Category: Zonings and Official Plan Amendments
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Convent development proposal
After years of neglect, a development proposal has now been put forward by the new owner of Soeurs de la Visitation site that I believe is a pragmatic path forward. A new low-rise development, if approved, would preserve much of the Convent building, add housing at a scale likely welcomed by most residents, and remove…
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CLV looking for benefits relief
As many residents will have noted, the request by CLV for additional height at their Gladstone/Loretta development has been bouncing around committee and Council for several weeks. As I noted in a previous newsletter, this is in large part due to assertions by the developer that they should get a break on their community benefits. Yesterday, the City released a report for consideration recommending that of…
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Several big developments on the horizon
It doesn’t rain, but it pours. Things have been fairly quiet on the development front in Kitchissippi without big approval battles for several years even as tower approvals march ahead without fanfare along Scott, Carling and elsewhere. Three recent proposals are out-of-the-ordinary, though, and I wanted to describe my approach to those anticipating that they…
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340 Parkdale open house Feb. 24
340 Parkdale Avenue (Including Carleton Tavern site): Community Information Session The City has received development applications to redevelop the block generally referred to as 340 Parkdale Avenue. It is bound by Parkdale, Armstrong, Hamilton and Spencer – including 3 Hamilton Avenue North and 223, 229 and 233 Armstrong Street (and the Carleton Tavern). The applicant…
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Scott/Tweedsmuir/Athlone development open house February 18
The City of Ottawa has received applications to amend the Richmond Road/Westboro Secondary Plan and the Zoning By-Law to facilitate the development of three mixed-use buildings (ranging between 29 and 40 storeys), a four-storey, low-rise building, 477 parking spaces, 91 visitor parking spaces and 780.4 sq.m. of parkland. Our office will be hosting a virtual Open…
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403 Richmond tower proposal
I’ve received several inquiries about the advertisement recently posted online by Mastercraft Starwood showing a high-rise at 403 Richmond – currently the site of the Tubman Funeral Home. I will note first that the only development permission on the site is for nine-storey building to which Council gave its approval in 2021. Any further height…
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342 and 346 Roosevelt development proposal
On Wednesday, February 5 my office will be hosting a virtual open house (see details below) to ask the developer questions about a new six-storey, 26-unit apartment building proposed for 342 Roosevelt. It would require a re-zoning to proceed, slightly different from an associated proposed four-storey, six-unit apartment building in the adjacent lot at 346…
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50 Bayswater open house
The City of Ottawa has received an Official Plan and Zoning By-Law Amendment application to develop a 6-storey building at 1088 Somerset Street West with 21 residential dwelling units and two visitor parking spaces, and a 16-storey building with 80 residential dwelling units and two visitor parking spaces at 50 Bayswater Avenue. Our office will…
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1950 Scott Street – Rezoning – Open House
The City of Ottawa has received a Zoning By-Law Amendment application to facilitate the construction of a 22 storey mixed-use building and associated underground parking for 1950 Scott Street, 312 Clifton Road and 314 Clifton Road. The site represents a land assembly that includes a vacant 1.5 storey building used previously by the Buddhist Progress…
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Development overview
There are multiple complex projects in the ward that are keeping us busy. We’re trying to maintain an updated list of those here. Below is an updated list of the development projects that have either been recently approved, are actively under review or appeal – or under construction in the ward. A reminder that for any project…