LeBreton Flats 2.0 (RendezVous LeBreton) | Cancelled

[Uhuniau]

Originally Posted by TheGoods

If you are living downtown in a major urban centre, I'm guessing you need to expect tourists.

If you are living downtown in a major urban centre, I'm guessing you need to expect transit vehicles, festivals, parking, traffic, applications to change zoning, and proposals to build things taller than the things that are already there; none of those entirely expectable things stop The Community from kvetching, though.

[Uhuniau]

Originally Posted by acottawa

I would say beside

By my standards that's close enough to "on top" to count.

[Temperance]

Originally Posted by Uhuniau

What, exactly, is the problem?

That they are "drab"? The self-styled "community" keeps rejecting anything much more than "drab". "Concrete"? (I see a lot of glass, myself.) High-rises?

I'm not opposed to high rises but a forest of them does not make for a very human scaled community. I just would hope for a bit more variation.

[Mugwumper]

Originally Posted by Speedy Gonzales

Oh heavens no. These renderings are designed to illicit false hope. The actual product is gonna be a huge disappointment. In some places they call this a "bait & switch". In Ottawa it's known as "pulling a Landsdowne"

IMO there's less possibility of disappointment with the IllumiNATION (Melnyk and others) proposal... the renderings appear quite realistic (if you can ignore the "hologram" images). The rough-ins for the high-rises could be more inventive and visually stunning once they're finalized and built. The bid doesn't promise the moon in that regard... I wonder about the DCDLS proposal however, with the many tourist attraction pavilions. How much market research was done into how feasible they'd be? How firm are those proposed tenants? We don't need white elephants.

I'm a huge fan of the high-density approach used by IllumiNATION, and the way it combines "green" environmentally-friendly community gardens, parkways, the green gardens on the roof of the planned arena... The ground level retail and services, plus the plazas and the aqueduct walkways, would still make the five neighbourhood areas walkable communities.

The high-rise towers might put some people off, but this area is below the escarpment that the downtown area sits on. Parliament Hill is well above (and somewhat north of) the high-rise view plain. I used to live on the north end of Forward Ave. in Mechanicsville, where I had a clear view of Parliament Hill to the east. Used to watch the Canada Day fireworks from my balcony. That view would still be unobstructed by the IllumiNATION development. Looking north from Albert Street, you can't see any sign of the river, just empty lots right now, then Place du Portage across the river in Hull... a snore of a view at the moment.

[McC]

Originally Posted by zzptichka

There was a bridge in the renders. I don't remember who killed it though

Originally Posted by Uhuniau

AFAIK it hasn't been killed at all. It is a separate project from LL.

No, the bridge shown (to Avenue Rd) was nixed from the design proposal almost immediately.* The Fifth Ave to Clegg bridge downstream to the northeast is in the Capital plan, but there is debate as to whether it should be built this or next decade, because as you love to remind everyone, a few million dollars for a useful link for residents of the central area, is usually a few million too many.

* and it's a shame, because in addition to being useful in its own right, it, along with another simple and inexpensive bridge in line across the Rideau River would have made for a direct connection to the Transitway Station at the old Riverside Hospotial. These two crossings would have put Landsdown within about 800m of a rapid transit station.

[LeadingEdgeBoomer]

Originally Posted by McC

No, the bridge shown (to Avenue Rd) was nixed from the design proposal almost immediately.* The Fifth Ave to Clegg bridge downstream to the northeast is in the Capital plan, but there is debate as to whether it should be built this or next decade, because as you love to remind everyone, a few million dollars for a useful link for residents of the central area, is usually a few million too many.

* and it's a shame, because in addition to being useful in its own right, it, along with another simple and inexpensive bridge in line across the Rideau River would have made for a direct connection to the Transitway Station at the old Riverside Hospotial. These two crossings would have put Landsdown within about 800m of a rapid transit station.

The canal ped bridge might happen this decade after all.

In his State of the City address, the mayor said this about the Clegg-5th Bridge:

We will also advance design work on a Fifth-Clegg pedestrian and cycling bridge.

This connection has been needed for quite some time.

This is now even more so due to the success of the revitalized Lansdowne Park.

It is my hope that we will be able to secure a funding agreement with upper levels of government this year or next.

Doing so would build upon the already historic investments we’ve made in transit and active transportation in recent years.

[McC]

The Mayor was talking about money for design work, not for construction, but yes, I do have my fingers crossed that the bridge comes to pass sooner rather than later, and am not so cynical as to believe that it cannot happen.

[LeadingEdgeBoomer]

Originally Posted by McC

The Mayor was talking about money for design work, not for construction, but yes, I do have my fingers crossed that the bridge comes to pass sooner rather than later, and am not so cynical as to believe that it cannot happen.

According to Mathew Pearson writing in the Ottawa Citizen on Dec.11,2015:

The 2016 budget, approved Thursday, will now see $2.7 million previously intended for the multi-use pathway project on the Prince of Wales Bridge be reallocated to a proposed pedestrian and cycling bridge between Fifth Avenue and Clegg Street.

That 2.7 million is what allows the city to "advance the design work " on the canal bridge. It is for that reason that I think the mayor meant he is about to ask the senior governments for money to do the actual construction in the near future.

[rocketphish]

Devcore team 'perplexed' by Melnyk's position on downtown arena

Don Butler, Ottawa Citizen
Published on: January 27, 2016 | Last Updated: January 27, 2016 5:18 PM EST

A spokesman for the Devcore, Canderel and DLS Group, one of two teams vying to develop LeBreton Flats, says he is “perplexed” by Eugene Melnyk‘s flat refusal to even consider allowing his Ottawa Senators to play in somebody else’s downtown arena.

Melnyk, who’s part of the competing RendezVous LeBreton team, has made it clear he’s not interested in selling the team or shifting it downtown unless he owns the arena, a position he reiterated Tuesday.

“I’m surprised that he would take that rigid a position,” Daniel Peritz, a senior vice-president at Canderel, said in an interview Wednesday. “I’m a little perplexed. Actually, more than a little. I’m quite perplexed.”

Both the Devcore Canderel group and Melnyk’s RendezVous LeBreton group are proposing to build an NHL-calibre arena on LeBreton Flats. It would be one of the first things built if RendezVous LeBreton wins the competition, with a projected opening date of 2021.

The 18,500-seat Devcore Canderel arena is currently slotted into the project’s third and final phase, 12-to-15 years from now.

But it could be ready within five years if the Devcore Canderel group wins the LeBreton competition and Melnyk is willing to come to terms for use of the arena, Peritz said. “We are open to have any type of discussion that Mr. Melnyk would like to have.

“If it’s what the public wants and there’s a party there ready to cut a deal with him in one fashion or another, (is he saying) he just won’t even consider having a discussion with us to move the team downtown?”

Under those circumstances, Peritz said he would be very surprised if Melnyk refused to even talk to the Devcore Canderel team about moving to its arena.

“I can’t think of another location in downtown Ottawa that could accommodate the Senators,” he said. “Is the die then cast forever that they will remain in Kanata? Is (Melnyk) basically saying to the people of Ottawa, ‘That’s it, we’ll never move downtown,’ even if people are ready to do a deal with him?

Peritz thinks “the dynamics will change,” depending on who wins the LeBreton competition which, he said, “should be won on merit, not on popularity.

“If it’s determined that our plan is the better plan, what’s next? We know we’re ready to sit down and try to hammer something out with him, whatever that might be. We’re ready to have the discussion.”

Any agreement wouldn’t necessarily require Melnyk to sell the team, Peritz said. “We’re ready to talk about anything.”

While having the Senators as an anchor tenant would enhance the viability of the Devcore Canderel group’s arena, it may not be essential, Peritz said.

“Our attitude is we are going to be there if we win and we will exhaust every possible avenue before we say it can’t happen,” he said. If the Devcore Canderel team wins the competition, Peritz added, hopefully Melnyk “will have the common sense to sit down and talk to us.”

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[EdFromOttawa]

Originally Posted by Mugwumper

IMO there's less possibility of disappointment with the IllumiNATION (Melnyk and others) proposal... the renderings appear quite realistic (if you can ignore the "hologram" images). The rough-ins for the high-rises could be more inventive and visually stunning once they're finalized and built. The bid doesn't promise the moon in that regard... I wonder about the DCDLS proposal however, with the many tourist attraction pavilions. How much market research was done into how feasible they'd be? How firm are those proposed tenants? We don't need white elephants.

I'm a huge fan of the high-density approach used by IllumiNATION, and the way it combines "green" environmentally-friendly community gardens, parkways, the green gardens on the roof of the planned arena... The ground level retail and services, plus the plazas and the aqueduct walkways, would still make the five neighbourhood areas walkable communities.

The high-rise towers might put some people off, but this area is below the escarpment that the downtown area sits on. Parliament Hill is well above (and somewhat north of) the high-rise view plain. I used to live on the north end of Forward Ave. in Mechanicsville, where I had a clear view of Parliament Hill to the east. Used to watch the Canada Day fireworks from my balcony. That view would still be unobstructed by the IllumiNATION development. Looking north from Albert Street, you can't see any sign of the river, just empty lots right now, then Place du Portage across the river in Hull... a snore of a view at the moment.

I see the opposite. Pictures like this have really turned me off the Rendez-Vous bid.



How is that walkable or accessible? The entire park is isolated by full on streets (likely packed with cars at peak hours). A LOT of the elements in the proposal are like this. I'm a bit distressed at how much focus there is on motorways and condos in the Rendez-Vous proposal.

Say what you want about Devcore's, it has everything the Rendez-Vous one has plus a bunch of extra stuff. It doesn't go the other way. Devcore's is the more imaginative and exciting proposal imo. Not to mention sustainable.

[m0nkyman]

Originally Posted by EdFromOttawa

I see the opposite. Pictures like this have really turned me off the Rendez-Vous bid.



How is that walkable or accessible? The entire park is isolated by full on streets (likely packed with cars at peak hours). A LOT of the elements in the proposal are like this. I'm a bit distressed at how much focus there is on motorways and condos in the Rendez-Vous proposal.

Say what you want about Devcore's, it has everything the Rendez-Vous one has plus a bunch of extra stuff. It doesn't go the other way. Devcore's is the more imaginative and exciting proposal imo. Not to mention sustainable.

Shall we list the parks in the core that are surrounded by streets? Minto, Dundonald, St. Luke's. This is what parks look like in an urban setting. The granularity of more streets makes for a more walkable neighbourhood. Come on folks, this is urbanism 101. Call them motorways all you want. They are short blocks, that allow multiple choices to move around. There is true mixed use, and eyes on the street at all times.


The Devcore proposal is full of whiz-bang, and will be great for people to visit once in a blue moon, but it is not a great example of how to build a community.

[YOWflier]

Originally Posted by m0nkyman

Shall we list the parks in the core that are surrounded by streets? Minto, Dundonald, St. Luke's. This is what parks look like in an urban setting. The granularity of more streets makes for a more walkable neighbourhood. Come on folks, this is urbanism 101.

I'm pretty sure there's also a few famous parks around the world that are enclosed by streets.

[McC]

Originally Posted by m0nkyman

Shall we list the parks in the core that are surrounded by streets? Minto, Dundonald, St. Luke's.

I love this kind of game! Just off the top of my head, without looking at a map, Parkdale Park, Champlain Park, Sandy Hill Park, McCormick Park... Confederation Park is trying its best, there must be more?

[EdFromOttawa]

My point was that in the Devcore proposal, there is significantly more pedestrian-friendly or pedestrian-ONLY interconnected space.

The fewer cars on this site the better in my opinion.

And just because we've always enclosed our parks completely by streets doesn't make it the right idea.

[zzptichka]

Not sure how a community that is mostly occupied by tourist attractions and plazas can be sustainable.

[Uhuniau]

Originally Posted by Temperance

I'm not opposed to high rises but a forest of them does not make for a very human scaled community. I just would hope for a bit more variation.

Human scale is found at street level, not in the sky. A thousand-storey building is not incompatible with being "human scaled".

[rocketphish]

LeBreton Flats bids go all in on LRT for major events, but there's a missing link between the site and Gatineau

Jon Willing, Ottawa Citizen
Published on: January 27, 2016 | Last Updated: January 27, 2016 8:33 PM EST

The design teams vying for the development rights at LeBreton Flats are counting on thousands of people using LRT for hockey games and major events.

“I think transit is the lever that makes LeBreton a viable project,” according to Ritchard Brisbin, the Ottawa architect involved in the Devcore, Canderel DLS Group proposal.

Cyril Leeder, president of the Ottawa Senators, which has the competing proposal through RendezVous LeBreton Group, called light rail the “game changer” for the Sens.

“We are all in on LRT,” Leeder said Wednesday.

In fact, the Sens’ transportation studies estimate 65 per cent of people coming to events at an arena on LeBreton Flats would take transit to the site.

The rate is bullish compared to the DCDLS projection, which is 50 per cent.

There is a strong assumption in both bids that people will simply jump on train at a rail station somewhere in the city.

The Confederation Line LRT will have 13 stations between Tunney’s Pasture and Blair station by spring 2018. If the upper-tier governments fund the city’s expansion plan, rail should be extended to Bayshore Shopping Centre, Place d’Orléans, Algonquin College and Riverside South by 2023.

RendezVous has said it could have an arena ready by 2021. DCDLS is flexible on when an arena could be built, depending on when the Sens would be available for purchase, if at all.

Lansdowne Park isn’t exactly the blueprint for the transportation strategy since LRT is the major transit variable for LeBreton Flats.



But one of the major challenges of both proposals is how to manage the transportation flow between Ottawa and Gatineau, considering the city’s two transit systems don’t connect at LeBreton Flats. The most obvious solution is to extend Ottawa’s Trillium Line O-Train across the Prince of Wales Bridge. The old rail bridge spans the Ottawa River north of Bayview station and it’s the obvious link for rapid transit to Gatineau, since the terminus of the O-Train is at Bayview. The city of Ottawa owns the bridge.

Barry Hobin, an Ottawa architect working with RendezVous, said the bridge is a “seminal” part of the proposal’s connectivity.

It’s no different for the DCDLS proposal, which has separate levels of the arena plugged into the LRT and Trillium Line accesses at Bayview station.

Brisbin said the Prince of Wales Bridge is the key to unlocking a transportation challenge in drawing people from western Quebec. The architect, who is also designing 10 stations in the city’s first phase of LRT, suggested the bridge should receive quick attention so it can be returned it as an interprovincial rail link.

“I think there is a huge movement right now whether than should happen sooner than later,” Brisbin said.

But extending the O-Train isn’t up the proponents – it’s up to the city of Ottawa, which has pushed the plan off into the future. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin were to meet early this year to discuss STO buses in Ottawa. It’s possible that the redevelopment of LeBreton could spur the two cities, and the federal government set to spend billions on infrastructure stimulus projects, to extend the O-Train sooner.

The two bids also have plans for on-site parking for the arena.

Parking for the arena in the RendezVous bid is limited to 400 spaces. Leeder expects there would be people walking to the arena from nearby neighbourhoods, like Little Italy or Chinatown. He pointed to other cities that have arenas in their downtowns, noting how people find parking spots somewhere, maybe grab dinner and head to the game.

“The intent of having a downtown venue is to make a night of it,” Leeder said.

Christopher Lyon, the transportation engineer hired by DCDLS, said up to 4,000 spaces would be available for arena visitors at full build-out of the group’s proposal.

The prospect of vehicles clogging residential streets has the nearest community association skeptical of each group’s transportation plan.

Michael Powell, president of the Dalhousie Community Association, underscored the importance of getting people on the LRT system rather than seeing motorists troll for street parking near the arena.

“The stress test is going to be what’s going to happen on a busy Tuesday night when it’s snowing,” Powell said.

Powell is worried his community’s roads will become “traffic conduits.”

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[rocketphish]

NCC 'thrilled' by public response to LeBreton Flats proposals

Robert Sibley, Ottawa Citizen
Published on: January 27, 2016 | Last Updated: January 27, 2016 9:32 PM EST



With another capacity crowd turning out Wednesday evening to view video presentations of the possible redevelopment of LeBreton Flats, NCC officials were “thrilled” at the “enormous” interest of Ottawans in the national capital’s future.

“There’s enormous interest in (the future of LeBreton Flats), and that’s encouraging,” National Capital Commission chairman Russell Mills said on the second of three nights for the public to consider the two competing proposals.

“I think people know how important this is to the future of Ottawa,” he added. “There’s this big, huge tract of land that’s been sitting empty for 50 years and this is really the first opportunity to build something and change the core of the city.”

NCC chief executive Mark Kristmanson echoed the sentiment as some 600-700 people arrived at the Canadian War Museum to view the developers’ displays and hear their pitches. “I think people have been waiting for something big like this to come along … to make this a great city,” he said.

While there’s been incremental efforts to redevelop LeBreton Flats since the 1960s — the War Museum, condominiums, decontaminating the soil — the arrival of LRT has made full-scale redevelopment more feasible, he said, referring to the three-day viewing as “probably the finest consultation we’ve done and the greatest public response we’ve had. We’re thrilled.”

“I have feeling these nights will be looked back on as a historic occasion,” said Kristmanson.

The developers themselves — the RendezVous LeBreton group, backed by Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk, with its IllumiNation project, and Devcore, Canderel and DLS Group, with its LeBreton Re-Imagined project — weren’t shy about picking up on the history theme, casting their respective projects as historic game-changes in terms of Ottawa’s development.

“We’re creating a new capital,” said RendezVous architect Barry Hobin.

Devcore vice-president Daniel Peritz cast his group’s project as having “national significance” and reflective of a “distinctive Canadian soul.”

Members of the public, meanwhile, focused on more down-to-earth concerns.

“I highlighted the bicycle accessibility and the bike paths,” said area resident Beth Platts as she filled out questionnaires about her reactions to the proposals.

She preferred the RendezVous LeBreton design. “I liked that they were going to revamp the aqueduct — I thought that was cool — and (liked) the Abilities Centre,” a multi-purpose sports centre that would include those with disabilities.

John Barclay also liked the RendezVous design, saying it did a better job of showing the overview of the whole site. However, he didn’t like the RendezVous highrise residential development, which he feels overshadows Victoria Island and the Algonquin encampment.

Devcore’s highrise proposals are better because they are on the “city side” and don’t obscure the river view, he said.

Eric Blyth thought both projects have elements of merit. “The library on the Devcore is nice-looking. On the RendezVous plan I like how they cover the O-Train. I wish we could pick the best of both worlds.”

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[Uhuniau]

Originally Posted by EdFromOttawa

How is that walkable or accessible? The entire park is isolated by full on streets (likely packed with cars at peak hours).

Parks surrounded by "full on streets" as opposed to... what?

Bare buildings?

Other parks?

Dundonald Park is surrounded by "full on streets".

Hell, Central Park in NYC is surrounded by "full on streets".

Being surrounded by "full on streets" doesn't isolate a park, it connects it to the rest of the urban fabric. Parks that aren't surrounded by streets tend to be the most dull and lifeless and sterile.

[rocketphish]

LeBreton Flats proponents insist their plans are (mostly) solid

Don Butler, Ottawa Citizen
Published on: January 27, 2016 | Last Updated: January 27, 2016 9:44 PM EST



How likely is it that all the appealing elements in the multibillion-dollar proposals put forward this week for LeBreton Flats will actually materialize?

The Citizen put that question to both of the competing teams Wednesday. One – Devcore, Canderel DLS Group – responded in some detail. The other – RendezVous LeBreton – provided more cautious, general answers, cowed by the National Capital Commission’s prohibition on revealing financing details.

But both effectively said there’s nothing to worry about – their financial plans are solid.

Daniel Peritz, a spokesman for the Devcore, Canderel DLS Group, said its plan to build the Canadensis Walk – a four-season linear park – at an early stage of its LeBreton Re-Imagined development demonstrates its commitment to the project.

The Canadensis Walk “lays the groundwork for our entire plan,” Peritz said. Other public realm elements, including a high-tech bandshell, Canada Square and Canada Circle, are also in the plan’s initial phase.

Building those elements, coupled with the substantial costs of decontaminating the LeBreton land, “is a huge financial commitment for our partnership,” Peritz said. “We’re making the commitment up front, so we have to see it through and we have to make sure it’s successful.”

Devore, Canderel DLS already has builders lined up for 1,100 residential units and plans for 1.1-million square feet of office space in LeBreton Re-Imagined’s first phase. But the revenues from those early developments will be insufficient to cover the public realm costs, Peritz said.

“It doesn’t get us to net zero. That’s why it’s very important for us to have the ability to finish the project, because a massive amount of investment up front really only starts to become viable as we progress through the first phase and into the second phase.”

The LeBreton Re-Imagined plan comes with a multitude of bells and whistles, but Peritz said several of the attractions included in the project’s initial phase would be privately financed, including the Ripley’s Aquarium, the World Automotive Experience, Spin, a bike and BMX indoor park, and Sky Ventures, an indoor parachuting experience.

The Canadian Communications Centre, billed as Canada’s first multimedia museum, would be subsidized by income from media and communications companies, which will rent space in the building, Peritz said.

“We’re not going to say that we have full signed agreements, but we’ve certainly had discussions with them,” Peritz said.

The LeBreton Re-Imagined proposal also includes things like a YMCA, a Farm Boy store and a French-language elementary school. In each case, Devcore Canderel DLS has strong expressions of interest from the relevant parties, Peritz said.

“We’ve gone out and we’ve investigated and we’ve discussed to ensure that we have serious people at the table,” he said. “They all are waiting for us to come back and say, ‘We won.'”

Things get a bit sketchier when it comes to elements in LeBreton Re-Imagined’s second phase. While everyone thinks a planetarium is a dandy idea, for example, financing is yet to be determined.

“I won’t profess that we have gotten too far on that yet,” Peritz admitted. His group has examined the model used by the planetarium in Montreal, sponsored by Rio Tinto Alcan. “We think that’s an exceptional model, and we think there’s a place for it on our site.”

Other second-phase elements, such as a proposed Science and Innovation Pavilion and other “activity pavilions” similar to Spin and Sky Ventures, are more in the realm of possibilities than solid commitments at this stage.

The arena in the group’s plan probably needs the Ottawa Senators as an anchor tenant to be fully viable – a major reason why, at least for now, it’s in the project’s third and final stage.

Much will depend on the state of the residential and office markets going forward, since the “dominant portion” of the revenue LeBreton Re-Imagined is expected to generate will come from those mixed-use developments, Peritz said.

Meanwhile, the RendezVous LeBreton group, which includes Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk, has “a complete private sector solution” for its IllumiNation LeBreton project, said spokesman Graham Bird.

Its financial partners include the Ontario Pension Trust, the Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust and Brookfield Asset Management, which is responsible for the planned 1.5-million square feet of office space.

“They come with great investment capacity and tremendous capability and deep, deep, deep pockets,” Bird said. “They signed on because of the credibility, completeness and thoroughness of what we’re up to.”

The RendezVous LeBreton team includes John Ruddy’s Trinity Development Group, Crescent Hotels, builders Mattamy, Monarch and Brigil, construction and development firm Morley Hoppner and Windmill, the developer of the adjacent Zibi project.

“They’re all very successful local, national and international companies,” Bird said. All are “very confident” that RendezVous LeBreton can make its plan happen, he said. “In fact, some of them think we’re a little too conservative.”

Nicholas Galletti, a spokesman for the NCC, said the terms of the LeBreton competition clearly state that the main public anchor uses in the proposals “must be in the initial phase of development and viable from a range of perspectives.”

Demonstrating the viability of other components is also important and the business case should provide evidence that these elements will be successful, he said.

All that will be closely considered when a committee evaluates the two proposals and makes a recommendation to the NCC’s board this spring, Galletti said.

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PARTNERS IN REALITY

The two proposals for the redevelopment of LeBreton Flats unveiled visions that include specific tenants and partners. Here’s what they say about the proposals.

Ability Centre Ottawa, IllumiNation

“We are excited about this partnership with the Ottawa Senators and so grateful for their commitment to accessible programs for people with and without disabilities,” said Emily Glossop, chair of the Abilities Centre Ottawa board of directors in a statement. “Like the first and now proven Abilities Centre in Whitby, the ACO will follow their successful template which is acknowledged as an international centre of excellence for people of all ages, and all abilities.”

Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation, IllumiNation

The non-profit housing organization whose stated mission is “to create, maintain and promote housing for low and moderate income people,” is one of the partners in the RendezVouz LeBreton, which is behind the IllumiNation vision, and will help the development group – which is led by the Senators – make 25 per cent of the units plans for the site affordable housing.

Ripley’s Aquarium, LeBreton Re-Imagined

“Ripley’s is aware of the project and the market potential, and are very excited to be participating with the Devcore, Canderel and DLS group, which we think has a superior proposal for the redevelopment,” Darren Loblaw, chief financial officer for Ripley Entertainment Inc. said in an email.

YMCA-YWCA, LeBreton Re-Imagined

“We are thrilled for an opportunity to be considered for such a visionary plan, and look forward to exploring how the Y can utilize our experience in building healthy communities to contribute to the vibrancy of the project,” said a statement on the YMCA-YWCA website.

Farm Boy, LeBreton Re-Imagined

“We have an offer in on the site. We figure it is going to be high-traffic. We get a lot of customer requests for a Farm Boy downtown,” said Jeff York, chief executive of Farm Boy. “We want to be there.”

Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario, LeBreton Re-Imagined

Spokeswoman Corinne Labelle confirmed in an email the school board is “effectively in discussions” to build a new school at LeBreton Flats.

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