Cohere Centre (former EY Centre) | Completed - Page 3

kevinbottawa · #41 Posted **Oct 27, 2010, 6:04 PM**

Hello people. This is my first time replying to a thread. I usually observe conversations from a distance.

Looks like Shenkman has some new renderings of the exhibition centre on the website. Looks like a big improvement from the previous renderings. Check out the link below.

http://cecottawa.ca/pdf/October012010.pdf

Richard Eade · #42 Posted **Oct 27, 2010, 8:53 PM**

I think the City Council has approved the site plan for this development. Is the approved plan the one on the Web Site, which still includes the hotel? I believe that the City's Board of Adjustments has removed the requirement for that hotel.

So, will there be a hotel, or not?

McC · #43 Posted **Oct 27, 2010, 9:22 PM**

is this site anywhere near where the/an airport LRT link might go?

Kitchissippi · #44 Posted **Oct 27, 2010, 9:54 PM**

I really don't see the fit between this facility and the airport. There is also something so wrong about chopping down a wooded area for a massive parking lot. If they are going to use Greenbelt land for this purpose, I would rather see it on the southwest corner of West Hunt Club and Woodroffe, across from the Nepean Sportsplex — they could even put a Transitway station there.

waterloowarrior · #45 Posted **Oct 27, 2010, 11:26 PM**

Thanks for the link Kevin! definitely looks better than the previous version

Quote:

Originally Posted by McC

is this site anywhere near where the/an airport LRT link might go?

it's pretty close to one of the stops on the North South LRT airport spur (there

waterloowarrior · #46 Posted **Oct 27, 2010, 11:37 PM**

appealed to the OMB btw... not sure if it was the site plan (can only be appealed by developer) or minor variance, assuming it was the latter since it's partially a city-funded project...

reidjr · #47 Posted **Oct 28, 2010, 1:57 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitchissippi

I really don't see the fit between this facility and the airport. There is also something so wrong about chopping down a wooded area for a massive parking lot. If they are going to use Greenbelt land for this purpose, I would rather see it on the southwest corner of West Hunt Club and Woodroffe, across from the Nepean Sportsplex — they could even put a Transitway station there.

The probleam with that is the sportsplex has alot of trade show space.If you put a huge trade centre acrosse the street your going to do alot of harm to the sportsplex trade show space.Some have even brought up is a trade centre really needed.

lrt's friend · #48 Posted **Oct 28, 2010, 3:25 PM**

My biggest concern is the traffic that will be created and the lack of road infrastructure serving this location. LRT is going to be a long way off. We need to maintain easy access to the airport. The worst thing we can do is to routinely create traffic jams going to the airport. This is already a problem during peak hours.

Regarding building on Greenbelt, let's remember that this is not really Greenbelt but airport property.

kevinbottawa · #49 Posted **Oct 28, 2010, 3:56 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitchissippi

I really don't see the fit between this facility and the airport. There is also something so wrong about chopping down a wooded area for a massive parking lot. If they are going to use Greenbelt land for this purpose, I would rather see it on the southwest corner of West Hunt Club and Woodroffe, across from the Nepean Sportsplex — they could even put a Transitway station there.

I don't know about other airports in Canada, but I'm originally from Toronto and they have these kinds of facilities around Pearson International. They have the Toronto Congress Centre (http://www.torontocongresscentre.com) and the International Centre (http://www.internationalcentre.com). Maybe Ottawa's following a trend.

phil235 · #50 Posted **Oct 29, 2010, 8:06 PM**

I don't think that there is any serious question about the need for this facility or whether it will work at the airport. I'm not keen on the massive parking lot out front and questionable access for other modes of transportation. It looks like this may be a case of doing things on the cheap, rather than properly.

kevinbottawa · #51 Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 12:07 AM**

Here are some pics I took on my phone of the site prep at the Capital Exhibition Centre. They've also taken down the billboards at Uplands and Airport Pkwy.

kevinbottawa · #52 Posted **Nov 3, 2010, 12:08 AM**

Here are some links to some pics I took of site prep at the Capital Exhibition Centre. They've also taken down the billboards at Uplands and Airport Pkwy.

PS: Can't seem to get the pics to show up in my post. Any idea how to do that?

http://picasaweb.google.ca/lh/photo/WZnuMG_Tf3GaNAwqmb4FNCA0s-33xJQSHgm-RKQdpPs?feat=directlink

http://picasaweb.google.ca/lh/photo/V8l20UZSFHIviMIeBdE_7CA0s-33xJQSHgm-RKQdpPs?feat=directlink

http://picasaweb.google.ca/lh/photo/OL5FtAtR5K47tKEn8irLqSA0s-33xJQSHgm-RKQdpPs?feat=directlink

http://picasaweb.google.ca/lh/photo/Jf8oDjYFfdDqSmgRoxa1XyA0s-33xJQSHgm-RKQdpPs?feat=directlink

kevinbottawa · #53 Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 4:59 PM**

Here's a link to the new interior renderings for the Capital Exhibition Centre:

http://capitalexcentre.com/pdf/November9-Interior.pdf

reidjr · #54 Posted **Nov 17, 2010, 6:28 PM**

Does anyone know when construction will start?

kevinbottawa · #55 Posted **May 26, 2011, 6:47 PM**

The exhibition centre has an updated website and renderings (http://www.cecottawa.com. I'm not sold on the official name (the CE Centre) but in the rendering the branding looks nice on the building. It'll look great near the airport. I drove by there a month ago and it looked like they were almost done clearing the land. Not sure where they're at right now.