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Old Posted Mar 4, 2026, 7:26 PM
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1101 Baxter Rd | ?m | 6 x up to 30f | Proposed

Massive DevApp Submission being posted in the coming days (doc not yet available) for the site of the current Ottawa Citizen office near the future Queenview station

Draft Plan application is to subdivide the lands. It will include six buildings, four 30-storey towers and two modestly high-rise structures arranged around a new central park (dedicated city parkland), providing approximately 1,400 units

https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applica...5-0021/details
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1,400 units - all furnished from IKEA? - and with zero resident parking spaces?
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Old Posted Mar 4, 2026, 10:54 PM
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1,400 units - all furnished from IKEA? - and with zero resident parking spaces?
Ikea has been trying to sell their non core property for a couple years now, wonder how that is going. I'd expect much more in this area and Baxter might finally kick things off... typed from my 11 year old IKEA couch that still looks brand new.
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Ikea has been trying to sell their non core property for a couple years now, wonder how that is going. I'd expect much more in this area and Baxter might finally kick things off... typed from my 11 year old IKEA couch that still looks brand new.
What is the non core property?

And for whatever its worth the stretch of parking lot against the highway in the middle could easily be developed. It's always fun to look on Google maps and see the absolute surplus of parking in so many locations.
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..... It's always fun to look on Google maps and see the absolute surplus of parking in so many locations.
I do that all the time ahaha!!! checking all those under utilized area in the city that would be prime redevelopment spot. I could spend hours looking at google map
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What is the non core property?

And for whatever its worth the stretch of parking lot against the highway in the middle could easily be developed. It's always fun to look on Google maps and see the absolute surplus of parking in so many locations.
They are looking to not be a landlord anymore so the rest of the plaza and a good chunk of the parking area is up for sale, Its already zoned mixed use and the avg leases left on the tenants runs 9 years so...might be a slow roll out. https://obj.ca/ikea-to-sell-off-part...amline-assets/



Its too bad the lot and building all the way to Chapters isn't part of the parcel.
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1101 Baxter Rd | ?m | 6 x up to 30f | Proposed

Baxter Regional Inc. is proposing a Plan of Subdivision in support of a multi-phase, mixed-use residential development at 1101 Baxter Road. The proposed subdivision will create six blocks for future mixed-use development. The blocks are oriented to permit the development of mid- to high-rise buildings organized around a central pedestrian-oriented area along a new private street (Street One). A public park block will be located at the centre of the community, accessible via Street One and a planned multi-use pathway along the southern lot line.

The site is within walking distance of the new Queensview LRT Station via a pedestrian footbridge. It will include six buildings - four ~30-storey towers and two modestly high-rise structures - arranged around a new central park (dedicated city parkland), providing approximately 1,400 units. The taller towers along the site’s north edge form an acoustic buffer against the highway, creating a quieter, pedestrian-focused environment at the core. The design emphasizes connectivity and livability, with a looped green pathway, limited surface parking on a new private street, and podium-level circulation linking the community directly to the LRT station. Each building will be designed to maximize park and river views, contributing to a cohesive, transitoriented neighbourhood.

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https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applica...5-0021/details


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Great spot for some density, no shadow concerns, transit-adjacent, some height variation.....let's go!
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Massive DevApp Submission being posted in the coming days (doc not yet available) for the site of the current Ottawa Citizen office near the future Queenview station

Draft Plan application is to subdivide the lands. It will include six buildings, four 30-storey towers and two modestly high-rise structures arranged around a new central park (dedicated city parkland), providing approximately 1,400 units

https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applica...5-0021/details
I wonder what the Bulldog (former columnist at the Ottawa Citizen) thinks of all this. This is surely a death knell for the newspaper. I started reading the Ottawa Citizen a bit over 30 years ago and looking at it these days I don't recognise it at all. Stale old news and very little actual reporting.

https://bulldogottawa.com/giant-hous...-citizen-site/
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Whatever happened to the roller rink that was going in to Baxter...did it ever open?
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Whatever happened to the roller rink that was going in to Baxter...did it ever open?
Yes. It's actually really awesome. I've been with my kids for a couple of birthday parties and everyone has had a great time....maybe me more than them! I wonder if they will move somewhere nearby?
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How's all that traffic getting in and out - down Iris?

This city has thoroughfares that they allow a 3 story building to go up on but then on some dead end road with no easy way in or out they want 1400 units.
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How's all that traffic getting in and out - down Iris?

This city has thoroughfares that they allow a 3 story building to go up on but then on some dead end road with no easy way in or out they want 1400 units.
Well with any luck by the time these get built the LRT will be sorted. That single block of Iris at Greenbank is a bit of a mess.

Interesting that one of documents is showing 30-40 floors. Going 40 close to the highway and then stepping down to 30 and 14 would be a look.

I see they are proposing a footbridge over Baxter. I would expect that to get chopped. Would certainly be nice for tenants in the eastern towers to effectively have a direct connection to the station. But if they didn't do that for something as simple as Moon, I wouldn't expect to see it here.
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How's all that traffic getting in and out - down Iris?

This city has thoroughfares that they allow a 3 story building to go up on but then on some dead end road with no easy way in or out they want 1400 units.
The devapps docs don't say how many parking spaces they're planning. With the end of parking minimums - and the TOD location - I'd expect we could be looking at well below 1 space per unit.
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The devapps docs don't say how many parking spaces they're planning. With the end of parking minimums - and the TOD location - I'd expect we could be looking at well below 1 space per unit.
First time reading a dev app, be gentle

In the traffic study I 'think' it implies 80% of residential traffic is going to be transit and non motorized, so 20% car? Do they assume each unit uses transit every day?
Might they be looking at 280 residential spots (20% of 1400)? 4 of the buildings do list underground parking which will need to also service the commercial/retail services.
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2026, 2:24 PM
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Whatever happened to the roller rink that was going in to Baxter...did it ever open?
This seems like just a zoning exercise. I doubt we'll see any development for 10, probably 20 years.
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