Hyatt House [110 York St] | 60m | 17f | Approved

[rocketphish]

NOTE: I've teased apart the posts belonging to Claridge's 22-storey residential mixed-use project currently under construction at 137-141 George Street, from the thread for this inactive Hyatt House project at 110 York Street. You can now find 137-141 George Street over here.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by rocketphish

NOTE: I've teased apart the posts belonging to Claridge's 22-storey residential mixed-use project currently under construction at 137-141 George Street, from the thread for this inactive Hyatt House project at 110 York Street. You can now find 137-141 George Street over here.

Thank you!

[rocketphish]

Claridge proposes 17-storey tower next to Andaz hotel in ByWard Market

Mia Jensen, OBJ
February 3, 2026



A revamped proposal to expand the Andaz hotel in the ByWard Market by adding a second tower is awaiting approval from the city.

The expansion project was originally proposed by Claridge Homes in 2018, two years after the 16-storey Andaz Ottawa ByWard Market opened on the site of the former Union of Canada building.

In 2018, Claridge proposed expanding the hotel by building a 19-storey structure with 136 suites and a 3,600-square-foot ballroom at 110 York St. In 2023, the city gave the green light to a revised proposal to build a 16-storey addition. Since then, Claridge purchased the adjacent property at 116 York St. and has submitted another revision to boost the height to 17 storeys with 154 rooms at 110 and 116 York St., next to the existing Andaz Ottawa building on Cumberland Street.

According to planning documents, the hotel’s expansion “will support cultural assets in the ByWard Market and Downtown Ottawa by increasing services for tourists and visitors to the city, creating jobs and contributing to economic growth.” The recently purchased lot at 116 York St. — previously occupied by a since-demolished two-storey heritage building — is vacant, while the other site at 110 York St. is a surface parking lot. The lot is next to another new hotel, the 22-storey Moxy Ottawa Downtown, which is set to open early this year. To the west of the site are commercial buildings, including the Chuck’s Roadhouse, which opened last summer, Osmow’s Shawarma and Bytown Shoe Repair.

Included in the plan is a four-level underground parking garage underneath the new tower. The new garage will be shared by both Andaz towers, as well as by an abutting residential property also owned by Claridge Homes to the south. Construction is currently underway on that site, where a new 22-storey residential tower at 137 and 141 George St. is being built.

The first three storeys of the new hotel highrise would include amenities such as a breakfast area, fitness space, and pool and sauna, according to the design rationale document prepared by Fotenn Planning + Design.

In a bid to boost the hotel’s capacity to hold events, the new structure will include a ballroom. Overall, the application summary said the first three storeys will contain about 1,570 square metres (16,900 square feet) of assembly space.

When the expansion application was initially submitted in 2018, Claridge CFO Neil Malhotra told OBJ that the hotel’s first year or so in operation suggested that it needed more space to host gatherings of 200-plus people, as well as more rooms to accommodate guests attending events. “Demand has been good,” he said at the time. “I think the property of the Andaz itself has sort of established itself as its own destination. But we felt there was a real strong demand to have larger events also take place at the hotel, which required more rooms but also more and different types of conference spaces than what we were offering.” The site plan filed with the city in 2018 said the proposed building at the corner of York and Dalhousie streets would be connected to the existing 200-room hotel by a ground-level podium.

The proposed addition is designed by Montreal’s Neuf Architects, the same firm behind the original Andaz building. The planning application says the new structure “will blend seamlessly with the existing tower so that it appears as one building.”

https://obj.ca/claridge-17-storey-to...byward-market/

[ponyboycurtis]

Good article but it feels like it was published a year late.

I don't mind the existing tower as much as I did when it first when up. It's not offensive. It's just kind of bleh. It weirdly pays homage to the building it replaced in a way.

I wish the ground floor against the sidewalk had some type of colonnade. I don't have an idea of how you make that work in the footprint but its offensive on the sidewalk level in it's current state. The plinth that goes around the front of the building was falling apart on day one.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by ponyboycurtis

Good article but it feels like it was published a year late.

I don't mind the existing tower as much as I did when it first when up. It's not offensive. It's just kind of bleh. It weirdly pays homage to the building it replaced in a way.

I wish the ground floor against the sidewalk had some type of colonnade. I don't have an idea of how you make that work in the footprint but its offensive on the sidewalk level in it's current state. The plinth that goes around the front of the building was falling apart on day one.

I wish they would have gone ahead with the plan to use the old structure and add to it. The current ground floor is really quite bad, I agree, with very narrow sidewalks. The old Union Canada building had a (admittedly narrow) colonnade and much of it was 2 floors high, creating more openness. What we got is far worse than what was there before, both from a design and street level perspective.

Streetview of its predecessor.

I'm happy with the new proposal of a free standing structure. The previously planned expansion would have looked tacked on and out of place, creating the start of another great wall of Rideau. I do wish the skywalk was only one floor.

[ponyboycurtis]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

I wish they would have gone ahead with the plan to use the old structure and add to it. The current ground floor is really quite bad, I agree, with very narrow sidewalks. The old Union Canada building had a (admittedly narrow) colonnade and much of it was 2 floors high, creating more openness. What we got is far worse than what was there before, both from a design and street level perspective.

Streetview of its predecessor.

I'm happy with the new proposal of a free standing structure. The previously planned expansion would have looked tacked on and out of place, creating the start of another great wall of Rideau. I do wish the skywalk was only one floor.

I kind of forgot about the colonnade on the old building. I remember the windows more than anything else. City could have pushed them on that but didn't seemingly. Happy to quibble over tiny details and shadows for years though.

[J.OT13]

Andaz Hotel looks to build 17-storey addition next to ByWard Market hotel

Josh Pringle, STV Ottawa

February 05, 2026 at 8:46AM EST



The proposed expansion of the Andaz Hotel in Ottawa’s ByWard Market will now be 17 storeys, instead of the original 16-storey plan.

A report for the Built Heritage Committee meeting on Feb. 10 outlines a plan by Claridge Homes to build a 17-storey addition to the Andaz Hotel on York Street, next to the current hotel at Dalhousie Street and York Street. Claridge Homes is seeking approval for changes to the original plan under the Ontario Heritage Act.

“The proposal results in the removal of a vacant lot in the ByWard Market Heritage Conservation District and building design that will make a positive contribution to the York Streetscape,” staff said.


“This addition will facilitate the construction of new hotel accommodations, which, in turn, will help support the economic development and tourism goals in the ByWard Market.”

According to Claridge Homes, the proposed hotel expansion would consist of a three-storey podium base, followed by a 14-storey hotel tower setback nine metres from the York Street property line. The three-storey base would include the hotel entrance and lobby, a restaurant, ballroom and assembly rooms.

The report says there would be four levels of underground parking shared with a new 22-storey residential building on George Street.


Council previously approved a 16-storey addition to the hotel in 2023, but staff say the applicant’s acquisition of an adjacent vacant lot allows for an additional storey to be added to the new hotel.

The addition would replace a surface parking lot at 116 York Street and a former two-storey red-brick building constructed circa 1950 by the Union Saint-Joseph du Canada organization.

“The footprint of the new addition will cover the entirety of the resulting combined lots and will abut the adjacent hotel via a three-storey section clad in grey-coloured spandrel glass and translucent glazing; this section will be slightly set in from the existing hotel and the redbrick volume and will serve as the entrance to the lobby of the new section of the hotel,” staff said.

The Built Heritage Committee is being asked to approve the application to expand the hotel by altering the property at 110-116 York Street. Staff recommend approving the application, but impose the following conditions:

• Revising the colour of the brick for the tower to be more compatible with the ByWard Market Heritage Conservation District
• Providing samples of exterior cladding materials, including the proposed decorative ventilation screen at the northwest entrance for heritage staff’s approval, prior to the issuance of a building permit
• Ensuring that the proposed fixtures will be oriented to minimize light pollution as far as possible
• The applicant is seeking approval under the Ontario Heritage Act to build the new addition to the hotel.

The Lowertown Community Association is raising some concerns about the plan, saying the “design of the podium façade is uninspired, generally flat and lacking the architectural detail found elsewhere” in the ByWard Market area.

“The design is not conducive to the kind of active, pedestrian-oriented environment which characterize the ByWard Market HCD elsewhere,” the community association.

It also said it was “not thrilled” with the dark brick applied to the façade,

The Andaz Hotel Ottawa, operated by Hyatt, opened in 2016 and is currently 17 storeys.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/articl...-market-hotel/

[rocketphish]

City’s heritage committee OK’s expansion of Andaz Hotel in ByWard Market

Mia Jensen, OBJ
February 10, 2026

The city heritage committee has approved an application to expand the Andaz Hotel in the ByWard Market by adding a second tower.

After acquiring additional land last year, Claridge Homes is seeking approval for a revised proposal to build a 17-storey tower with a three-storey podium and 154 rooms, next to the existing Andaz Hotel.

Both the existing hotel and the expansion site are located within the ByWard Market Heritage Conservation District, the boundaries of which were established in 1991, according to Lesley Collins, program manager of heritage planning for the city.

“This section of York Street in particular was included to capture both sides of the street as the gateway to the market,” she said in response to a question about why the heritage committee was reviewing the proposal. “Inevitably, when you draw a boundary, you end up capturing some properties that do not contribute to the overall character of the area.”

Due to the hotel’s location, Collins said the development and its design needed to fit within the parameters of the city’s Heritage Conservation District (HCD) Plan.

After reviewing the application, and working with the applicant to make updates, Collins said staff believe the development meets those requirements.

“The proposal is generally consistent with the HCD plan and while not specifically related to the HCD plan, it will facilitate the construction of new hotel accommodations in the market, which will in turn support the economic development and tourism goals for the ByWard Market,” she said in her presentation.

The approval comes with some conditions, which include selecting a new exterior brick that is more compatible with the surrounding area. She said the applicant will also need to work with city staff to finalize the details of an art installation proposed for the blank side of the tower, which faces a new residential tower currently under construction by Claridge.

The proposal is on the agenda for the city’s planning and housing committee meeting next week. It will need approval from the committee and city council before it can move forward.

The expansion project was originally proposed by Claridge Homes in 2018, two years after the 16-storey Andaz Ottawa ByWard Market opened on the site of the former Union of Canada building.

In 2018, Claridge proposed expanding the hotel by building a 19-storey structure with 136 suites and a 3,600-square-foot ballroom at 110 York St. In 2023, the city gave the green light to a revised proposal to build a 16-storey addition.

But last year, Claridge acquired the adjacent property at 116 York St. and submitted another revision to boost the height of the tower to 17 storeys and build 154 rooms.

According to planning documents, the hotel’s expansion “will support cultural assets in the ByWard Market and Downtown Ottawa by increasing services for tourists and visitors to the city, creating jobs and contributing to economic growth.”

The recently purchased lot at 116 York St. — previously occupied by a since-demolished two-storey heritage building — is vacant, while the other site at 110 York St. is a surface parking lot.

The lot is next to another new hotel, the 22-storey Moxy Ottawa Downtown, which is set to open early this year. To the west of the site are commercial buildings, including the Chuck’s Roadhouse, which opened last summer, Osmow’s Shawarma and Bytown Shoe Repair.

Included in the plan is a four-level underground parking garage underneath the new tower. The new garage will be shared by both Andaz towers, as well as by an abutting residential property also owned by Claridge Homes to the south. Construction is currently underway on that site, where a new 22-storey residential tower at 137 and 141 George St. is being built.

The first three storeys of the new hotel highrise would include amenities such as a breakfast area, fitness space, and pool and sauna, according to the design rationale document prepared by Fotenn Planning + Design.

https://obj.ca/city-heritage-committ...n-andaz-hotel/

[J.OT13]

I'd say that's a good thing for Claridge considering they already started building it.

[rocketphish]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

I'd say that's a good thing for Claridge considering they already started building it.

Just the parking garage, which technically isn't part of this project, but this separate one. I imagine that they divided it up this way so that the drawn-out approval process for Hyatt House would not hold up construction of the 137 George St. building.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by rocketphish

Just the parking garage, which technically isn't part of this project, but this separate one. I imagine that they divided it up this way so that the drawn-out approval process for Hyatt House would not hold up construction of the 137 George St. building.

I'm not sure if they even had approval for even the parking garage tbh. In any case, they built the foundations and supports within the parking garage for this specific building. Had this hotel been rejected (which we all knew that it wouldn't), Claridge would have had to design something new with just about the exact same footprint.

I'm fully supportive of this development fwiw. It just seems unfair that Claridge seems to have more latitude to overstep the rules and procedures than any other developers. We've even seen clear preferential treatment from City, like the time Claridge proposed the 40 storey Icon and the City told them they could build 45 (while rejecting Mastercraft-Starwood's 35 diagonally across the street not long before).

[rocketphish]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

I'm not sure if they even had approval for even the parking garage tbh. In any case, they built the foundations and supports within the parking garage for this specific building. Had this hotel been rejected (which we all knew that it wouldn't), Claridge would have had to design something new with just about the exact same footprint.

I'm fully supportive of this development fwiw. It just seems unfair that Claridge seems to have more latitude to overstep the rules and procedures than any other developers. We've even seen clear preferential treatment from City, like the time Claridge proposed the 40 storey Icon and the City told them they could build 45 (while rejecting Mastercraft-Starwood's 35 diagonally across the street not long before).

Hyatt House is still not approved, though it doesn't appear that it won't be. The combined parking garage project was approved on Nov. 19, 2025.

I believe that a developer is allowed to excavate and perform site servicing prior to receiving site plan approval, which certainly seems to have been the case here, as they were digging in July 2024. It's also likely that the portion of the garage under 137 George received prior approval in 2013. So it may be just that portion under Hyatt House that is actually affected by the Nov 2025 approval. At any rate, it's all well underway.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by rocketphish

Hyatt House is still not approved, though it doesn't appear that it won't be. The combined parking garage project was approved on Nov. 19, 2025.

I believe that a developer is allowed to excavate and perform site servicing prior to receiving site plan approval, which certainly seems to have been the case here, as they were digging in July 2024. It's also likely that the portion of the garage under 137 George received prior approval in 2013. So it may be just that portion under Hyatt House that is actually affected by the Nov 2025 approval. At any rate, it's all well underway.

So the parking garage (portion under the Hyatt) was approved after it was already completed.

[rocketphish]

Planning committee to consider 17-storey 'addition' to ByWard Market's Andaz hotel
Claridge Homes CEO says if approved, project could be completed within 2 years

Cameron Mahler · CBC News
Posted: Feb 18, 2026 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

City staff are recommending Ottawa's planning and housing committee approve a proposal by Claridge Homes to build a 17-storey "addition" beside the Andaz hotel in the ByWard Market.

The committee will consider rezoning the vacant lot at 116 York St. on Wednesday.

“It makes sense to develop upwards,” said Rideau-Vanier Coun. Stéphanie Plante, whose ward includes the property in question.

Plante noted the ward is already densely built, as well as a lack of existing hotel space in the area.

"I was trying to book something for my family this weekend for Winterlude, and everything downtown was all booked up," she said on Tuesday.

Plante said adding more hotel rooms and conference space to the city's downtown will give visitors an alternative to short-term rentals.

"Frankly, I'm really happy it's not just another Airbnb," she said.

The hotel expansion would add 154 rooms on 14 floors, plus another three levels of event space.

Claridge Homes, which owns the Andaz Ottawa ByWard Market and the adjacent property, first brought its application to the city's built heritage committee on Feb. 10 because of the hotel's location within the market's heritage conservation district.

The committee approved the heritage permits, but before construction can begin Claridge must seek approval for the building's materials and colour scheme, as well as a planned art installation.

Claridge Homes CEO Neil Malhotra called the heritage review process "straightforward," and said the company doesn’t expect to hit any barriers moving forward.

"We’re just hoping we get the final approvals and continue expanding the project down there," he said.

Malhotra said the hotel addition has been in Claridge's plans for a long time, and has evolved as the company bought the adjacent lot. If approved, he said construction could wrap up relatively quickly.

"It should be open in two years," Malhotra said.

Once approved by the planning committee, the proposal will still require the OK of full city council.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...otel-9.7094171

[J.OT13]

Atm, the location has the site offices for the residential tower along with equipment and material. I don't think we'll see this one go up until the residential towers is well advanced.

[rocketphish]

City council OKs construction of second tower for Andaz Hotel in the ByWard Market

Mia Jensen, OBJ
February 25, 2026

A proposal to expand the Andaz Hotel in the ByWard Market by adding a second tower will move ahead after receiving the green light from city council on Wednesday.

After acquiring additional land last year, developer Claridge Homes has been seeking approval to build a 17-storey tower with a three-storey podium and 154 rooms next to the existing Andaz Hotel.

Earlier this month, both the heritage committee and the planning and housing committee approved the project, but with some conditions, including selecting a new exterior brick that is more compatible with the surrounding area. The developer will also need to work with city staff on an art installation proposed for the side of the building that faces a residential tower currently under construction by Claridge.

The hotel expansion project was originally proposed by Claridge in 2018, two years after the 16-storey Andaz Ottawa ByWard Market opened on the site of the former Union of Canada building. At that time, Claridge proposed expanding the hotel by building a 19-storey structure with 136 suites and a 3,600-square-foot ballroom at 110 York St. In 2023, the city gave the green light to a revised proposal to build a 16-storey addition.

Last year, after acquiring the adjacent property at 116 York St., Claridge submitted another revision to boost the height of the tower to 17 storeys and build 154 rooms.

According to planning documents, the hotel’s expansion “will support cultural assets in the ByWard Market and Downtown Ottawa by increasing services for tourists and visitors to the city, creating jobs and contributing to economic growth.”

The recently purchased lot at 116 York St. — previously occupied by a since-demolished two-storey heritage building — is vacant, while the other site at 110 York St. is a surface parking lot.

The lot is next to another new hotel, the 22-storey Moxy Ottawa Downtown, which is set to open early this year. To the west of the site are commercial buildings, including Chuck’s Roadhouse, which opened last summer, Osmow’s Shawarma and Bytown Shoe Repair.

Included in the plan is a four-level underground parking garage underneath the new tower. The new garage will be shared by both Andaz towers, as well as by an abutting residential property also owned by Claridge to the south. Construction is currently underway on that site, where a new 22-storey residential tower at 137 and 141 George St. is being built.

The first three storeys of the new hotel highrise would include amenities such as a breakfast area, fitness space, and pool and sauna, according to the design rationale document prepared by Fotenn Planning + Design.

https://obj.ca/city-council-oks-seco...byward-market/

[SL123]

^ I never had any doubt lol