General Update/Rumour thread [Urban Ottawa]

[mykl]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Any ideas?

The neighbouring building doesn't support my theory, but the windows make me feel like its the empty lot on Bank St near Laurier, based on the window frames of the previous building.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bank+S...b00f9d601!8m2!3d45.4185489!4d-75.6990604

[SL123]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Any ideas?

Linebox works in Montreal and Toronto too! Could very well not be in Ottawa no?

[JHikka]

For some reason the building behind the tree reminds me of the Henrys builiding on Bank but that isn't it. The arches remind me of the building near Bank and Somerset but it would have to be reversed to match whats next to it so that's not it either.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by SL123

Linebox works in Montreal and Toronto too! Could very well not be in Ottawa no?

It's Ottawa. I know it's Ottawa. I recognize those buildings, I just don't know from where!!!

[.-:t-mac:-.]

Isn't that Rideau Street, just across from the Rideau Centre? Where the Urban Outfitters currently sits (in the two-level space covered by the archways), with the condos above? The bank, an RBC I believe, is directly to the right.
Of course I could be totally out to lunch.

[mykl]

Originally Posted by .-:t-mac:-.

Isn't that Rideau Street, just across from the Rideau Centre? Where the Urban Outfitters currently sits (in the two-level space covered by the archways), with the condos above? The bank, an RBC I believe, is directly to the right.
Of course I could be totally out to lunch.

No. They generally don't put out renderings for recently built buildings. And that one has more arches, as well as one slim arch.

[drizzo_613]

The tower in the background looks like 545 Rideau.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by drizzo_613

The tower in the background looks like 545 Rideau.

I had the same thought. Anyone know if Linebox designed 545 Rideau?

[rocketphish]

Add these sites to the Development Watch List:

[July 2022] 3, 5 & 7-9 Irving Avenue was purchased by Wellington Irving Commercial Inc. (Domicile Developments Inc.) from Named Individuals for $2,675,000 or $45,833 per unit. It is improved with a single-storey, restaurant that serves as the Tooth and Nail Brew Pub, and separate three-storey and two-storey apartment buildings. Marc Morin & Nick Hannah of Koble Commercial represented the seller.

http://juteaujohnsoncomba.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/September-2022-Newsletter-July-Sales.pdf


[August 2022] 178 Nepean Street and 231 Bank Street were purchased by 211-231 Bank Street Holdings Inc. (Smart Living Properties) from Named Individuals for $8,075,000. It is improved with a variety of mixed-use buildings that range in height from one to three stories.

http://juteaujohnsoncomba.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/October-2022-Newsletter-August-Sales.pdf


And this last one might be a candidate for the Linebox development, above. Those arches look like homages to 219 Bank St.

Streetview

[J.OT13]

Gatineau (Hull) proposal posted by Julien on RailFans Discord.



What it replaces:

[Norman Bates]

Chez Rejean was my favourite pataterie. But it was never the same after he passed away about a decade ago.

[harls]

Originally Posted by Norman Bates

Chez Rejean was my favourite pataterie. But it was never the same after he passed away about a decade ago.

I remember going there when I first moved here in 2006. It was great.

[Skyway]

TD Bank now closed 400 Rideau Street. 2 parking lots beside this building.
Any rumours about the future of this site yet??

[shelltime]

It was sold to a Toronto Company in 2020, lease must have ended.

[rocketphish]

FairSquare no longer accepting new business

Jordana Springgay | Real Estate Magazine
Feb 17, 2023

FairSquare Group Realty, formerly known as Purplebricks, announced on Thursday that it will no longer be accepting new business.

The company, which has its roots as a for-sale-by-owner company, has evolved into a full-service brokerage that charges a fixed fee to clients. It has undergone several evolutions and rebrands over the years.

In 2009, DuProprio in Quebec acquired other for-sale-by-owner businesses throughout Canada, and these companies were later renamed ComFree outside of Quebec.

Then in June 2018, UK-based Purplebricks acquired both DuProprio and ComFree and officially launched operations in Canada in January 2019. ComFree was eventually rebranded as Purplebricks.

However, in July 2020, Desjardins Group acquired Purplebricks’ Canadian holding company, including its two brands—Purplebricks Canada and DuProprio—and later rebranded it as FairSquare in January 2022.

In an interview in January 2022, Pascal Laflamme, president of FairSquare, told Real Estate Magazine attributed the company’s changing business model to customers’ needs.

“Now it’s a full-service brokerage with the difference that we are working as a team instead of as individual, self-employed realtors,” Laflamme told REM.

“We’re charging a fixed fee on our side. So our part of the selling commission is fixed no matter what the home value is, and of course, our sellers are offering buyer/agent commission that varies from market to market.

At the time of the interview, Laflamme said FairSquare was operating in Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, the Greater Toronto Area, Ottawa, Windsor and the Niagara Peninsula, with plans to expand to Sudbury, Ont. The company’s headquarters is in Stoney Creek, Ont.

FairSquare still has dozens of active listings in Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta on Realtor.ca, with one of the most recent posted six days ago.

It’s unclear how business operations will be impacted moving forward. Despite repeated attempts to contact the company for comment, FairSquare did not respond in time for REM’s publication deadline.

https://realestatemagazine.ca/fairsquare-no-longer-accepting-new-business/

[AuxTown]

I know I've said this before, but I'm just back from a few days in Montreal and it makes me very depressed!

They have so many cool developments in all central neighbourhoods and it seems they make so much more of an effort to include thoughtful design and interesting building features. Why do we suck so bad?

There are dozens of projects in and around Old Montreal that do such a great job of using brick/stone/steel to integrate well into the urban fabric. Why do we get so much shit in and around the market??

Not to mention all of the very tall landmark towers going up in the CBD....

Oh well, I recognize that we are 1/4 the size of metro MTL but how does 1/4 the size equal 0% the number of quality urban construction projects??
The best thing that every happened to that city is not being part of the late 90's/early 2000's construction boom that ruined Toronto's skyline with teal/seafoam glass condos everywhere. Anyway, I'm just glad we have such a cool/vibrant city only 2 hours down the road.

So the question is: How can we create a culture of quality/thoughtful design in our developers? Is this the city's job or the public?

[J.OT13]

Montreal developers build better quality, yet it's cheaper to live there. Ottawa developers must make a killing.

[Harley613]

Bill Malholtra is worth 1.7 billion. Building shoddy architectural disasters in Ottawa is very lucrative indeed.

[Mille Sabords]

Originally Posted by Skyway

TD Bank now closed 400 Rideau Street. 2 parking lots beside this building.
Any rumours about the future of this site yet??

This was the one that continuously had the Garda truck parked on the sidewalk, good riddance to that.

[Harley613]

That TD site is outside of the protected view planes. I can't wait to see a new 28 story CharcWhite there because that is what is going to happen.