I just worry it's not well populated.
and forget about the goddam towns and singles on the upper right and lower right in the image. What a hellhole (personally). To have a walkup that nobody ever uses, and then ANOTHER laneway/driveway/detached garage. Its just pavement. and very unfriendly. It doesn't even look fun for kids to bike. Their front street has traffic, and back street is a flat collage of garage doors. Other cities have these garage door neighbourhoods, and they're great for women-of-the-night to generate business (see: Singapore).
Yeah its really weird to have those back garages and cars in front of the house. It seems like a weird compromise for the front garages bad crowd but the demands of SFH buyers for a garage and also really wanting to just park in front of their house. It's too bad there are cool options like a no traffic "street" in front if you are going to do that.
The biggest challenge with this community is honestly the residents who live in the single-detached mansions on the left side of the community. A lot bought into the idea of a "little barhaven" just 10 minutes from downtown and are now fighting tooth and nail for the neighborhood to take on a more suburban feel. I attended a community open-house about a year ago and it was discouraging to see some homeowners complain about density, "sharp turns" and narrow streets, essentially advocating for street widening to fit their giant SUVs and remove the trees/bike lanes. They argued that because isn't things like post offices, pharmacies, etc residents have no choice but to drive and so Canada Lands Corp should change the vision to reflect reality. No mention of how the commercial core actively developing within the community could meet all those needs and be accessible without a car.
I won't say all who own in the community are like this. The residents group seems to be pretty active in keeping CLC aligned with their original vision and from what I understand, both a community center, affordable daycare and library are potentially in the works. That being said, there are still challenges and the divide between the NYMBY million dollar homeowners and everyone else is going to be increase.
125 and 135 Oshedinaa St | 2 x 13m | 2 x 4f | Proposed
Rohit Communities is proposing the development of two four-storey low-rise residential apartment buildings at 125 and 135 Oshedinaa Street, totalling 200 units across Building B (114 units) and Building C (86 units), connected with a single-storey underground parking garage. The unit mix for both buildings is a variety of 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom, and 3 bedroom units. 201 resident parking stalls are provided below grade, with an additional 27 stalls (19 dedicated to short-term or visitor parking) provided at grade via private approach at the site’s eastern edge. A combination of 101 secure bicycle parking stalls located in the underground parking area for residents and 14 exterior visitor bicycle parking stalls make up the total provided bicycle spaces. Building B on site has a Gross Floor Area of approximately 8,900 square metres, and Building C has a Gross Floor Area of approximately 7,003 square metres. This is Phase 2 of Rohit's overall development at Wateridge Village.
^Are ever gonna get some real height in this neighbourhood?!?! I feel like a tower in that location would sell so well with some amazing views of the River and the Gatineau Hill. a 4 story is such a waste.
Ty for sharing that!
So the big numbers are the phases so if this is phase 4, that means high rises in Phase 5 are next. I also noticed on another one of their maps that the far south east section that touches montreal road also is noted for high rises.
The 20 NIMBYs in Manor Park backing on the other side of the parkway who have almost singlehandedly held off the most important road transportation project of the past 50 years, the Kettle Island Bridge, will just LOVE high rise proposals a couple hundred feet from their precious backyards.
The 20 NIMBYs in Manor Park backing on the other side of the parkway who have almost singlehandedly held off the most important road transportation project of the past 50 years, the Kettle Island Bridge, will just LOVE high rise proposals a couple hundred feet from their precious backyards.
If memory serves, the Rockcliffe, Linden Lea, and New Edinburg associations also opposed the project. In Manor Park, much of the opposition came from west of St Laurent, not just east.
If memory serves, the Rockcliffe, Linden Lea, and New Edinburg associations also opposed the project. In Manor Park, much of the opposition came from west of St Laurent, not just east.
Yes along with the rest of the city and province who see no reason to pay for something of almost no benefit.
Are the neighbours blocking towers on the site? Suburban skyscrapers are having a moment in Ottawa but generally people who want to stay in the area. This being a new development seems like condo sales would be a tougher sell. There is lots of cash for purpose built rentals though.
Yes along with the rest of the city and province who see no reason to pay for something of almost no benefit.
Are the neighbours blocking towers on the site? Suburban skyscrapers are having a moment in Ottawa but generally people who want to stay in the area. This being a new development seems like condo sales would be a tougher sell. There is lots of cash for purpose built rentals though.
I'm not aware of any opposition to anything proposed in the development except from those in the development.
Wateridge French Catholic Elementary school has received funding from the Province.
Construction d’une nouvelle école élémentaire catholique à Wateridge
L’essor du village Wateridge, situé sur le site de l’ancienne base militaire des Forces armées canadiennes Rockliffe, nécessite des infrastructures scolaires adaptées à sa population grandissante. La construction d’une nouvelle école élémentaire catholique de 377 places-élèves viendra alléger la pression sur l’École élémentaire catholique Montfort et offrir une option éducative de proximité aux familles francophones de ce secteur. https://news.ontario.ca/fr/release/10056...-de-construire-et-dagrandir-plus-decoles
Has any of the mixed use portion of this project been built yet or are they waiting for all the residential to fill in before having any sort of retail here?
Has any of the mixed use portion of this project been built yet or are they waiting for all the residential to fill in before having any sort of retail here?
There are retail bays already in a few of the buildings. Unsure if any of them are occupied at this point. Wateridge is in the same boat as Zibi; likely won't find retailers willing to move in until there's enough critical mass of residents.
There are retail bays already in a few of the buildings. Unsure if any of them are occupied at this point. Wateridge is in the same boat as Zibi; likely won't find retailers willing to move in until there's enough critical mass of residents.
Looks like all pharmacies and dentists at this point.
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