Westboro Connection | Completed

[Karlis]

Anyone aware of any activity on this development?

Thanks,
K

[CondoGirl]

Is it just me or is anyone else growing weary of this city's allergy to height in the downtown core while Centretown neighbourhoods are turned into monotonous corridors of the same generic 6-8 storey building clones...

CG

[canadave]

Originally Posted by CondoGirl

Is it just me or is anyone else growing weary of this city's allergy to height in the downtown core while Centretown neighbourhoods are turned into monotonous corridors of the same generic 6-8 storey building clones...

CG

Yeah, trust me... welcome to the club.

I think this is my first post in this thread, incidentally, so I'll also say I hope this goes forward. Looks like a quality project, and McRea could really use redevelopment.

[waterloowarrior]

Originally Posted by Karlis

Anyone aware of any activity on this development?

Thanks,
K

The date of the public meeting has been postponed until after labour day at the request of the community.

http://lovewestboro.wordpress.com/20...e/#comment-510

[Proof Sheet]

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

The date of the public meeting has been postponed until after labour day at the request of the community.

http://lovewestboro.wordpress.com/20...e/#comment-510

I find this delaying matters until post labour day to be frustrating...if you live in the neighbourhood etc and have concerns, put them in writing, send a neighbour or speak with the planner/councillor etc before you go on vacation...but to hold a project ransom due to some vision that everybody is away in July and August is archaic in my mind.....

Live goes on and doesn't just stop due to nice weather.....

[waterloowarrior]

Originally Posted by Proof Sheet

I find this delaying matters until post labour day to be frustrating...if you live in the neighbourhood etc and have concerns, put them in writing, send a neighbour or speak with the planner/councillor etc before you go on vacation...but to hold a project ransom due to some vision that everybody is away in July and August is archaic in my mind.....

Live goes on and doesn't just stop due to nice weather.....

Before you know it, it will be December and the City/developer will be accused of holding public meetings during the holiday season on purpose so no one shows up

[Proof Sheet]

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

Before you know it, it will be December and the City/developer will be accused of holding public meetings during the holiday season on purpose so no one shows up

Don't forget the Thanksgiving/Remembrance Day/Family Day/Easter lead up and post holiday period that you can't have public meetings scheduled for and you also have to give all community groups and neighbours at least 2 months lead time from when reports are filed etc for them to review them and to provide their ancedotal (sp?) evidence.

[Dado]

Originally Posted by Proof Sheet

I find this delaying matters until post labour day to be frustrating...if you live in the neighbourhood etc and have concerns, put them in writing, send a neighbour or speak with the planner/councillor etc before you go on vacation...but to hold a project ransom due to some vision that everybody is away in July and August is archaic in my mind.....

It's not that everyone is away, but that some number might be. Putting stuff in writing and all the other suggestions just are not the same as showing up at a community meeting and talking with the developer's representatives in groups and being there in person to have stuff explained and just being involved.

It's also better for the developer because it goes a long way to removing the "facelessness" aspect. And of course some of the developer's own staff might be away too...

Live goes on and doesn't just stop due to nice weather.....

I'm sure that we in Westboro are fully aware of that. I mean I can't do anything without running into a construction project of some sort around here.

[waterloowarrior]

Anyone go to the open house or hear about what was presented?

[Suzie]

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

Anyone go to the open house or hear about what was presented?

The revised proposal is reflected in the big PDF file on the website:
http://www.westborocollection.com/pdf/wc-panels.pdf

Basically, the height of the tower has been reduced from 16-storeys to 12-storeys. At the same time, the tower has become chunkier. It's the only meanginful change, as far as I can tell.

I don’t know what the reaction was, since I was not able to attend the open house and there was no summary in the community paper. However, 12-storeys remains higher than the existing buildings on the south side of Scott Street. As well, the parking entrance to the tower remains on Tweedsmuir Avenue and the walkway to Clifton Road is still there. Thus, continued opposition can be expected. This past summer, I saw a few properties on Clifton Road go up for sale.

I expect this whole area to change significantly over the next five years. For example, close by at 1946 Scott Street (sorry, I don’t know how to use Google Street View to give people a good picture), the owner of the small lot was seeking some minor variances to build a six-storey building. I don’t know if these were approved.

[Skipper]

hi everybody

does anyone have any information on the reactions to the revised plans? Is this going to city soon for approval?

Living in the area, it will be nice to see some nice new development on this street. Westboro and Wellington are experiencing significant construction. Living in Westboro, I think we have to brace ourselves up for an important tax hike considering the value of resale in the last year....

16 percent increase in value in Westboro, 10 percent in Highland Park

[rakerman]

Originally Posted by Suzie

The revised proposal is reflected in the big PDF file on the website:
http://www.westborocollection.com/pdf/wc-panels.pdf

someone needs to teach those guys how to assemble a proper panorama

[rakerman]

having skimmed the plan, it certainly has an interesting mix of concepts and I like the mixed use as well

[waterloowarrior]

West Wellington CA April meeting minutes
http://blog.westwellington.ca/wp-con...10-Minutes.pdf

Pete reported on what he had heard from a neighbour of the proposed development on McRae Avenue near Loblaws. The neighbour had heard that the developer was becoming frustrated by the process and was thinking of selling. It was suggested that given the pro-active way the developer approached the community and the thoroughness of their plan the CA should write a letter to both the developer and to Christine Leadman’s office supporting the continuation of the process. Peter will draft a letter.

[Proof Sheet]

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

West Wellington CA April meeting minutes
http://blog.westwellington.ca/wp-con...10-Minutes.pdf

Pete reported on what he had heard from a neighbour of the proposed development on McRae Avenue near Loblaws. The neighbour had heard that the developer was becoming frustrated by the process and was thinking of selling. It was suggested that given the pro-active way the developer approached the community and the thoroughness of their plan the CA should write a letter to both the developer and to Christine Leadman’s office supporting the continuation of the process. Peter will draft a letter.

Thanks Waterloo Warrior for putting those meeting minutes up for all to see. The one thing I notice is that there are a number of vague comments in there based on heresay, conjecture and rumours which make a person question the validity or status of some of these community associations.

[Dado]

Originally Posted by Proof Sheet

Thanks Waterloo Warrior for putting those meeting minutes up for all to see.

Umm, the minutes are on the CA's own website, which is pretty much "up for all to see" already...

The one thing I notice is that there are a number of vague comments in there based on heresay, conjecture and rumours which make a person question the validity or status of some of these community associations.

I'm not sure what you're referring to here. The McRae Ave proposal? If so you should probably realize that McRae does not fall in the area covered by the West Wellington CA - which is why it was classed under "other business". They're actually proposing to "meddle" in another CA's (Westboro) bailiwick because they would prefer to see processes like the one the developers of McRae have initiated done more often.

[kevinbottawa]

Whatever happened to this project?

[Dado]

It's on hold:

http://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/...appId=__7NX8LE



An aside to the moderators: the title of this thread is wrong. It's McRae, not McCrae.

[kevinbottawa]

Here's a comment by Bob-TheBuilder from the 175 Richmond Road thread:

Just FYI, the Westboro Collection on MeRae is not dead and is now in the hands of the Architect of many Richmond Rd. projects including Can-tire and the Claridge project on Richmond at Kirkwood. The two are being developed in concert so they traverse down Kirkwood, along through Clifton and Wilber through to McRae. It is being designed as one cohesive development. I think it is going to be great and the industrial properties will be replaced by pedestrian friendly residence's and shops. Too bad for the people on Wilber and Clifton but they bought in a hot area beside two dated industrial properties. They don't have to like it and probably won't, but what exactly did they think was going to happen?

[bob-thebuilder]

Originally Posted by kevinbottawa

Here's a comment by Bob-TheBuilder from the 175 Richmond Road thread:

AGREED, and the NCC has to let the public use it.