Found an article from
Ottawa Community News (August 7, 2014) regarding this property:
Quote:
Mixed-use midrise proposed for Bank Street
A street corner in the heart of Centretown could look very different if a developer is given approval for a new mixed-use building.
Kamlo Co. Tenancy has filed a site plan control application for the southeast corner of the intersection of Bank and Lisgar streets - officially listed as 318-320 Lisgar and 235-241 Bank -with the aim of constructing a six-storey building with first floor commercial space.
Currently, the site contains a one-storey building with storefronts facing Bank Street, as well as a small parking lot and two-storey retail building located behind it. The proposed L-shaped development would contain 22 residential units atop two commercial spaces, with one underground level of parking containing 39 spaces.
Vehicle and pedestrian access would be from Lisgar, with commercial uses fronting onto Bank. Renderings submitted with the application shows an irregular front facing Bank with varying setbacks, making for the appearance of separate buildings, rather than a flat, vertical facade.
A rooftop garden would be located on the second floor, with a terrace on the fifth.
With a height that tops out at six storeys and ground level retail, the proposal complies with the city's intensification guidelines and respects the uses permitted along a designated traditional main street.
Because the site of the proposed development falls within the Centretown heritage conservation district, any new build will be subject to the policies of the Ontario Heritage Act and will be reviewed by the Ottawa built heritage advisory committee.
The development's planning rationale contains a cultural heritage impact statement, prepared by Farrow Dreessen Architects. The statement recognizes the policies impacting the site, including one that states, "all infill should be of contemporary design, distinguishable as being of its own time.
However, it must be sympathetic to the heritage character of the area, and designed to enhance these existing properties rather than calling attention to itself."
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A bit of a waste, IMO. It's not an overly-inspiring design (as far as I can tell from the planning docs, and the image above). And, although it will bring more residents to Bank Street, it also replaces the number of retail spots previously fronting Bank from 4 to 2, not to mention that they've also eliminated (it seems) all street-level business fronting Lisgar...
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Whoa, yeah, those renders do the project more justice than those small elevations from before. I definitely wasn't expecting it to be as ornate as is shown... Pleasantly surprised!
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