1209 St. Laurent Blvd | 95m | 30f x2 | Proposed

[J.OT13]

https://twitter.com/KatePorterCBC/st...70642594770947

[SL123]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

https://twitter.com/KatePorterCBC/st...70642594770947

Beautiful looking Tower but boy is this a bad location for pedestrian or even for a car trying to get into the garage IMO

[phil235]

Originally Posted by SL123

Beautiful looking Tower but boy is this a bad location for pedestrian or even for a car trying to get into the garage IMO

Those two guys standing in the middle of the street staring into traffic would seem to disagree.

[eltodesukane]

1209 St. Laurent Blvd.

[rocketphish]

The parcel in question:



http://ottwatch.ca/meetings/file/478818

[SL123]

Its being sold has a TOD but IMO being close to transit shouldn't be the only criteria. A pedestrian friendly surrounding is just as important for TOD and this project just isnt it. For 1 you always have to walk to the nearest station, but also having to cross a transitway ramp and a HWY exit ramp then cross the horrible ogilvie/st.laurent intersection and then cyrville road just to get to the closest grocery store. all that for a distance of only 700m.

This is just a horrible location from start to finish. I dont care if its 50m away from the LRT station

[drizzo_613]

There is a crosswalk directly in front of building so no need to use the transitway ramp. The walk to LRT station is minutes away and it replaces a lot thats sat unused for anything other than makeshift parking for decades. The walk to the grocery store isn't so bad just because you will be crossing a couple of perfectly normal intersections. I see many people using these crosswalks, myself included, so to each their own I guess.

IMO I hope they push for 30 stories here and in surrounding areas like old Chimo hotel in the future.

[ponyboycurtis]

Originally Posted by drizzo_613

There is a crosswalk directly in front of building so no need to use the transitway ramp. The walk to LRT station is minutes away and it replaces a lot thats sat unused for anything other than makeshift parking for decades. The walk to the grocery store isn't so bad just because you will be crossing a couple of perfectly normal intersections. I see many people using these crosswalks, myself included, so to each their own I guess.

IMO I hope they push for 30 stories here and in surrounding areas like old Chimo hotel in the future.

Yes, but then you still have to walk through the St. Laurent parking garage. Unless I am mistaken there is not much in the way of a pedestrian connection through the lower level of that parking garage from the sidewalk.

Walking on the south side exterior of the mall from there is a cold and harsh sidewalk next to a blank wall that also crosses a large loading bay.

Essentially it falls victim to TOD... but hardly pedestrian oriented development.

You may actually be better off walking around and over the mall inlet overpass in actuality.

Not sure what to think of this one. The rendering seems pretty peachy but it is definitely in a weird spot.

That being said.. walking across St. Laurent and through the parking garage or around the overpass wouldn't be a massive deterrent for myself.

[BlueJay]

Chenier Group have also purchased the joining lot next to this one. This concept plan is not what they will be proposing. They will be maximizing the building(s) height to the current zoning and it will be two towers in the proposal that will eventually be put together since they now own both lots. Still a few years away from seeing any activity on this one.

[Arcologist]

Interesting design. Let's hope they don't dumb it down when they add height and pair up with the neighbouring lot.

[J.OT13]

If they make an entrance on the Labelle Street viaduct and improve the pedestrian environment to the transit station and door to the mall, it wouldn't be so bad. Alternatively build a skywalk to the mall.

I do hope the St. Laurent Shopping Centre welcomes a grocery store again at some point. It had one for decades (Dominion and then Market Fresh, between Sears and Toys R' Us).

[rocketphish]

1200 Lemieux Street was purchased by 12401304 Canada Inc. (Chenier Group) from 10006882 Canada Inc. (Crown Group Hotels) for $3,550,000 or $242 per square foot. It is zoned Transit Oriented Development.

http://www.juteaujohnsoncomba.com/ne...July-Sales.pdf

(This is the eastern portion of this odd site)

[BlueJay]

Originally Posted by rocketphish

1200 Lemieux Street was purchased by 12401304 Canada Inc. (Chenier Group) from 10006882 Canada Inc. (Crown Group Hotels) for $3,550,000 or $242 per square foot. It is zoned Transit Oriented Development.

http://www.juteaujohnsoncomba.com/ne...July-Sales.pdf

(This is the eastern portion of this odd site)

Chenier Group is offloading these two parcels of land to another developer. It appears that Canderel seems to be the purchaser.

[uzi]

^Oh shoot!

[DEWLine]

Looks awkward next to the ramp feeding into the mall parking lot, doesn't it?

But the suggestions of connections to the mall complex and the Transitway/O-Train station do make sense.

[J.OT13]

Fengate to build 1,900 rental units at pair of prime Ottawa development sites

Fengate Asset Management says it plans to build more than 1,900 rental housing units at two coveted development sites in Ottawa as the Toronto-based company ramps up its investment in the National Capital Region.

Fengate said earlier this week it has purchased a one-acre site at 1209 St. Laurent Blvd., across from the St. Laurent Shopping Centre, as well as property at 1047 Richmond Rd., a few blocks northwest of the Carlingwood Shopping Centre near an LRT station that’s now under construction.

Fengate says it purchased both parcels of land on behalf of investors that include the LiUNA Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.

Fengate partnered with Montreal-based Canderel Management to buy the St. Laurent Boulevard property from a private vendor in an off-market deal. The firms plan to build a pair of 30-storey apartment towers containing a total of more than 600 rental units in a variety of suite types and sizes.

The site is already zoned for residential construction. Fengate said the companies hope to break ground on the project within the next 12 months.

Growing office sector

“With its proximity to the new (St. Laurent) transit station and retail amenities, along with the growing office sector in Ottawa’s east end, the site presents a great opportunity to introduce new and much-needed rental options in the area,” Jaime McKenna, Fengate’s managing director and group head of real estate, said in an email to OBJ.

It’s the first joint project for Fengate and Canderel. McKenna said the two firms have “aligned interests” to develop highrise residential buildings and were looking for an opportunity to work together.

“After considering different projects to co-develop with Canderel, we finally found the right fit in this transit-oriented site,” she said in an email to OBJ.

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https://obj.ca/article/real-estate/r...elopment-sites

[J.OT13]

Yup, this is a strange one. Absolute garbage of a site. Worst possible place to live. An island surrounded by highways and ramps. Even if the built a pedestrian bridge to St-Laurent station somehow, it wouldn't be much of an improvement.

[Harley613]

Wait, what? They want to build twin 30 story towers on that little traffic island now?!? Am I reading this right?

1209 St. Laurent by harley613, on Flickr

[Proof Sheet]

Originally Posted by Harley613

Wait, what? They want to build twin 30 story towers on that little traffic island now?!? Am I reading this right?

1209 St. Laurent by harley613, on Flickr

What a desolate place to live. It would be like living in the middle of a roundabout.

It may be handy if you are into meeting some of the regulars from Lone Star

[Harley613]

I just spent a little bit of time on Google Maps looking for an analog for this in other Canadian cities. I thought I might find something in Mississauga or Burnaby for example, but as of yet I can not find a more horrible site with a highrise development in this country.