Old Buildings Converted to Condos in Ottawa

[Spoonsy]

I lived in one of these for 7 years and I left with a soft spot for old buildings converted into condos/lofts. I was wondering if anybody knew of any others in the City.

19 Melrose - School -> Condos


174 Stanley - School -> City Archives -> Condos


297 Dupuis - Ecole Montfort -> Vanier City Hall\Vanier Police Station -> Condos


589 Rideau - Hospital -> Barracks -> Condos


24 Springfield - School -> Condos


255 Argyle - Warehouse -> condos?


253 Mackay - Cosmic Ray Observatory (!!!) -> Two Residential Units


12 Stirling - not sure this counts... School -> Condos although I think they basically tore the whole thing down and rebuilt?


300 Powell - Borden High School -> Condos


166 Murray - Ecole Guiges -> Condos on top floors


95 Beech - factory/industrial -> condos



Anyone know any others that follow this theme?

[J.OT13]

For 12 Stirling, I was under the impression that it was a complete tear down and rebuild (replica), but Hobin's website description seems to suggest it wasn't.

https://www.hobinarc.com/projects/yard-station/

Based on the 2015 Streetview, it looks like they dismantled the building down the the steel frame and re-built.

https://www.google.com/maps/@45.4058...7i13312!8i6656

[J.OT13]

Your list covers a whole lot. Other than a few mid-century office buildings, I can't think of any other historic structures that were converted to residential. Zibi's historic industrial buildings will nearly all be commercial, and one hotel.

[Marshsparrow]

45 Spencer is one to add

[Glenlivet Ave]

From this great blog post I found: https://www.stevepeippo.com/ottawa-r...n-ottawa-2jht6

"120 Holland | The Lofts



Neighbourhood: Wellington West

Built: 1956

Converted: 1998

Developer: Routeburn

16 units

Has anyone else mistaken these exclusive condos as office space?? The original two-storey Laura Secord factory was built in 1956, with floors three, four, and five added about 10 years later. The building was converted to lofts in 1998.

The condos themselves feature extremely unique windows — they have 15 panes of glass within 1 window section. Something I love about this is the interior look of a ‘floor to ceiling’ window, but they retain space at the perfect height to push furniture against the wall, making every wall in the extremely long main rooms usable."

[J.OT13]

I knew it started out as a 2 storey building, but thought it was an office building.

[11a2b3]

17 Willow Street: former Colonial Furniture Warehouse:


Source: https://urbsite.blogspot.com/2013/05/?view=sidebar

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Your list covers a whole lot. Other than a few mid-century office buildings, I can't think of any other historic structures that were converted to residential. Zibi's historic industrial buildings will nearly all be commercial, and one hotel.

There’s an old house on Daly between Chapel and Friel that was converted to six (?) condo apartments. I think there are also some old rental buildings in Sandy Hill that were converted to condos at some point.

[trhgr]

I wish the old school on the SE corner of Gilmour and O’Connor could be converted or incorporated into a residential building.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by trhgr

I wish the old school on the SE corner of Gilmour and O’Connor could be converted or incorporated into a residential building.

The plan was originally to build an adjacent retirement residence and re-open it as a French public school, but those plans were scrapped.

Here's the original thread for that one:

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...hlight=gilmour

Considering Ashcroft owns it, I predict demolition by neglect.

[J.OT13]

Within a few years, we'll be able to add the Major Building to this list thanks to this development.


https://www.districtrealty.com/comme...6-york-street/