Claridge Royale [245 Rideau St] | 62/84/84m | 18/26/27f | U/C - Page 11

Skynet · #**201** Posted **Jan 23, 2020, 4:47 PM**

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https://www.reddit.com/r/ottawa/comments...deau_st_has_closed_some_photos/?sort=new

Someone had linked an IG post on there that had some pretty cool looking photos of the store!

saisoj · #**202** Posted **Feb 10, 2020, 2:58 AM**

What is your guy's opinion about this building/builder/location? I was very interested, but read a few bad things about Claridge. I bought another unit from Urban Capital and have been happy with it so far.

Harley613 · #**203** Posted **Feb 10, 2020, 5:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by saisoj

What is your guy's opinion about this building/builder/location? I was very interested, but read a few bad things about Claridge. I bought another unit from Urban Capital and have been happy with it so far.

In my opinion they are the worst builder in the city. They cheat and lie to the citizens and government of Ottawa about everything they build. They bait & switch buyers and city council with dreamy proposals for every project and then they build them fast and cheap with completely different materials than their renderings and drawings. If you do a quick walk around of any of their existing projects you will immediately see issues with the quality of materials and shocking degradation in even the most recent projects.

McKellarDweller · #**204** Posted **Feb 10, 2020, 1:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by Harley613

In my opinion they are the worst builder in the city. They cheat and lie to the citizens and government of Ottawa about everything they build. They bait & switch buyers and city council with dreamy proposals for every project and then they build them fast and cheap with completely different materials than their renderings and drawings. If you do a quick walk around of any of their existing projects you will immediately see issues with the quality of materials and shocking degradation in even the most recent projects.

Just chiming in agreement with this, in case anyone not a regular on this board thinks it's a one-off viewpoint.

No one could accuse me of being totally anti-Claridge though. They have done a small number projects really well in my opinion, including 700 Sussex and King's Landing. The 700 Sussex success, however is almost fully due to a site covenant that mandated limestone exterior, and stipulated the window proportions along each facade. You can bet if that hadn't been in place, we'd be looking at something closer to what they put up at Lebreton flats.

jchamoun79 · #**205** Posted **Feb 10, 2020, 10:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Harley613

In my opinion they are the worst builder in the city. They cheat and lie to the citizens and government of Ottawa about everything they build. They bait & switch buyers and city council with dreamy proposals for every project and then they build them fast and cheap with completely different materials than their renderings and drawings. If you do a quick walk around of any of their existing projects you will immediately see issues with the quality of materials and shocking degradation in even the most recent projects.

I own a condo in a Claridge building and can confirm that they cut corners everywhere. A bunch of things have fallen apart or stopped working and needed to be repaired or replaced in my unit within a shockingly short amount of time.

The interior finishes, in particular, seem to be bottom-of-the-barrel quality.

saisoj · #**206** Posted **Feb 10, 2020, 11:58 PM**

Thanks folks. It's a shame to hear that. Premium location, grocery store and a promise of being a luxury condo really make me think about diving into this. But looks like it's too risky given the builder's history.

It's sad that there is really nothing similar for the price out there.

Harley613 · #**207** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 1:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by saisoj

Thanks folks. It's a shame to hear that. Premium location, grocery store and a promise of being a luxury condo really make me think about diving into this. But looks like it's too risky given the builder's history.

It's sad that there is really nothing similar for the price out there.

We have hope. Builders like Main + Main and Mastercraft Starwood are pushing harder into the Ottawa market, Trinity is about to make a huge splash as well and will hopefully make a better product than Claridge. Check out what Trinity is building just down the street at Rideau & Chapel.

OTownandDown · #**208** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 2:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by saisoj

Thanks folks. It's a shame to hear that. Premium location, grocery store and a promise of being a luxury condo really make me think about diving into this. But looks like it's too risky given the builder's history.

It's sad that there is really nothing similar for the price out there.

"It's sad that there is really nothing similar for the price out there" is exactly the problem with society today. If there were competition then fine, but with real estate the price it is today, developers are doing the cheapest possible thing, to appeal to buyers looking for cheap prices.

A friend of mine recently bought a $900,000 1.5 bedroom home in Toronto, and the kitchen is visibly stapled-together cardboard on particle board frames. It's a stunner.

saisoj · #**209** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 4:09 PM**

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developers are doing the cheapest possible thing, to appeal to buyers looking for cheap prices.

I wouldn't call $664/sqft on a pre-construction "cheap prices" though.

MattRichling · #**210** Posted **Feb 11, 2020, 5:11 PM**

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I wouldn't call $664/sqft on a pre-construction "cheap prices" though.

Everything is relative.

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Originally Posted by saisoj

It's sad that there is really nothing similar for the price out there.

Just wait.... we will see more product launch over the next couple years. Mind you, $650/sqft will be the new average - atleast there is more options coming (eventually).

saisoj · #**211** Posted **Feb 12, 2020, 12:40 AM**

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Everything is relative.

Agreed.

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Everything is relative.

Just wait.... we will see more product launch over the next couple years. Mind you, $650/sqft will be the new average - atleast there is more options coming (eventually).

Anything interesting on Byward?

Marcus CLS · #**212** Posted **Mar 3, 2020, 1:35 AM**

Demolition of The exterior metro building has started.

Harley613 · #**213** Posted **Mar 3, 2020, 2:00 AM**

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Demolition of The exterior metro building has started.

Great, I am very eager for 'Claridge Canyon'. City building by the lowest bidder.

Mille Sabords · #**214** Posted **Mar 3, 2020, 2:16 AM**

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Demolition of The exterior metro building has started.

Yes, and the painted old grey brick is visible under the cheapo-stucco panels of the '90s. That store dates back to the 1940s, I think.

Admiral Nelson · #**215** Posted **Mar 4, 2020, 5:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by Harley613

Great, I am very eager for 'Claridge Canyon'. City building by the lowest bidder.

Ugh, how much of the city will turn into this blight before we learn and legislate some rules. I'm much more concerned about spacing than about heights, but city policy has it upside down. Toronto has it much better, much fewer gapless rows of identical height stub towers.

You said the word "canyon", we can anxiously await the contributors here who claim there is no such thing, and it's only a tool for the nimby types.

Glenlivet Ave · #**216** Posted **Mar 8, 2020, 1:14 PM**

reddit: Wall collapsed unintentionally during Metro demolition. Extremely lucky no pedestrians hurt.

Harley613 · #**217** Posted **Mar 8, 2020, 7:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Admiral Nelson

Ugh, how much of the city will turn into this blight before we learn and legislate some rules. I'm much more concerned about spacing than about heights, but city policy has it upside down. Toronto has it much better, much fewer gapless rows of identical height stub towers.

You said the word "canyon", we can anxiously await the contributors here who claim there is no such thing, and it's only a tool for the nimby types.

This city loves lot line to lot line clone stamped stub towers. Our NIMBY's will take this 10/10 times over tall slender towers with proper setbacks and incorporated green space.

McC · #**218** Posted **Mar 9, 2020, 11:16 AM**

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Our NIMBY's will take this 10/10 times over tall slender towers with proper setbacks and incorporated green space.

As if we’ve ever been offered that choice.

Harley613 · #**219** Posted **Mar 9, 2020, 6:12 PM**

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As if we’ve ever been offered that choice.

Well take a look at Main + Main and their quick height reduction from a nicely shaped 38 stories to matching stub. Almost definitely NIMBY pressure (and/or council pressure) to reduce from a tall tower to a set of matching stumps that will fit our homogeneous block of a skyline.

MattRichling · #**220** Posted **Mar 11, 2020, 2:07 PM**

- The building is 33% sold out or 79 units sold out of 237 units.
- The average price per square foot for remaining units is sitting at $698/sqft, with an average unit size of 709sqft.
- The building had originally included a few three-bedroom units, however, the developer has decided to change those into smaller units in order to meet the demand of the buyers.
- The lowest-priced unit is #203, a 480sqft studio, the Chiffon Floorplan, located on the second floor for $316,000