137-141 George St | 70m | 22f | U/C

[7empest]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Claridge seems to have realized the errors of their ways and given us what could be a decent looking building that leaves room to breath all around.

I agree with a lot your comments and appreciate your contributions to the board as someone who mainly reads and rarely comments. On top of that, the internet can be a terribly negative place. Having said all that, are we so quick to forgive Claridge for their crimes against Rideau Street and elsewhere in this city? I mean some of their newer buildings are still mediocre and middling at best. I just think we should strive for better still.

My $0.02

[McKellarDweller]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

We've come a long way, for better (density) or worse (horrible architecture and urbanism). It was at the time just East Market, the St. George (built in 1987, a pioneer for the area) and the Quality Inn.

York Plaza (134 York St.) was put also put up by Claridge around the same time as EM1-EM2 were going up (2004).

[Mousel]

Originally Posted by 7empest

are we so quick to forgive Claridge for their crimes against Rideau Street and elsewhere in this city? I mean some of their newer buildings are still mediocre and middling at best. I just think we should strive for better still.

I strongly agree. I'm always shocked at the amount of praise a mediocre tower like Claridge East Flats gets here. It feels like the community has been so thoroughly beaten down that there is exactly zero expectation of quality design and execution. The only Claridge build that's actually worthy of some praise is 1040 Somerset.

Claridge has set the bar so low that they get a standing ovation for drunkenly stumbling over top of it.

[rocketphish]

Too much crane for a parking garage:





Photos by me
Sept 29, 2025

[ponyboycurtis]

I accosted a few guys on the site yesterday and one of them said it would be the residential tower going up first.

[SL123]

I had thought they were building the underground parking for both projects, with the focus on the Andaz extension first. But unless the underground garage is somehow above ground, it looks like we’re getting more than just the Andaz extension on York Street. Based on those above-ground pillars on George Street, it seems the residential tower on the George Street side of the lot is also moving forward as mentionned in the comment above.

[sclement12]

Well, I attempted to upload an updated photo of the progress and clearly can't figure how to. Nor can I figure out how to delete this reply. :S

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iGE...XSKsX-nmX/view

[AuxTown]

Originally Posted by sclement12

Well, I attempted to upload an updated photo of the progress and clearly can't figure how to. Nor can I figure out how to delete this reply. :S

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iGE...XSKsX-nmX/view

Welcome!

I usually use https://postimages.org/ lately to post images.

For example, here's your photo hosted on that site:



Great shot!

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by sclement12

Well, I attempted to upload an updated photo of the progress and clearly can't figure how to. Nor can I figure out how to delete this reply. :S

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iGE...XSKsX-nmX/view

Here's the Forum Help guide. First post is on uploading images: https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=246386

Basically have to go through an external image hosting site like Imgur or Postimages, get the forum share link, and then post.

I personally post on Skyrise Ottawa first, because it's easier, than repost here.

[J.OT13]

AuxTown beat me to it!

[sclement12]

Thanks all! I'll give the Skyrise a look.

[J.OT13]

• Video Link

[SL123]

^Nice video. you can really see the curve portion of the tower in this!

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by SL123

^Nice video. you can really see the curve portion of the tower in this!

Yeah. Going up pretty quickly too.

Glad to see the back has a void to leave more space between building. Slightly less terrible than Rideau.

[rocketphish]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

• Video Link

Someone's going to have to enlighten Ottawa SkyView that this isn't Hyatt House. They're probably just as confused about what is going up here as we all were for a while .

[J.OT13]

I added the height of 70 meters to the title based on the old Andaz thread title:

Andaz Hotel [325 Dalhousie St] | 56.3m/70m | 15fl/23fl | Phase 1 complete

As most of you may remember, this tower was proposed with the first Andaz in 2013 and stayed dormant until recently. I will remove this tower from the original Andaz thread title.

[OTSkyline]

The original render had a lot of glass and some random red accents on the balconies it seems, wonder if that's still the case or if this is also being dumbed down like what happened with Andaz.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by OTSkyline

The original render had a lot of glass and some random red accents on the balconies it seems, wonder if that's still the case or if this is also being dumbed down like what happened with Andaz.

I hope recent Claridge projects are an indication of what we can expect; decent materials and execution.

[Cecca]

Hey J.OT thanks for sharing.

As for the name I can update that it's been a while since i checked in on this project

[SL123]

You can really see that curved part now! Looks nice!!