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Norman Bates · #**101** Posted **Mar 7, 2018, 12:41 AM**

I honestly don’t like it for LeBreton. Maybe in Scarborough or the northern suburbs of Houston. But not LeBreton.

BlueJay · #**102** Posted **Mar 7, 2018, 1:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by Norman Bates

I honestly don’t like it for LeBreton. Maybe in Scarborough or the northern suburbs of Houston. But not LeBreton.

Just curious, why not for LeBreton? but maybe good for Scarborough or Houston?

rocketphish · #**103** Posted **Mar 7, 2018, 1:50 AM**

Claridge Homes submits plans for next stage of development on LeBreton Flats

Jon Willing, Ottawa Citizen
Published on: March 6, 2018 | Last Updated: March 6, 2018 4:29 PM EST

A five-tower, 1,950-unit development would be the next phase under Claridge Homes’ blueprint for the east end of LeBreton Flats, according to plans filed at city hall.

The so-called East Flats project would add 164,500 square metres of floor space along Lett and Booth streets, northeast of the Pimisi LRT station under construction on Booth Street. The proposal includes affordable housing, a food store and other commercial space.

Claridge’s existing phases of residential development on LeBreton Flats are over two blocks on the easternmost parcel of land. The developer, which needs planning amendments approval from city council for the next phase, purchased the land from the National Capital Commission in 2005.

Plans for the next phase have been in the works since late 2016. Claridge has met with city staff about the proposed design and has held a public open house.

Since then, Claridge has decreased the proposed height of the tallest of the five buildings to 45 storeys; the preliminary concept had 55 storeys. The other four buildings on the 2.1-hectare site are proposed to be 30 storeys for two buildings and 25 storeys for the remaining two. The building heights don’t interfere with the regulated view corridors to Parliament Hill, the application says.

The blueprint also plots a city-maintained park straddling an aqueduct, which cuts through LeBreton Flats.

“The East Flats neighbourhood is positioned to create a link to the City of Ottawa,” according to the planning rationale filed with the application. “Its ‘empty’ state will be transformed into a sought-after recreation and service area for its residents.”

Claridge’s development application is on track to be considered by council’s planning committee in June.

The land around Pimisi station is quickly taking shape on paper, but construction timelines are likely to vary across projects.

The city has a planning application filed for a library district southeast of Pimisi station. The application proposes building parameters, such as height limits, but there isn’t a developer yet. The city and Library and Archives Canada are building a super library at 557 Wellington St., just west of Albert Street and Bronson Avenue.

The NCC and RendezVous LeBreton Group, whose main partners are the Ottawa Senators and Trinity Developments, continue to negotiate the development deal for the central and western parts of LeBreton Flats. RendezVous wants to build an arena for the Senators and other entertainment attractions, surrounded by mixed-use development.

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http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news...t-stage-of-development-on-lebreton-flats

JHikka · #**104** Posted **Mar 7, 2018, 3:01 AM**

As terrible as Claridge projects have been lately the potential density and increased population in that area of the city is enticing all the same.

Harley613 · #**105** Posted **Mar 7, 2018, 5:33 AM**

At first I was disappointed that they have dropped the main tower from 55 to 45 stories, but then I remembered that this is Claridge we are talking about, and I would rather NOT have our skyline dominated by the Dollarama of builders.

Norman Bates · #**106** Posted **Mar 7, 2018, 12:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by BlueJay

Just curious, why not for LeBreton? but maybe good for Scarborough or Houston?

Because LeBreton is a Tabula Rasa in the downtown of a G7 capital city.

Pitching worn out, copy-and-paste, proposals from decades past, is not the depth of imagination that this development opportunity calls for.

McKellarDweller · #**107** Posted **Mar 7, 2018, 5:15 PM**

I just wish we could get something on Lebreton Flats that at least compares in architectural and civic-space execution to anything going up on Queens Quay in T.O or any waterfront in Vancouver proper in the last 15 years.

No. We'll get more balance-sheet oriented execution, and 20,000 more suburban townhouses will become occupied by the time East Flats is complete.

J.OT13 · #**108** Posted **Mar 7, 2018, 5:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by Soi-Fon

Hope they'll be MUCH needed improvements.

Cadillac Fairview vs Claridge in a fist fight, who wins?

*Checkout CF terrible bait n' switch in Montreal if you don't get the reference.

I'd say Claridge wins, no contest. Unless I missed something (and based on the Canada Forum comments, I might have), the evolving proposals for the Tours des Canadiens complex have gotten better.

Soi-Fon · #**109** Posted **Mar 8, 2018, 4:45 PM**

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I'd say Claridge wins, no contest. Unless I missed something (and based on the Canada Forum comments, I might have), the evolving proposals for the Tours des Canadiens complex have gotten better.

I was mostly referencing to the 600 Peel.

J.OT13 · #**110** Posted **Mar 8, 2018, 4:53 PM**

That the new proposal or the old one?

Soi-Fon · #**111** Posted **Mar 8, 2018, 5:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by J.OT13

That the new proposal or the old one?

Above : The original.

Below : The new one.

Here's a picture of the whole original project.

J.OT13 · #**112** Posted **Mar 8, 2018, 5:18 PM**

OK, that's pretty bad...

Urbanarchit · #**113** Posted **Mar 8, 2018, 11:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Soi-Fon

Above : The original.

Below : The new one.

Here's a picture of the whole original project.

Even the Tours de Canadiens 2 is a bit disappointing. I mean, they're still nice but their original proposal looked good.

Mr.Flintstone · #**114** Posted **Mar 9, 2018, 3:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by Harley613

At first I was disappointed that they have dropped the main tower from 55 to 45 stories, but then I remembered that this is Claridge we are talking about, and I would rather NOT have our skyline dominated by the Dollarama of builders.

LMAO

That's why I don't care about the renders they won't look like that when built. As mentioned in this thread, we're all waiting for that switch.

J.OT13 · #**115** Posted **Mar 15, 2018, 8:55 PM**

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Claridge proposes next phase of LeBreton Flats development

Plans calls for five mixed-use towers of 25 to 45 storeys with 1,950 residential units near new Pimisi LRT station

David Sali
March 15, 2018

Claridge Homes has unveiled plans to build five mixed-use towers ranging from 25 to 45 storeys in the next phase of its development at the east end of LeBreton Flats.

Dubbed East Flats, the project would feature more than 1.5 million square feet of residential space along with nearly 230,000 square feet of commercial space on Booth and Lett streets, northeast of the Pimisi LRT station that is currently being built on Booth Street.

According to plans filed at City Hall in early March, the development’s 1,950 residential units would include “a range of apartment sizes and tenures to accommodate households of a range of compositions and incomes” and a “significant component of affordable housing.”

Proposed commercial and retail uses for the development include a food store, restaurants and “other basic neighbourhood services.” Claridge’s blueprint for the 2.1-hectare site also touts a new city-built public park that “celebrates the heritage of LeBreton Flats” and would run along the historic aqueduct as well as “opportunities for cultural and other institutional uses in the building podiums.”

Claridge has already constructed several residential condo and apartment towers on the eastern edge of LeBreton Flats on land it purchased from the National Capital Commission in 2005. The new project would require additional zoning amendments.

The developer presented an initial concept for the East Flats proposal to city staff and councillors Catherine McKenney and Jeff Leiper in late 2016 and held an open house for the public early last year.

After the meetings, Claridge agreed to reduce the height of the tallest tower from 55 to 45 storeys. Two other buildings would be 30 storeys, while the remaining two would rise 25 storeys. The building heights would not violate regulations governing views of Parliament Hill, the proposal says.

Calls to Claridge Homes, seeking more details about the plan, were not immediately returned.

Underground parking

All parking at the development would be underground.

The project is designed to create a “comfortable and generous public realm that will encourage pedestrian activity, and the future park will also draw people to the area,” the planning application says.

“The density of the development, mix of uses and public realm elements ensure the East Flats becomes a ‘vibrant urban community.’”

The city’s planning committee is expected to consider the application later this spring.

Claridge’s proposal is just the latest construction project in a string of high-profile developments in the neighbourhood of LeBreton Flats, which is expected to undergo a multibillion-dollar redevelopment beginning in the next couple of years.

The RendezVous LeBreton Group backed by the Ottawa Senators and Trinity Developments is negotiating with the NCC to redevelop much of the 21-hectare site, with plans that include a new arena for the NHL club.

Just a few blocks west at 900 Albert St., Trinity and partners InterRent REIT and PBC Real Estate Advisors have begun work on a mixed-use development near the intersection of the Trillium and Confederation light-rail lines. The project is expected to include three towers of 59, 55 and 50 storeys and would feature office and retail space along with 1,000 residential apartment units.

Meanwhile, local builder Windmill Developments is spearheading its $1.2-billion Zibi project nearby on both sides of the Ottawa River. The 15-hectare site is slated to feature an environmentally friendly mix of condos, shops, office space and parks.

http://obj.ca/article/claridge-proposes-next-phase-lebreton-flats-development

AuxTown · #**116** Posted **Mar 16, 2018, 7:33 PM**

I like the proposed design's use of different materials (not just glass and spandrel). If all my favourite dystopian films are correct, this is the kind of architecture all of our cities will have in the future....

J.OT13 · #**117** Posted **May 18, 2018, 3:50 PM**

I think Bank Street, somewhere between Gloucester and Gladstone, would have been a better location for this one.

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Ottawa gender and 🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵 museum proposed for LeBreton Flats

OBJ Staff
May 18, 2018 8:49am EDT

A national advocacy group is looking to raise $10 million to create Canada’s first museum dedicated to gender and 🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵 and plans to house the facility on LeBreton Flats.

The Canadian Centre for Gender and 🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵 Diversity announced Thursday that the LGBTQI2+ Museum, which explicitly includes representation for intersex and two-spirit identifying persons, will take up 15,000 square feet on the western edge of downtown Ottawa as part of Claridge Homes’ mixed-use development at LeBreton Flats

The facility will feature three museum galleries, spaces for theatre performances, education and community gathering and a healing room for Indigenous individuals identifying as two-spirit.

Representatives for the group said in a release that the museum will curate Canadian LGBTQI2+ stories, culture and art.

"When we started doing workshops in schools 14 years ago, we were explaining basic LGBTQI2+ terms and experiences. Today, we have Canadians who are hungry to learn about LGBTQI2+ history, culture, and art – and as an educational institution we see this as a natural evolution of our work,” said CCGSD executive director Jeremy Dias in a statement.

With this latest piece, the shape of the LeBreton Flats redevelopment is coming a bit more into focus. Claridge Homes’ latest plans, submitted last March, will see five mixed-use towers ranging from 25 to 45 storeys. Dubbed East Flats, the development will feature 1.5 million square feet of residential space alongside nearly 230,000 square feet pegged for commercial use.

Elsewhere on the Flats, RendezVous-LeBreton group has also proposed a variety of retail spaces, 4,4000 residential units and a new arena for the Ottawa Senators NHL team.

http://obj.ca/index.php/article/ottawa-gender-and-🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵-museum-proposed-lebreton-flats