1330-1346 Bank St | 90+95m | 27+29f | Proposed

[alamgirkhan]

https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applications/__B0EH50/details

[Urbanarchit]

Wow, so this intersection will have 3 highrise building at 27+ floors, it seems, both by Hobin. The design looks almost identical to O'Connor/ Gilmour and the proposal on Gladstone for the Enriched Bread Artists' factory. I'm not sure I particularly like the design to be honest.

[rocketphish]

Capital City Shopping Centre Limited is proposing a mixed-use development at the property described municipally as 2211 Riverside Drive and 1330, 1340, and 1346 Bank Street, consisting of two high-rise buildings and an urban parkette. The buildings will consist of a podium and tower configuration, with the north building (34 storeys) containing only residential uses and the south building (31 storeys) containing nonresidential uses on the ground floor with residential uses above. Parking will be located primarily below grade with a two-level garage that serves both buildings (292 vehicle stalls: 21 surface, 271 below grade). 283 bicycle spaces are also provided. The northeast corner of the site will contain the urban parkette framed by the Bank and Riverside North intersection, and this will function as a privately owned public space (POPS).

The proposal includes two bi-directional vehicle accesses, one along Bank Street and the other along Riverside Drive [north]. These accesses are connected by an internal drive aisle that provides access to limited surface parking, drop-off / pick-up locations, a loading /service area, and the entrance to the below-grade parking structure.

A POPS of approximately 973 m2 is proposed at the northeast corner of the site, providing a pedestrian node connecting to City sidewalks and internal pathways. This amenity feature provides a softened transition from the site towards the extensive greenspace network along the south bank of the Rideau River, and helps to offset the micro-climate conditions resulting from the abutting road network.

Architect: Hobin Architecture

Development application:
https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applications/__B0EH50/details

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[passwordisnt123]

This is a surprisingly high quality design for the area. Wish we could get some more like this in more central neighbourhoods.

[Urbanarchit]

Originally Posted by passwordisnt123

This is a surprisingly high quality design for the area. Wish we could get some more like this in more central neighbourhoods.

They did. The used the same design with some tweaks.

971 Gladstone

267 O'Connor

[Harley613]

Whoa whoa whoa...31 and 34 floors? That's not 23, 27,28 OR even 32 floors... is this even allowed in Ottawa?!

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by Urbanarchit

They did. The used the same design with some tweaks.

971 Gladstone

267 O'Connor

Methinks Roderick Lahey licensed his one-click random auto-generation architecture software to Barry Hobin. Plug in three materials, three colours, height/width/depth, click, and voila! Ready made project!

[bartlebooth]

Disappointed about that surface level parking on the north west corner. Shame.

[waterloowarrior]

I'm guessing this is rezoning exercise; reports prepared for Cushman Wakefield on behalf of the owner, no site plan control application, design similar to other projects.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by Harley613

Methinks Roderick Lahey licensed his one-click random auto-generation architecture software to Barry Hobin. Plug in three materials, three colours, height/width/depth, click, and voila! Ready made project!

It looks the same as many other Hobin projects, but a more disjointed version, like he couldn't choose a style for the towers, so he miss-matched a few different looks.

For years, we thought more height would yield better results. Not so much.

[OTSkyline]

I like the height and the design. Very much needed newness and density around Billings (which we all know is a central yet under-utilized area).

This and the other tower across the street could bring that injection of life the area has needed, and I'm all for it.

[Kitchissippi]

If only there was more holistic planning for this area, I wish Riverside Drive would be consolidated on the southern curve, allowing this site to be a proper waterfront development. There could be some nice riverside cafés and restaurants here.

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by Kitchissippi

If only there was more holistic planning for this area, I wish Riverside Drive would be consolidated on the southern curve, allowing this site to be a proper waterfront development. There could be some nice riverside cafés and restaurants here.

Bite your tongue! Ottawa is a city of mini waterfront highways, not waterfront development! Why would we want cafes and restaurants on the water when we could have cars?!

[silvergate]

Originally Posted by Kitchissippi

If only there was more holistic planning for this area, I wish Riverside Drive would be consolidated on the southern curve, allowing this site to be a proper waterfront development. There could be some nice riverside cafés and restaurants here.

Is that area not considered a flood risk?

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by silvergate

Is that area not considered a flood risk?

Doesn't look like it...

[IMG]Screenshot 2021-02-15 140002 by harley613, on Flickr[/IMG]

[m0nkyman]

Originally Posted by Harley613

Bite your tongue! Ottawa is a city of mini waterfront highways, not waterfront development! Why would we want cafes and restaurants on the water when we could have cars?!

I wish this was sarcasm and not the reality. 😿

[lrt's friend]

Ottawa was never a riverfront town because of the geography and climate. Too many cliffs and when there was not cliffs, there was the risk of spring flooding (from snow melt) and when there was neither, there was industry. We have seen tremendous Ottawa River flooding in the last 5 years, and the Rideau River has a long history of regular flooding, which is now much better controlled but still a risk. We would be foolish to construct a lot of buildings in the flood plain of our major rivers, no matter how much this is appealing.

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by lrt's friend

Ottawa was never a riverfront town because of the geography and climate. Too many cliffs and when there was not cliffs, there was the risk of spring flooding (from snow melt) and when there was neither, there was industry. We have seen tremendous Ottawa River flooding in the last 5 years, and the Rideau River has a long history of regular flooding, which is now much better controlled but still a risk. We would be foolish to construct a lot of buildings in the flood plain of our major rivers, no matter how much this is appealing.

of the Greber Plan.

Fixed that for you

[Harley613]

...also flooding and little cliffs have no effect on waterfront construction. Tens of millions of buildings are built on the World's coasts where tides come in and out, tens of millions of buildings are built on the World's waterways where the depth changes depending on the weather and season. Tens of millions of buildings are built into, on, and over cliffs of all heights. Ottawa turned it's back to it's waterways in the 1950's when the Greber Plan began being implemented. The idea was to 'restore the shorelines', but in reality our waterways got a thin ribbon of restored shoreline blocked off from the City by mini highways. The Greber Plan was very auto-centric and was focused on de-centralization...the exact opposite of what we are going for now.

[AuxTown]

Originally Posted by Harley613

...also flooding and little cliffs have no effect on waterfront construction. Tens of millions of buildings are built on the World's coasts where tides come in and out, tens of millions of buildings are built on the World's waterways where the depth changes depending on the weather and season. Tens of millions of buildings are built into, on, and over cliffs of all heights. Ottawa turned it's back to it's waterways in the 1950's when the Greber Plan began being implemented. The idea was to 'restore the shorelines', but in reality our waterways got a thin ribbon of restored shoreline blocked off from the City by mini highways. The Greber Plan was very auto-centric and was focused on de-centralization...the exact opposite of what we are going for now.

As someone who tries to bike to work as much as I can I can assure you that our Ottawa River waterfront land is being used daily by thousands of people who are cycling, running, walking, rolling, etc. Not to mention the fact that we have developed high-quality ski trails in recent years along the same corridor. Just because there aren't highrises doesn't mean the area is not used.