2026 Scott St [Granite Curling Club] | ?/88/?m | 18/26/36f | Proposed

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Assuming this is RLA, based on the SoHo Italia-esque podiums.

No, it's Hobin doing his occasional charcoal & white/beige RLA/Neuf thing unfortunately. At least this one uses the dreaded materials in a better way in my opinion.

[originalmuffins]

Nice height! Looks fine for what it is, Ottawa's west side is going to be TALL. Much taller than even our downtown lol.

From Bayshore all the way to Lebreton, there's some really nice height. I'm excited to see them all go up - especially these 40 storey 110m+ bad boys!

[Harley613]

Ottawa is forming an inverted skyline. The Great Clump will soon be surrounded by much taller buildings on all sides, so ironically the best views of the skyline will actually be from the core of the city

[rocketphish]

Granite Curling Club could be replaced by highrises, commercial space on prime Westboro site

By: David Sali, OBJ
Published: Jun 17, 2022 10:42am EDT

A venerable Ottawa curling club could be replaced by a trio of highrises featuring more than 850 rental apartment units if the city approves a recently filed application from a local developer.

Morley Hoppner says it wants to build three towers of 20, 36 and 40 storeys on a property at the corner of Scott Street and Athlone Avenue in Westboro that’s now home to several buildings – most notably the Granite Curling Club, which has occupied the site since 1953.

The property is just steps away from the future Westboro LRT station, almost directly across Scott Street.

The real estate firm is proposing to demolish the club, as well as two single-storey commercial buildings on Scott Street and a single-detached home at 314 Athlone Ave. to make way for the development, which would be managed by Colonnade BridgePort.

The plan calls for a total of 868 units in a mix of 83 studio, 544 one-bedroom and 241 two-bedroom suites. The development would also include six levels of underground parking with a total of 575 spaces, 487 of which would be reserved for residents. In addition, the garage would accommodate 643 bicycle parking stalls and 564 storage lockers.

The proposal includes commercial spaces, a gym and terraces at ground level, as well as about 40,000 square feet of private amenity space.

Zoning amendments are required since the proposed buildings exceed the property’s current 20-metre height limit. The developer is also seeking reduced setbacks.

The Granite Curling Club’s members voted in March 2021 to vacate the aging facility and relocate the club in the face of mounting property taxes and failed redevelopment attempts. The club approved a plan to buy a new property on Queensview Drive east of Pinecrest Avenue.

https://www.obj.ca/article/real-esta...al-space-prime

[originalmuffins]

man... here's hoping this gets approved. if this one and those richmond+bayshore towers all get built... that'll be very good for our western portion of the city.

[J.OT13]

When I saw the video, I thought it was the evolution of Scott between the years 2006 and 2026. Took me a while to realize that was the address.

• Video Link

[rocketphish]

Updated proposal (August 2022)

The proposed redevelopment, consisting of two residential high-rise buildings and a pedestrian plaza and thoroughfare, intends to activate the encompassing streetscapes surrounding the site. The redevelopment of this site will require the demolition of the existing Granite Curling Club, commercial units, and their adjacent surface parking lots.

The proposed towers, each comprised of 40 storeys, encompass six storey podiums. The podium’s consistent datum lines along Scott Street varies as the podium steps down towards the south to maintain a sense of scale and materiality with the surrounding architecture.

The ground levels of the building’s podiums will house commercial spaces, amenity spaces, a gym, and bicycle storage.

The towers provide density to the neighbourhood, as they contain a total of 850 units, with 470 units in building 1 and 380 units in building 2.

Unit mix breakdown:

Building 1:

• studio 47 10%
• 1 bedroom 235 50%
• 1 bedroom + den 47 10%
• 2 bedroom 94 20%
• 2 bedroom + den 47 10%

Building 2:

• studio 38 10%
• 1 bedroom 190 50%
• 1 bedroom + den 38 10%
• 2 bedroom 76 20%
• 2 bedroom + den 38 10%

The project will provide a minimum of 0.6 residential parking spaces (+/- 510), as well as 0.1 visitor parking spaces (+/- 85), for a total of +/- 595 parking spaces. The parking garage will be access via two entrances, one located along Scott Street, and the other along Athlone Avenue.

Architect: Hobin Architecture


Development application:
https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applica...2-0037/details

Site:






Proposed Massing:

[Harley613]

Wait, they are going from giant CharcWhites to what could ACTUALLY be considered a landmark in Ottawa?!? Unacceptable! Unfathomable! Inconceivable!

[SL123]

Wow would love to see it! however i would prefer a 40-35 over two 40 story tower! I just prefer height variation

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by SL123

Wow would love to see it! however i would prefer a 40-35 over two 40 story tower! I just prefer height variation

I'm not clear on the placeholder tower next door. Is that a future stage of this project, or another proposal? Too tired to research it, but that could be just the height variation we are looking for.

[SL123]

Originally Posted by Harley613

I'm not clear on the placeholder tower next door. Is that a future stage of this project, or another proposal? Too tired to research it, but that could be just the height variation we are looking for.

its another proposal
https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=242785

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by SL123

its another proposal
https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=242785

Ahhh right, I had completely forgotten about that steaming hot pile of RLArbage.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by Harley613

Ahhh right, I had completely forgotten about that steaming hot pile of RLArbage.

Seriously? This is one of RLA's good projects.

Originally Posted by rocketphish

...as well as:

Updated renderings:

You may have been looking at the original proposal, which was under Surface and not Lofty.

Originally Posted by rocketphish

Renderings:

That said, this new proposal at 2026 looks promising. I'm even on board with the twin towers since it would be the only set on Scott and the tallest towers by far however, Hobin is know for recycling the same (admittedly decent looking) design over and over. He's even worse than RLA, who surprises us once in a while with projects such as the SoHos and 2050 Scott (the Lofty proposal, not the Surface one).

These could end up as twins, or should I say nonuplets, of 951 Gladstone, 1330 Bank and 267 O'Connor.

[OTSkyline]

The massing seems pretty nice and I'm all for more density, especially around arterials & LRT stations, although I'm hoping the design will be nice (and not grey/charcoal bricks with tiny windows. Nice to see Ottawa quietly breaking into the 40+ floor towers recently (Something that is not uncommon in places like Calgary or even Hamilton these days).

It's a shame Scott will have all this density but the street itself is pretty beurk Maybe these developments (and street-level retail spots will help improve), or else everyone will be expected to walk down to Richmond for actual amenities or services.

[J.OT13]

Scott should become a high-rise main street, secondary to Richmond a few blocks south. Between the Scott rebuild and these new developments, the street should look much better in 5 years.

From the 2050 devapp, posted by rocketphish. It's from 2020, so a bit outdated, but we see that nearly every block up to the little forset etween Lanark and Island Park should be at least partially redeveloped.



I know I'd a bit of a broken record, but really hoping to see a new park built over the Scott Street transit trench. We keep hearing how Kitchissippi Ward lacks park space, and that's pretty much the only spot where we can expand outdoor amenities. And the City already owns the land, so it would probably be cheaper than expropriating. And with thousands of new units across the street, and a new found status as a "main street" seems like a logical spot from an urban design perspective as well.

[originalmuffins]

I mean two 40 floor towers that close to the station with that proposed design is good. I like it, it's ambitious and I'm really hoping these do get approved and go up. This one and the 3 tower 1047 Richmond Road development are really what I am amped for recently.

[Harley613]

Yes I was looking at the old RLA design. The design for Lofty is much better. Phew.

[OTSkyline]

What's that huge lot with the "Graham Spry" building across the street? Looks like a big wide open space and a very old office building. Who owns it? Still in use?

Could be a perfect space to add a few high/medium and a park/community amenities.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by OTSkyline

What's that huge lot with the "Graham Spry" building across the street? Looks like a big wide open space and a very old office building. Who owns it? Still in use?

Could be a perfect space to add a few high/medium and a park/community amenities.

Feds own it. Occupied by Health Canada. Seems like a good candidate to cash-in as the Feds look to shed space, particularly Class C (which I assume this is).

[MoreTrains]

Aweful lot of blue in that proposal.

A linear park over the transit trench would be beneficial in more than one way. Firstly, would provide a large park space for residents. Secondly, would take the noise (if there ever really was any) to zero. Finally, it would keep snow off the tracks meaning one less point of failure in the winter.