900 Albert St | 234/203/105m | 65/56/23fl | Approved - Page 13

OTSkyline · #**241** Posted **Mar 9, 2016, 8:15 PM**

I hope to god they don't build 4 x 55 story towers looking exactly the same

Give me some variety!

waterloowarrior · #**242** Posted **Mar 9, 2016, 9:58 PM**

waterloowarrior · #**243** Posted **Mar 9, 2016, 10:00 PM**

version without air rights

Proof Sheet · #**244** Posted **Mar 9, 2016, 10:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by OTSkyline

I hope to god they don't build 4 x 55 story towers looking exactly the same

Give me some variety!

If the market will be able to absorb 4 55 storey high buildings (2000 units..say 3000 people or more) in a reasonable time frame then in a parallel universe Lowell Green will vote for Bernie and praise the former Councillor for this ward.

waterloowarrior · #**245** Posted **Mar 9, 2016, 10:05 PM**

West Side Action pt 2
http://www.westsideaction.com/900-albert-air-rights-over-the-otrain/

kevinbottawa · #**246** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 12:28 AM**

They see this area as Ottawa's Yonge and Eglinton? I like the sound of that.

kwoldtimer · #**247** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 12:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by kevinbottawa

They see this area as Ottawa's Yonge and Eglinton? I like the sound of that.

I take it that you've never actually been to Yonge and Eglinton.

Beedok · #**248** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 3:02 AM**

It's way too close to downtown to be Yonge and Eglinton for Ottawa. Maybe you could say it for somewhere like Old Ottawa South, or maybe Wellington and Carling, but this area is at most a balance for Yonge and Bloor. It's barely outside downtown.

Urbanarchit · #**249** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 3:08 AM**

Website is up now. http://www.900albert.com/

Here are additional renderings of the podium:

waterloowarrior · #**250** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 3:13 AM**

4400 units - Lebreton Flats (Rendezvous)
2000 units - Zibi
2000 units - 900 Albert
plus Bayview Station and Escarpment area district plans

m0nkyman · #**251** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 3:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

4400 units - Lebreton Flats (Rendezvous)
2000 units - Zibi
2000 units - 900 Albert
plus Bayview Station and Escarpment area district plans

And all the stuff at the south end of Preston isn't that far either.

Dundas · #**252** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 4:25 AM**

What is the timeline for this? 1 tower each 5years?

waterloowarrior · #**253** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 4:50 AM**

167.8 metres. Excluding potential mechanical penthouses... it may actually be higher based on where on the site you are measuring from

BlueJay · #**254** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 1:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dundas

What is the timeline for this? 1 tower each 5years?

Trinity is planning to have the first two towers done by 2021. Looks like these will be rental apartments, at least the first two anyway.

Dundas · #**255** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 2:52 PM**

2 towers in 5 years, that's pretty good considering the size of the project.

Dundas · #**256** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 2:55 PM**

The city needs to get rid of that 40+million debt. They should sell the air rights instead of cutting services and jobs.

J.OT13 · #**257** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 5:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

4400 units - Lebreton Flats (Rendezvous)
2000 units - Zibi
2000 units - 900 Albert
plus Bayview Station and Escarpment area district plans

We are way overloaded with condo/apartment proposals. And it's not just friendly competition (as with the few thousand units in Little Italy); the full 8,400 units proposed for the area are being developed by the same people (Windmill has Zibi, Trinity has 900 Albert and both are working together on Rendez-Vous).

Seems to me that for that many residential units, were lacking in Office space. And considering the limited amount of room we have left for growth in the CBD, it seems these developers should consider a whole lot more office space than currently planned.

On another note, Trinity's proposing a Central Library at LeBreton and a branch over the Trillium Line, near an existing branch. How many Libraries do we need again?

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Originally Posted by Dundas

The city needs to get rid of that 40+million debt. They should sell the air rights instead of cutting services and jobs.

There really is no reason not to do it, as long as Trinity keeps enough room under the building for a double tracked, electrified system.

1overcosc · #**258** Posted **Mar 10, 2016, 8:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dundas

The city needs to get rid of that 40+million debt. They should sell the air rights instead of cutting services and jobs.

Not really, because the city already makes debt payments as part of its operating budget due to the way municipalities budget.

McKellarDweller · #**259** Posted **Mar 11, 2016, 8:19 PM**

With that # of proposed resdential units, I'd love to see some three bedroom family-size units at non-astronomical prices.
It would be great if a middle-class couple in Ottawa could to afford have a family of 4, without compromising dwelling quality, in a neighbourhood with a 98+ walk score someday.

Dundas · #**260** Posted **Mar 12, 2016, 3:02 AM**

A 3 bedroom family size unit for how much you figure? 400~500k?