Zibi Ottawa Ontario | U/C

[Harley613]

One tall signature tower would do wonders for the island for sure, it would really draw the eye and make the development stand out.

[zzptichka]

Originally Posted by rocketphish

March 2023

Updated design for 315 Miwate/505 Prive de la Chaudiere (Block 204):
https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applications/D02-02-22-0040/details

Are there similar PDFs for the Quebec side somewhere?

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by rocketphish

March 2023

Updated design for 315 Miwate/505 Prive de la Chaudiere (Block 204):
https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applications/D02-02-22-0040/details

Weird that they plopped this rendering into an early rendering of the completed site, with none of the completed projects in sight.

Originally Posted by OTownandDown

The pointy red building on the right, does that contain a pass-thru so I can walk from the Albert Island courtyard to Chaudiere Private bridge? Or is this going to be a 'private' courtyard?

No clue a this point, but I certainly hope so. I have faith they will figure that out.

Originally Posted by zzptichka

Are there similar PDFs for the Quebec side somewhere?

Sort of. Here's the website, but it's pretty terrible. You have to look at it month per month instead of by address or a map.

https://www.gatineau.ca/portail/default.aspx?p=nouvelles_annonces/avis_publics&ref=haut-de-page

[SL123]

According to DevApp Block 204's application has been Approved. If they do in fact get shovels in the ground this year I'll be very impressed at how fast they're building Zibi on the Ontario side

[Harley613]

[Coho]

Any plans for a grocery store somewhere in Zibi?

[Coldrsx]

Na man... zipline uber delivery.

[OTSkyline]

So if I'm not mistaken this is only the 2nd residential project on the islands, right? The midrise to the side was condos I believe and this tower will be rentals?

Surprised they have just as much if not more office space on the islands than residential at this point.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by Coho

Any plans for a grocery store somewhere in Zibi?

Only spot where one is planned at this time is in, what was supposed to be, an office tower on Laurier in Hull.

Good thing is, a grocery store is planned at W/E 2 on Eddy, which isn't too far.

Originally Posted by OTSkyline

So if I'm not mistaken this is only the 2nd residential project on the islands, right? The midrise to the side was condos I believe and this tower will be rentals?

Surprised they have just as much if not more office space on the islands than residential at this point.

Pre-pandemic, the plan was to build more office space than residential (at least, in terms of employee/residents ratio). At the time, the region had an office space shortage. Expect a lot of the planed office space to be built as condos/apartments now.

[OTownandDown]

Geeze, you'd think they were trying to build a community or something.

[zzptichka]

Grocery is supposed to go in block 07. No work started on it yet.

[Harley613]

Interesting that this one is getting clad with very light beige brick, I don't think we had that in any renders.

[zzptichka]

According to their 2022 map, we are supposed to be in Phase 3 on Quebec side already. Nothing from Phase 2 has been started yet though.

[OTSkyline]

I was thinking the same. Looking at that timeline, it seems they are a bit behind in Ontario (they haven't started anything in Phase 2 yet and won't be finished phase 1 next year).

But on the Quebec side, they have maybe 4 buildings in phase 1 completed or started (still many to go) and nothing in phase 2 or 3 started yet.

[J.OT13]

No doubt the pandemic, labour shortage and high interest rates slowed down the project. Still going up at a relatively quick pace for local standards, and with high quality designs and builds (at least, on the Ontario side).

[Harley613]

I'm sure a good chunk of all that planned office space is being redesigned as residential as well, I can't see them building/renovating around 20 buildings for office use post pandemic.

[SL123]

Originally Posted by Harley613

I'm sure a good chunk of all that planned office space is being redesigned as residential as well, I can't see them building/renovating around 20 buildings for office use post pandemic.

Block 204 is a prime example. it was supposed to be commercial/office and its now been proposed has a residential tower

[J.OT13]

When the temporary shipping container tower comes down, they should replace it with something like this in Montreal:


https://twitter.com/Montreal/status/1658957519320915969

https://www.port-montreal.com/en/the-port-of-montreal/news/news/press-release/tower-opening

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

When the temporary shipping container tower comes down, they should replace it with something like this in Montreal:


https://twitter.com/Montreal/status/1658957519320915969

https://www.port-montreal.com/en/the-port-of-montreal/news/news/press-release/tower-opening

If they built a permanent observation tower like this they would have to move it, because there is nothing to see now that the three towers are up.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by Harley613

If they built a permanent observation tower like this they would have to move it, because there is nothing to see now that the three towers are up.

Best spot might be somewhere in the grassy area here, in front of O1, or on the other side of the stairs. Or anywhere between the stairs and the Portage Bridge. Could be part of the ZibiLine on the Hull side.

Originally Posted by Harley613

The new building is getting uglier by the minute