Kitchissippi 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.

A reminder that for any project that has an application before the City, including many already approved, you can visit the City's development applications site to view more information. Clicking on the highlighted address for most of the applications below will take you to the City's development site to view the full applications.

Updated, January 8, 2021

• *New* At 1 and 19 Sir John A. MacDonald, the NCC are showing the community their plans for an Embassy Row on their property. We are hosting a community open house on February 10 to review the details further, and the full application is now online. 
• *New* At 157 Holland Ave, the owners have submitted a Site Plan Application to construct a three-storey residential building, containing 12 units. The full application is available online. 
• *New* At 935 Wellington Street West, the owners have submitted an application to permit the demolition of the 1.5-storey residential building dwelling which is currently in poor condition and is uninhabitable. The application is available on DevApps. 
• At 861 Clyde Ave, the owners are showing the community their plans for a high-density development at the former Nielsen Dairy plant (Carling and the 417). You can view a recording of the open house here and the application is now available on DevApps.
• At 455, 463, 471 & 483 Sherbourne Road; 534, 542, 550, 560 & 568 Redwood Avenue; and 890 Byron Avenue, the owners are showing the community their plans for an as-of-right Site Plan application which would see the development of three low-rise apartment buildings within an existing residential complex known as Byron Estates. The full application is online. You can view the open house here.
• At 70 Richmond, the owner is proceeding with an application for a nine-storey tower that would re-position the heritage gas station building on the site. The application is available here. We hosted an open house to show this to the community, but are experiencing a technical issue that may mean we can't share the recording of that.
• *New* At 1040 Wellington, the owner has applied for site plan approval for the 30-storey tower that received its zoning approval in 2014. The full application is now online.
• At 403 Richmond Rd, the owners have shown the community their plans for a 170-unit, nine-storey residential building with commercial at grade at the Tubman's site. The full application is online. 
• At 335 Roosevelt Ave, the owners are showing the community their plans for two high-rise residential buildings (at 14 and 16 storeys, respectively) and four low-rise residential buildings. The full application is online. 
• At 163-167 Parkdale Ave, the owners have submitted their site plan for a 267-unit, 31-storey, mixed-use building. The Site Plan is online. 
• At 979 Wellington St W, new owners are showing the community plans for a 283-unit, 22-storey, mixed-used building which is a departure from the previous approval of 9-storeys. The applicantion has been modified since the open house and is now available on DevApps. 
• At 175 Richmond Rd, the owners have submitted changes to their original Zoning approval for a nine-storey and six-storey buildings. The full application is online. 
• At 1560 Scott St, Holland Cross, the owners are showing the community their plan for a 29-storey building addition with 337 rental units. The full application is online. 
• At 316-322 Clifton Rd, the owners have shown the community plans for 29 three-story townhouses on Clifton Road. The full application is online.
• At 327 Richmond, the owners have shown the community their plan for a 184-unit, nine-storey mixed-use building
• At 1705 Carling, the owners have shown the community their plans for a 22-storey 194-unit mixed-use tower and nine-storey retirement home. The most recent documents for that development are here.
• At 161 Hinchey Ave, the owners have shown the community their plans for a 4-storey, low-rise apartment with 15 units. The full application is online. 
• At 243-245 Hinchey, the owners have shown the community their plans for a low-rise three-storey 18-unit apartment building. Revisions to this application have been made, which can be reviewed here and on DevApps. The item will be proceeding to Planning Committee in the New Year. 
• At 2046-2050 Scott Street and 301 Ashton, the owners have shown the community their plans for a 30-storey 353-unit mixed-use tower. Revisions to this application have been made, which can be reviewed on DevApps. 
• At 1655 Carling, the owners have shown the community plans for an 18-storey mixed-use 260-unit tower, but they are now changing to propose two towers, at 16 and 14-storeys. Revisions to this application have been made, which can be reviewed here and will be on DevApps in the coming weeks. 
• At 171-179 Armstrong the owners have submitted applications for three-storey, 32-unit apartment building with three-storey detached dwelling on Carruthers.
• At 951 Gladstone (at Loretta), the owner has shown the community plans for three high-rises incorporating the Enriched Bread Artists building

Recently Approved:

• For the Byron/Highcroft/Churchill application, an amended Report for the application was approved by Planning Committee on November 10. The amendment Report will see 3-storeys from Highcroft rather than 4 which was in the application. The modified application has been approved by Council and is in its appeal period.
• At 90 Champagne, I have granted site plan concurrence on the its as-of-right 15-storey site plan proposal.
• The 250-252 Hinchey applications were approved at Planning Committee on December 11, pending further Council approval in early 2021. 

Upcoming construction:

• At 320 McRae, 315 Tweedsmuir (and 1976 Scott St), the owners have finalized tweaks to the original Zoning approval for 318-unit, 26-storey mixed-use building and have received demolition permission. Demolition is anticipated to begin in December, and substantial construction in February. We are hosting a pre-construction meeting with neighbours to review timelines and impacts. E-mail Jeff.Leiper@Ottawa.ca for more information. 
• 190 Richmond Rd, the owners are ready to move forward with construction on their approved project. We are hosting a pre-construction meeting with neighbours to review timelines and impacts. E-mail Jeff.Leiper@Ottawa.ca for more information.