Power Centre Development

[Cre47]

http://www.runge.net/TempDownload/Do.../os-090219.pdf

See Page 1 - The big Box development project by Trinity Development on Mitch Owens at River Road goes to the OMB.

[waterloowarrior]

staff report on the trinity manotick proposal (recommends rejection and opposition at OMB hearing)




They are going to try to get the application dismissed without a hearing by the OMB because they believe there is no planning merit.

[highdensitysprawl]

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

staff report on the trinity manotick proposal (recommends rejection and opposition at OMB hearing)




They are going to try to get the application dismissed without a hearing by the OMB because they believe there is no planning merit.

I agree with Planning Dep't staff on this one. This is big box ex-urbia sprawl at its worst.

What are Trinity thinking of with this application. Are these lands serviced or even serviceable?

[waterloowarrior]

Sobeys, Pharma Plus find a home on March Road
Kanata north's street will be widened by 2011
February 26, 2009
BY CHERYL BRINK
"We expect to have a bad year. But if it goes on for two or three years these will be delayed ‘cause the money won’t be there."
March Road could be widened all the way to Old Carp Road by the summer of 2011. After several years of pushing to have the street open up to accommodate the new developments, Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson is confident the project is well underway.

She presented the road design at her ward council meeting on Monday, Feb. 23. City staff will be looking for contract tenders this summer for the huge project, which will make the road four lanes in both directions between Old Carp and Morgan’s Grant Way.

There will be three traffic lights included in the widening – at Klondike Road, Old Carp and at a new shopping plaza planned for between the two roads, on the east side of March.

Bill Holzman of Holzman Consultants was at the ward council meeting to explain a few changes the mall’s builder, Trinity Developments, has made to the plans. The space will house a Sobey’s grocery store, a Pharma Plus drugstore and other retail or commercial services, like lawyers offices.

Wilkinson said the development fits with what the city had in mind for the area.

Holzman said after hearing concerns from the community about noise and light pollution, they now plan to erect a wall as a barrier between the grocery store’s loading docks and the houses behind.

Trinity also decided to move a few of the smaller buildings closer to the street to encourage pedestrian access, instead of putting a giant parking lot facing the road.

Michael Foley, a Trinity representative, said the historical March House will be part of the new site and after a few minor repairs it will be ready for new commercial or retail tenant.

He said the goal is to start construction this summer, but Sobey’s can’t open until the road is widened and the traffic light is in place.

Wilkinson said there are developers itching to build new subdivisions further north in Kanata if the urban boundary is extended. When some residents voiced concerns about high-rises going up in their backyards, the councillor assured them that most major developments are still years away.

Due to the nation-wide recession, she said the city anticipates an overall drop in new housing, which could also delay future infrastructure projects dependant on development charges.

“We expect to have a bad year,” she said. “But if it goes on for two or three years these will be delayed ‘cause the money won’t be there.”

cheryl.brink@metroland.com

[waterloowarrior]

Originally Posted by highdensitysprawl

I agree with Planning Dep't staff on this one. This is big box ex-urbia sprawl at its worst.

What are Trinity thinking of with this application. Are these lands serviced or even serviceable?

private services, prime ag.

[highdensitysprawl]

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

private services, prime ag.

In other words, the land was cheap and they are taking a calculated risk that they can overturn all good planning rationale and get a sympathetic OMB member.

I say good luck to the former Mayor's son on this one.

[waterloowarrior]

Committee says no to Trinity development
Big box store development not welcome in south: councillors, community
March 31, 2009
BY TOM COLLINS
Tom Collins

This Week

A city committee has said no to a new development at the corner of River Road and Mitch Owens Road, but the developer is planning to bring the matter to the Ontario Municipal Board.

The city’s agricultural and rural affairs committee turned down a proposal from Trinity development on Thursday, March 26.

The development would see an almost 7,000 square metre development built behind the Tim Hortons. According to Trinity’s web site, they plan to build several stores, including a home improvement store and a food store.

City planners said the submission from Trinity was incomplete. Trinity officials denied this, saying they even have a letter from city staff saying it is.

Bill Holzman, agent and planner for Trinity, said there were reports submitted that weren’t mentioned in staff’s recommendations.

“Two studies (a retail market study and an agricultural report), you have no comments from staff on,” said Holzman. “The two most valuable studies, there’s no mention of in the report.”

Holzman said city staff should review those studies and come back with a new report.

“They may have a different recommendation,” he said. “We’re not naïve enough to believe they will, but they might have a different recommendation.”

Because city staff believe the report is incomplete, they never provided a recommendation to the city. When the timeline expired for a decision, Trinity filed an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board, which is a court for development applications.

The meeting last week was to give a recommendation that city’s lawyers could argue in front of the OMB.

Julie Houle, a city planner, told the committee the drinking water system, stormwater management and sewage system studies were all incomplete when submitted, and the traffic study didn’t include the proposed Minto development.

Klaus Beltzner of the Manotick Community Association opposes the development.

“This will cause a collapse of Manotick’s business core,” he said.

Brian Tansley, president of the West Manotick Community Association, said Manotick will be better off without the development both short-term and long-term.

“Big box stores are yesterday’s solution to a problem we don’t currently have,” he said. “We do not oppose development, this is the wrong development for Manotick.”

Although the development is technically in Coun. Doug Thompson’s ward, it abuts upon Manotick and Coun. Glenn Brooks’ ward. With the River /Mitch Owens intersection and the nearby Manotick bridge already failing, Brooks said he can’t support the project.

“We simply can’t take any more traffic,” he said.

Coun. Steve Desroches, whose Gloucester-South Nepean’s ward is also nearby, repeatedly asked the developer to explain their market study. Trinity officials wouldn’t do so, saying it was city staff’s responsibility to tell councillors what was in the report.

“We will make professional arguments at the OMB,” said Michael Foley, associate vice-president of development with Trinity.

He added the land, which is zoned agricultural, won’t be staying that way, especially since it’s surrounded on three sides by non-agricultural land.

Thompson said he couldn’t support the application either.

“Businesses have some major concerns about the proposal,” he said. “It goes against the provincial land use policy. It goes against the Official Plan. The proposal from Trinity is not one the community supports, not one staff supports. I can not support the application.”

tom.collins@metroland.com

tom.collins@metroland.com

[waterloowarrior]

trainyards phase 2 application getting closer to approval
http://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/...appId=__7IZIUJ

was testing my camera phone in the parking lot yesterday.... might as well post it here (quality and camera work are shoddy).

• Video Link

it really feels quite daunting for a pedestrian. The Wal-Mart seen in the video is just the side, it goes on for a bit. I drove to Wal-mart from there rather than walk

[eternallyme]

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

trainyards phase 2 application getting closer to approval
http://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/...appId=__7IZIUJ

was testing my camera phone in the parking lot yesterday.... might as well post it here (quality and camera work are shoddy).

• Video Link

it really feels quite daunting for a pedestrian. The Wal-Mart seen in the video is just the side, it goes on for a bit. I drove to Wal-mart from there rather than walk

That was poorly planned, especially considering the location. That should have been zoned industrial or office/commercial.

[drawarc]

Not sure if already posted, but here's article from OBJ http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com...6337570862.php
re: Herongate mall redevelopment.


TransGlobe redeveloping Herongate Mall
By Peter Kovessy, Ottawa Business Journal Staff
Mon, Apr 20, 2009 12:00 AM EST

Click to Enlarge
Herongate Mall. (Etienne Ranger, OBJ)Decades-old retail centre, which sits one-quarter empty, to be largely torn down

The owner of the 28-year-old Herongate Mall is planning to tear down most of the current shopping centre and replace it with a series a retail stores around the perimeter, documents filed with the city show.

"It's just time," says Paul Dillon, marketing director for TransGlobe Property Management, which owns the shopping centre.

"The mall itself has been around for a bit and needs to be revitalized. We want to be able to provide the surrounding neighbourhood with a more visually appealing mall for their retail needs and also attract new retailers to align with the customers in the area."

Preparations for the redevelopment have been underway for more than a year, as evidenced by the dates on some of the background studies submitted as part of the development application.

Last month, city planners approved a site plan control application. The developer must now enter into a site plan control agreement with the city.

Mr. Dillon refused to give further details on the redevelopment, saying in an email that the company is "not in a position" to comment on the project.

The Herongate Mall was built in 1981 and is the 11th largest mall in Ottawa. It has 48 stores, a quarter of which were vacant as of January, according to data compiled by OBJ.

It is TransGlobe's only commercial property in Ottawa, according to the company's website. However, TransGlobe's residential portfolio includes townhouses in the vicinity of the mall on both Heron and Walkley roads, as well as clusters of highrises and townhouses on Baycrest Drive and Cedarwood Drive, among other properties.

The redeveloped shopping area would have a gross floor area of approximately 190,740 square feet of retail space, about 5,500 square feet less than what is currently on the 16.3-acre site, documents show.

The two end portions of the mall – the 50,660-square-foot Convergys call centre at the west end of the site and the 42,200-square-foot Food Basics to the east – will be retained and five new single-storey, free-standing buildings will be constructed, according to supporting documentation contained in the site plan application.

Three structures are proposed for the south end of the site along Walkley Road: a 31,200-square-foot building with 10 retail units facing the new parking lot in the centre of the property, an 11,850-square-foot Rexall pharmacy store and a 5,425-square-foot restaurant or retail store.

An 11,025-square-foot LCBO and a 5,050-square-foot Scotiabank are proposed for the north side of the site along Heron Road, the report says. There will be 1,024 parking spaces, slightly less than what is presently on the site.

Mr. Dillon says Transglobe generally offers its existing retailers the first opportunity to sign leases in redeveloped properties.

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HERONGATE HISTORY


Built: 1981

Stores: 48

Vacancy: 25%

Square feet: 196,225

Owner: TransGlobe Property Management


Source: OBJ research files, City of Ottawa


Companies involved in the redevelopment so far:


•A. Baldassarra Architect Inc.


•Delcan (Transportation overview)


•Lawrence Flemming & Associates Consulting Engineers (Geotechnical investigation report)


•PRL Environmental Services Ltd. (Phase 1 environmental site assessment)


•R.V. Anderson Associates Ltd. (Grading plan, site servicing study)


•Terraplan Landscape Architects


Source: City of Ottawa

[Richard Eade]

Great, another 'encircle the cars with the buildings and face the buildings inward' development - what are developers thinking?

[drawarc]

Great, another 'encircle the cars with the buildings and face the buildings inward' development - what are developers thinking?

Yeah, I thought the same.
Wish they would do something more progressive with the site.

[eternallyme]

Originally Posted by theKpa

Yeah, I thought the same.
Wish they would do something more progressive with the site.

Being such a small site in a dense area, the only real possibilities are mixed-use residential or strip commercial.

[waterloowarrior]

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

Strandherd/Kennevale OMB Decision

so much for that....

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Busines...588/story.html

City gets way in south Nepean project, but council asked to pay developer $180,000


BY PATRICK DARE, THE OTTAWA CITIZENMAY 26, 2009 6:01 PMCOMMENTS (1)


OTTAWA — A five-year-old fight between the City of Ottawa and a developer over land in south Nepean is coming to a close, with the city paying $130,000 in costs and waiving $50,000 in building fees.

In the former city of Nepean in the 1990s, officials developed a plan for the southern urban area of the municipality. In 2005, Ottawa city council refused a request by DCR Phoenix to rezone residential land at Kennevale Drive and Strandherd Drive in Barrhaven for commercial use. The city wanted to defend the original Nepean plan that had business development concentrated in certain areas.

The development company appealed the city’s decision to the Ontario Municipal Board and won, but with the board limiting the commercial building to 70,000 square feet.

In 2007, city council turned down the rezoning amendment for the project and the developers again brought the matter to the municipal board.

The board, paying significant attention to the city’s concerns, set strict conditions such as forbidding drive-throughs, imposing a size limit on a food store and a buffer between the residential and commercial area, and requiring an enclosed loading area.

That led the developers to agree to build houses on the site instead — as the city had first insisted upon — as well as a gas station. There will be 146 townhouses.

A city report that goes to city council Wednesday notes that DCR Phoenix was successful at the municipal board, so there is justification for paying the $130,000 in costs and waiving $50,000 in building fees.

Barrhaven Councillor Jan Harder said she’s not happy about taxpayers’ money being paid to settle the case. But she said the city needed to defend longstanding plans that designated the lands in question as residential.

The city, as part of the settlement, would agree to provide municipal approvals for the project as quickly as possible.

© Copyright (c) The Ottawa Citizen

[waterloowarrior]

Anyone been by the T&T site lately? (Hunt Club/Riverside) How's it looking?

First Capital now has a render on their site

[eternallyme]

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

Anyone been by the T&T site lately? (Hunt Club/Riverside) How's it looking?

First Capital now has a render on their site

Bad idea for the site IMO. It should be zoned industrial to take advantage of the airport land nearby.

[waterloowarrior]

Originally Posted by eternallyme

Bad idea for the site IMO. It should be zoned industrial to take advantage of the airport land nearby.

you can read the rezoning/opa report, including the history of the site here
http://www.ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa...V-APR-0163.htm

It's well under construction btw... they've talked about a summer 09 opening, but I haven't been near the site recently.

Here's the site/leasing plan (dated june 16, 2009) from http://www.brentcomrealty.com/flyers/Huntclubplace.pdf

[Dado]

Woohoo! A Starbucks with a drive thru! And a Harvey's with one too. That'll be great.

But the best part has to be the restaurant in the southwest corner with a patio where one can enjoy a meal next to one of the busiest intersections in the city and underneath the flight path of the Airport where one can indulge one's plane-spotting proclivities.

I hope the dentist and medical centre beneath the flight path work out too.


Ya... this should have been zoned as some kind of industrial.

[waterloowarrior]

that`s a Moxie`s in the corner... Modern Ottawa had a post that looked attheir Blair location

[Sens1992]

Funny that the Baton Rouge Restaurant that was on the original site plan is now gone and replaced by a 7,200 SF restaurant or bank. I wonder if Baton Rouge is not opening in the building under construction on Daze street accross from Montana's.. By the way, anyone knows what will replace the Second Cup / Real Canadian Bagel in the South Keys Shopping Centre? It looks like something is being built over there...