235 King Edward Ave (Holiday Inn) | 27 m | 9 fl | U/C

[khabibulin]

Originally Posted by JHikka

flickr, me

It's going to be nice to see nine floors on this intersection. Going to finally start adding some height and density to King Edward.

Note the regular panhandlers at this intersection, usually darting in and out of traffic. Will be interesting to see how the city deals with this if they start targeting hotel patrons.

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by khabibulin

Note the regular panhandlers at this intersection, usually darting in and out of traffic. Will be interesting to see how the city deals with this if they start targeting hotel patrons.

As a Wakefielder working in Ottawa I navigate this life sized game of Frogger every day!

[rocketphish]

April 29, 2018
Photo by me

[Uhuniau]

Originally Posted by khabibulin

Note the regular panhandlers at this intersection, usually darting in and out of traffic. Will be interesting to see how the city deals with this if they start targeting hotel patrons.

Why would or should it matter any more to the city that they are panhandling "at" hotel patrons vs. anyone else?

[J.OT13]

Image of the city?

[JHikka]

June 17, 2018

flickr, by me

[rocketphish]

Looks to be almost topped-off:



Photo by me
July 26, 2018

[JHikka]

Drove King Edward southbound this evening and liked the valley affect this building adds to the street as a whole. If the empty lot to the south of it could be developed with the six floor proposal it would go a long way to improving that side of King Edward.

[Uhuniau]

Originally Posted by JHikka

Drove King Edward southbound this evening and liked the valley affect this building adds to the street as a whole. If the empty lot to the south of it could be developed with the six floor proposal it would go a long way to improving that side of King Edward.

"Valley effect" - in Westboro they'd consider it a child-killing "WIND TUNNEL"!

[JHikka]

August 24, 2018:

Via flickr, by me.

[NOWINYOW]

A friend of mine drove by this location today on King Edward. He said the crane was being taken down.

[DavefromSt.Vital]

Now accepting reservations for August 16 onwards:

https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpres...cw.ma.ul.ki.va

[Glenlivet Ave]

Any pictures of the near-finished product? How does it compare to the renderings?

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by Glenlivet Ave

Any pictures of the near-finished product? How does it compare to the renderings?

The third exterior cladding (spandrel?, EIFS?) has not gone on yet, but I find it looks better than the renders I recall seeing.

[AuxTown]

I'm really glad someone is building hotel rooms a bit outside the core for once. These will be good for the more discount traveller/family. I once stayed in a Holiday Inn like this in Baltimore, just outside of the core and in a bit of a rough spot....good price though and nothing else left on a game day! You def can't compare Lowertown to East Baltimore but you get the idea :-)

[OTSkyline]

Looks really good actually and helps "clean up" and revitalize that stretch of King Edwards (I don't have pictures though)

[Glenlivet Ave]

[harls]

^ I don't think Google photos have a bbcode option to share here.

[McKellarDweller]

Thanks for the photos, Glenlivet Ave. I haven't been by there in a couple of months.
I do like whatever cladding material they used on the first and second floor (textured stone/brick?) - the colour, bump-out, subtle ornamentation, and texture. They did a solid job on the windows, too. this should be a good reference for a well-executed project for mid-range hotels with a medium budget, in my opinion.

[Glenlivet Ave]

Hi guys, this is the latest on this one. I think it's looking really good for this part of town; wish they would have incorporated a bit more colour, but the material selection looks good upclose. I find the trend of building hotels next to homeless shelters a little odd in Ottawa.