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Cre47
Oct 28, 2007, 3:04 PM
I guess that incident was from the Claridge construction site

http://www.ottawasun.com/News/BreakingNews/2007/10/28/4612296.html

harls
Oct 29, 2007, 1:26 PM
Construction photo set here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blix613/sets/72157601478765254/

harls
Nov 5, 2007, 4:41 PM
I noticed the crane is gone for Claridge now..

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2279/1863060488_14d3857f58_o.jpg

Skyway
Nov 5, 2007, 5:26 PM
Phase 2 is scheduled to begin sometime next year. I guess the crane needs to be moved to reach the 2nd tower.

harls
Nov 9, 2007, 8:21 PM
Some more pics of everyone's favourite tower.

the galleria's crane is poking out on the right..

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2294/1936842066_e04cbff321_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2273/1936832540_58b87fe752_b.jpg

With neighbouring 90 George..

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2104/1936824188_061a16b90c_b.jpg

ajldub
Nov 10, 2007, 1:54 AM
Could be worse. The upper corner suites will have nice views of parliament and the chateau...

Jamaican-Phoenix
Nov 10, 2007, 3:53 AM
Claridge Plaza reminds me of the utter crap you can find all across the Southern United States sans the palm trees. :rolleyes:

movebyleap
Nov 10, 2007, 4:01 AM
The balconies are hideous. And how about those adorable bathroom-green accents? Charming. Wow! I can't believe I once found the original renderings somewhat attractive!

AuxTown
Nov 10, 2007, 4:30 PM
Maybe a second identical tower will make it look better? ;)

Cre47
Nov 10, 2007, 11:37 PM
Looking at the back of the building from Tabaret Hall when I've passed there at around 5:00 tonight, it doesn't look that bad I my opinion. At least it does not had problems like 90 George or the Galleria which there were extensive delays for various reasons.

harls
Nov 12, 2007, 7:49 PM
It looks great at night....


;)

agrigentum
Nov 15, 2007, 3:26 PM
I found this online article (http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/8778.cfm)from 2005, regarding Claridge Plaza.

This is what I found most interesting:

Ducharme also sees Claridge Homes' other Rideau Street project - a twin-tower condominium about 500 metres from 700 Sussex and bordered by Cumberland and the University of Ottawa - as another reclamation hope.

Claridge Plaza and its 382 residential units will be anchored by a three-storey podium that Malhotra says will house at least one big-box retail outlet. Construction is to start early next year.

"It's probably the biggest catalyst for Rideau because it will help gentrify an area that's pretty raw right now. The retail should be strong enough to bring people from all over the city," he says.

"Unfortunately the city is cutting back right now on its moratorium on (building) fees. (Claridge Plaza) is costing about $1 million in building permits. That will hurt (other) development plans," Malhotra says.

Any idea what this big-box retail outlet will be? Let's hope it's not another office supplies store.

Jamaican-Phoenix
Nov 15, 2007, 3:40 PM
It looks great at night....


;)

So does Hull Sector, but that doesn't make it any less ugly... ;) :haha:

movebyleap
Nov 15, 2007, 4:15 PM
I remember hearing a few years ago that Home Depot was considering opening up an outlet downtown. Let's hope that HD has changed its mind...

Deez
Nov 15, 2007, 4:41 PM
I found this online article (http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/8778.cfm)from 2005, regarding Claridge Plaza.

This is what I found most interesting:

Ducharme also sees Claridge Homes' other Rideau Street project - a twin-tower condominium about 500 metres from 700 Sussex and bordered by Cumberland and the University of Ottawa - as another reclamation hope.

Claridge Plaza and its 382 residential units will be anchored by a three-storey podium that Malhotra says will house at least one big-box retail outlet. Construction is to start early next year.

"It's probably the biggest catalyst for Rideau because it will help gentrify an area that's pretty raw right now. The retail should be strong enough to bring people from all over the city," he says.

"Unfortunately the city is cutting back right now on its moratorium on (building) fees. (Claridge Plaza) is costing about $1 million in building permits. That will hurt (other) development plans," Malhotra says.

Any idea what this big-box retail outlet will be? Let's hope it's not another office supplies store.

I'm pretty sure the design was changed from a 3 storey podium to a single storey shortly before the start of construction. Maybe this deal falling through was the reason for the change?

Skyway
Nov 15, 2007, 5:19 PM
I'm pretty sure the design was changed from a 3 storey podium to a single storey shortly before the start of construction. Maybe this deal falling through was the reason for the change?

Yeah the designed changed to ground level retail only. The only businesses will be a drug store and a Starbuck's under the Tower 1. I don't know what retail is planned under Tower 2 yet.

harls
Nov 15, 2007, 5:23 PM
The wall along Besserer is massive.. it makes it look like some sort of penitentiary, almost..

movebyleap
Nov 15, 2007, 6:31 PM
"The only businesses will be a drug store and a Starbuck's under the Tower 1. I don't know what retail is planned under Tower 2 yet."


Well, that sucks! Aren't we near the saturation point with coffee shops and Shoppers Drugmart's in this town?

Jamaican-Phoenix
Nov 15, 2007, 6:37 PM
Well, that sucks! Aren't we near the saturation point with coffee shops and Shoppers Drugmart's in this town?

Apparently not...

A friend of mine wrote about Ottawa(fairly scathing but in a humourous way) and two things that came as a major shock to him was the sheer numbers of Subway restaurants but utter lack of a Subway in the proper sense of the term. The other was that he counted 11 coffee shops on one of his walks downtown. :haha:

TransitZilla
Nov 29, 2007, 3:31 PM
I remember hearing a few years ago that Home Depot was considering opening up an outlet downtown. Let's hope that HD has changed its mind...

I had heard about Home Depot at one point too. I'm wasn't so sure how Home Depot would work downtown, but it's too bad they couldn't have made a deal with a Future Shop or Best Buy- that would have been a good addition to the Rideau retail mix.

Jamaican-Phoenix
Nov 29, 2007, 3:32 PM
I had heard about Home Depot at one point too. I'm wasn't so sure how Home Depot would work downtown, but it's too bad they couldn't have made a deal with a Future Shop or Best Buy- that would have been a good addition to the Rideau retail mix.

True that! :tup:


Now all we need is Rideau Centre Expansion and stick a tall condo on top of that, and we're set. ;)

ajldub
Nov 29, 2007, 3:56 PM
Remember a few years ago when that blue thing on the north side of the street stood there on its own with no east market, 90 george or claridge plaza? What a difference a few years make...

m0nkyman
Nov 29, 2007, 4:50 PM
An urban style Home Depot wouldn't be a horrible thing to have in the core. Hardware stores are necessary, and with increasing residential density downtown, the demand exists.

waterloowarrior
Nov 29, 2007, 5:07 PM
I've lived in that blue building (160 George) briefly, and I liked that the market had practical stores like Loeb, LCBO, Home Hardware, Giant Tiger, and Chapters and of course the Rideau Centre and Market (restaurants, food, specialty stores) right there. It's a great neighbourhood to live in (minus the panhandlers asking you for money when you're in a restaurant, occasional violence, and the music in that alleyway haha). With more residents moving to the area, it is sure to improve even more, and hopefully take out more of those surface parking lots.

Deez
Feb 5, 2008, 1:13 AM
Recent construction shots (by me)

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/Reersmeer/IMG_0694.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2/Reersmeer/IMG_0693.jpg

The wall along Besserer (featuring row upon row of ventilation outlets) is brutal.

harls
Feb 5, 2008, 2:47 PM
Agreed. Watch it get prettied up with grafitti this summer.

Mille Sabords
Feb 5, 2008, 5:40 PM
Agreed. Watch it get prettied up with grafitti this summer.

You're right about that, hopefully the wall art look as good as on the High School of Commerce wall downtown.

gatt
Feb 7, 2008, 1:04 AM
i was talking with a painter who work at Claridge Plaza yesterday and he told me Claridge already made a deal for a third tower on the national bank site.someone heard something about it?

Deez
Feb 7, 2008, 1:21 AM
God I hope not...I don't want Rideau turning into a Claridge monopoly...

Hopefully he was misinformed or was thinking about their application at the Nate's site.

gatt
Feb 7, 2008, 3:01 AM
he look pretty sure.i asked him.he said a third one like the two others.

ElChancho
Feb 10, 2008, 10:48 PM
Feb 10 2008

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/337/claridge11wfo1.jpg

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/4097/claridge02wou3.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9054/claridge03wqo9.jpg

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/1044/claridge04wfd9.jpg

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4694/claridge05wql0.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/6387/claridge07wth8.jpg

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5831/claridge09wkj7.jpg

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/2577/claridge06wrs8.jpg

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7459/claridge10wwu2.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/4666/claridge08wqu3.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1268/claridge01wba4.jpg

ElChancho
Feb 10, 2008, 10:52 PM
forgot to mention website isn't up yet

Jamaican-Phoenix
Feb 11, 2008, 1:01 AM
Those pictures of the Claridge Plaza remind me of Dubai, and not in a good way...

Ottawade
Feb 11, 2008, 12:31 PM
The more I see this building the more I feel it is straight out of SimCity 4.

TransitZilla
Feb 11, 2008, 1:07 PM
I don't see why everyone seems to hate this building so much.

It would have been better with a bigger podium along Rideau like they were planning at one point, but I think it's got style, and it's breaking the Ottawa mould a little bit.

Remember that this is designed to be a twin tower complex, and they have also yet to complete the top of the building, including the "crown", which is a pretty major element of its design.

What's so bad about it?

harls
Feb 11, 2008, 2:19 PM
Nice pics ElChancho, and welcome to the forum!

Ottawade
Feb 11, 2008, 6:11 PM
I'm not so down on the shape of the building but more the textures and materials. My main complaint is the choice of the the green/turquoise glass trim. Dark glass throughout and maybe a lack of so many vents and I would have liked the building a lot more. The jury is still out on the railings as well. It's not really that bad, but it could have been a lot better with just a few slight changes.

ElChancho
Feb 11, 2008, 11:12 PM
thanks harls, the pic with 90george in the background i copied from you:D

The overall design seems ok, the colors of the windows are nasty
and the railings give it a cheap look. If only they would have build
it like the original renderings

Kitchissippi
Feb 12, 2008, 1:22 AM
I think when the precast concrete darkens and the aluminium mullions oxidize and dull with age, the finishes won't be as painful. I remember when 160 George was being built the tacky grey-blue glass really bothered me (it still does but not as much). It will be interesting to see how they'll put on the "tiara" on that pseudo-turret -- I would have thought they would put it up while the crane was still there to hoist the parts up.

movebyleap
Feb 17, 2008, 5:04 AM
Someone wanted to know what's wrong with this building. In a word: CLARIDGE!!

More specifically, the bathroom green trimmings, the cheap balcony railings and the monotonous design. These are concrete monstrosities with absolutely nothing remotely appealing about them. And do I need to mention the "Berlin Wall" facing Besserer street?

Towers like these belong in suburbs - not on what ought to be one of the main streets in Canada's capital.

ajldub
Feb 17, 2008, 4:48 PM
Claridge is the worst builder in downtown Ottawa. And they do double damage because they get all the best building sites in town. I have said it on this site before and I will say it again, there is some kind of special relationship between this company and the NCC...

p_xavier
Feb 17, 2008, 5:17 PM
Someone wanted to know what's wrong with this building. In a word: CLARIDGE!!

More specifically, the bathroom green trimmings, the cheap balcony railings and the monotonous design. These are concrete monstrosities with absolutely nothing remotely appealing about them. And do I need to mention the "Berlin Wall" facing Besserer street?

Towers like these belong in suburbs - not on what ought to be one of the main streets in Canada's capital.

In a neighborhood with 3 tattoo parlor on every block, I think you are overreacting much.

If you want to complain about a ugly building, speak about the one on LeBreton Flats. Too bad that building wasn't with gray concrete, with the windows, it would have looked at least decent.

movebyleap
Feb 18, 2008, 5:03 AM
Oh my, don't even get me started on Lebreton Flats!

ElChancho
Feb 18, 2008, 5:11 PM
imagine what charlesfort could've built on this site...

azz
Feb 18, 2008, 6:22 PM
If you want to complain about a ugly building, speak about the one on LeBreton Flats. Too bad that building wasn't with gray concrete, with the windows, it would have looked at least decent.

No way! I have to totally disagree...the yellow colour adds to the wonderful mosiac of colours surounding the building. For example, just look at how it adds contrast to the City Centre building in the distance...wonderful, eh? :D

AuxTown
Feb 19, 2008, 3:32 AM
imagine what charlesfort could've built on this site...

At least Claridge is doing something in the way of ground-level retail. I bet Charlesfort would have done nothing for the on-street dynamic and Rideau would continue on its downward spiral. With the plaza and 90 George things are looking up in terms of street life and retail other than tattoo parlours.

clynnog
Feb 19, 2008, 4:10 PM
Claridge is the worst builder in downtown Ottawa. And they do double damage because they get all the best building sites in town.

By 'getting the best building sites in town' do you mean that they manage to pay the best price for the land and manage to secure the property from the competition or what are you inferring.

YOWflier
Feb 19, 2008, 4:40 PM
Claridge is the worst builder in downtown Ottawa. And they do double damage because they get all the best building sites in town.
I'd say it's a triple-whammy.

They are the worst builder, the most active builder, and are building on the best sites.

ajldub
Feb 19, 2008, 7:24 PM
What I mean is that their hideous buildings get built on great spots. And the inference, to spell it out for you, is that I think it is more than a coincidence that Claridge won the bid for both the Daly and Lebreton sites. And just because Claridge was the only bidder left interested for the Lebreton site after the NCC rolled out its building criteria doesn't mean that things didn't happen behind closed doors. More suspiciously, I think 700 Sussex is the only federally-sponsored condo project that ever existed in Canada. The NCC paid 1.2 million for the stone finishing. Not that it doesn't look nice, but why wouldn't the NCC's lawyers include that in the original contract for sale of the land? Are they that bad at what they do to overlook that? Maybe they are, but it smells like corruption to me.

ElChancho
Feb 19, 2008, 11:07 PM
At least Claridge is doing something in the way of ground-level retail. I bet Charlesfort would have done nothing for the on-street dynamic and Rideau would continue on its downward spiral. With the plaza and 90 George things are looking up in terms of street life and retail other than tattoo parlours.

true, but for what retail space claridge will have on rideau you've got the berlin wall on the south side. Personally I'd choose a good looking condo development any day over some floor space for shops, the only time this building looks good is
at 3am after 4 pints:cheers:

Mille Sabords
Feb 20, 2008, 2:31 AM
true, but for what retail space claridge will have on rideau you've got the berlin wall on the south side. Personally I'd choose a good looking condo development any day over some floor space for shops, the only time this building looks good is
at 3am after 4 pints:cheers:

Bienvenido, ElChancho.

Myself, I think Claridge Plaza is actually a good looking tower. Aside from 700 Sussex, this is what I'd show off if I were Claridge. The towers have a bit of sculptural quality to them with their cornices, the rounded corner and the L-shape. It'll eventually blend into the general skyline. Never as a landmark but as an acceptable fabric building.

I agree, though, that the Besserer side is brutal. It doesn't set the stage for an easy development across the street, on the other parking lot on Besserer. If they had been able to think beyond today, Claridge could've introduced retail uses all around their podium. This is after all right downtown and it's on the way to and from Ottawa U., with a fait bit of active stuff on Besserer just one block west - the Agora, a few bars, a tanning studio(!), Minglewoods, Endhits Records around the corner, etc.

What matters most is not necessarily what type of retailer will occupy the space immediately, but that the building CAN ACCOMMODATE RETAILERS. Eventually, things sort themselves out. So what if we have another crappy pharmacy there for 10 years - what if afterward we get a Bang & Olufssen store there. The space needs to exist, for that to happen.

AuxTown
Feb 20, 2008, 4:21 AM
true, but for what retail space claridge will have on rideau you've got the berlin wall on the south side. Personally I'd choose a good looking condo development any day over some floor space for shops, the only time this building looks good is
at 3am after 4 pints:cheers:

Funny you should say that, 98% of the time that I am on Rideau it is at 3am after 4 pints! :cheers:

ElChancho
Feb 21, 2008, 5:09 AM
Funny you should say that, 98% of the time that I am on Rideau it is at 3am after 4 pints! :cheers:

lol i hear ya:D

TMA-1
Feb 21, 2008, 10:59 PM
I had an interesting perspective last time I circled Ottawa in a plane. CP-1 is not so bad looking. The green spandrels might be iffy but overall it is very nice. Compare to NovoTel for instance!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3172/2281965217_674f73b935_b.jpg

AuxTown
Feb 22, 2008, 3:26 AM
I should have mentioned, that is the only nice angle from which to view CP. If the front side had setbacks like that and maybe was about 5-6 stories taller (since it has such a large footprint) I think that it would look much better. Overall, not a terrible addition to our skyline.

ajldub
Feb 22, 2008, 1:25 PM
It's a skanky building. Good from afar but far from good. Agreed, it's nicer than the novotel, but the only developers in this town that are turning out big projects of real quality are Charlesfort and Urban Capital. At least they are just as active as Claridge...

Ottawade
Feb 22, 2008, 1:56 PM
Really we just have to become turquoise-NIMBYs and get city council to ban gross turquoise cladding!

Mille Sabords
Feb 22, 2008, 2:21 PM
:previous: TMA1 that is one sick picture, thanks for posting it! I agree, CP-1 is not a bad looking tower, the podium is still a bit more amateurish. We're getting there, though.

Aylmer
Feb 22, 2008, 10:29 PM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3172/2281965217_674f73b935_b.jpg

What is that crane building?

:)

ElChancho
Feb 22, 2008, 11:28 PM
galleria

Cre47
Feb 22, 2008, 11:47 PM
Well at least it did not had problems like at the Galleria, that project has been moving so slow. Probably, the Hudson Park tower will be completed before the Galleria.

Aylmer
Feb 23, 2008, 3:28 AM
...

Pics?

:)

harls
Feb 23, 2008, 12:11 PM
^

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=140082

Aylmer
Feb 23, 2008, 4:18 PM
Meh...

:)

gatt
Feb 23, 2008, 4:53 PM
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/29/ottawafvrier2008035od1.jpg

gatt
Feb 23, 2008, 5:05 PM
the other one was a bit dark.
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4462/ottawafvrier2008040yw9.jpg

Rathgrith
Feb 23, 2008, 9:50 PM
TMA-1... Were you in a commercial jet or just in Cessna?

TMA-1
Feb 23, 2008, 11:53 PM
I was in a rented 172. Quite a popular way to see the city they say, sightseeing flights are. Ottawa is the most photogenic City I've see from the air, excepting Vancouver. *Everything* looks good.


TMA-1... Were you in a commercial jet or just in Cessna?

Deez
Apr 3, 2008, 2:11 AM
Here's a close-up shot of the store fronts. Those aren't doors, they're windows. All the retail is accessed from the (eventual) centre and from one other small door (to the right).

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/2384379684_b6bf7f5a23_b.jpg

harls
Apr 8, 2008, 2:10 PM
Shot from Rideau Centre:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2170/2398697152_c4cd4543c6_b.jpg

Aylmer
Apr 8, 2008, 10:18 PM
Damn, It's hiiidious.

:(

Ottawade
Apr 9, 2008, 12:34 PM
God damn. Is cyan cladding like $50 cheaper than all the other colors or something? I think this building wouldn't be nearly as awful if it didn't have that nasty stuff between the windows.

Jamaican-Phoenix
Apr 9, 2008, 3:32 PM
God damn. Is cyan cladding like $50 cheaper than all the other colors or something? I think this building wouldn't be nearly as awful if it didn't have that nasty stuff between the windows.

:previous: Ditto.

AuxTown
Apr 9, 2008, 8:58 PM
Maybe it's like when you buy a stainless steel appliance and it has all that greenish film over the steel. Hopefully next week they'll peel off all of the film and we'll be left with a slightly less ugly building with stainless steel cladding? :)

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/c7/d5/5b9cd250fca02f5ebd6a9010.L.jpg

vs.

http://s7ondemand7.scene7.com/is/image/AmericanTV/282160008?$pdetail$

p_xavier
Apr 9, 2008, 9:38 PM
Maybe it's like when you buy a stainless steel appliance and it has all that greenish film over the steel. Hopefully next week they'll peel off all of the film and we'll be left with a slightly less ugly building with stainless steel cladding? :)




I thought about that too, when you look especially at the top, it's steel. Their designs online look like steel. It's just wishful thinking I guess. :P

Skyway
Apr 17, 2008, 4:07 PM
Occupany begins in May in Tower I which is close to sold out.

Tower II looks to be about 25% sold.

kwoldtimer
Apr 18, 2008, 2:55 AM
Occupany begins in May in Tower I which is close to sold out.

Tower II looks to be about 25% sold.

Folks don't seem to be beating a path to the sales office. Hope we won't have to look at a half finished project for years to come.

Mille Sabords
Apr 18, 2008, 2:39 PM
Folks don't seem to be beating a path to the sales office. Hope we won't have to look at a half finished project for years to come.

25% of 250 units is 63 apartments that are already paid for, and that's more than most condo projects have in total. This one will get sold out. The location will do it. I'll bet they will be breaking ground this year on tower II.

fireicedog
May 7, 2008, 4:29 AM
Looks like there'll be a pharma plus opening soon in the podium, there's a Rexall sign already up on the building.
The fencing around the podium and tower are gone as well.

Skyway
May 8, 2008, 5:06 PM
Citizen: Commuter traffic in the city core was thrown into chaos Thursday morning after a water main broke on.

... wonder if all the construction lately has weakened the infrastructure.

c_speed3108
May 9, 2008, 3:59 PM
Citizen: Commuter traffic in the city core was thrown into chaos Thursday morning after a water main broke on.

... wonder if all the construction lately has weakened the infrastructure.

It dates back to 1885. I think time is probably more to blame than anything else.

jitterbug
May 13, 2008, 3:45 PM
I saw the weekly Claridge ad in Saturday's paper and they now say construction on Tower II is starting soon. Let's hope that means this year. The nice thing is that, once they get started, it should proceed quickly since all the underground work is already done! As esthetically disappointing as this development is, it's the perfect place to increase density and help enliven the market area year-round.

Skyway
May 13, 2008, 4:30 PM
But they still need to blast down 4 stories for tower II. That took 6 months for tower I. I think the timing will be about the same (1.5-2 years).

jitterbug
May 13, 2008, 6:39 PM
But they still need to blast down 4 stories for tower II. That took 6 months for tower I. I think the timing will be about the same (1.5-2 years).

Really? I was under the impression they had excavated the whole site when they built tower 1.

harls
May 13, 2008, 6:42 PM
This is a pic I took from June 2006 when construction started on Phase I..

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/72/170644890_7c07e2b532_o.jpg

kingcobra
May 18, 2008, 1:59 PM
I wonder if anybody here has bought any unit in Claridge PLaza II. I am really interested in buying one of those Roosevelt, Washington and Empire units. Today I will go to their sales centre to take a look at them and talk to the sales agent there.

kingcobra
May 19, 2008, 12:29 AM
Today I went to the Claridge Plaza II sales centre and checked in what I wanted to see or know.

- The Empire and Diplomat units from second to fourteen floors are sold out and the remaining similiar units from seventeenth to twenty-five floor are still available for sale at the price of $246,000 and higher.

- I noticed many units on Rideau Street side were sold out.

- The salesperson told me that the condo prices would be raised two or three times each year and the average of rise in condo prices is aorund $3,000.

- Some Meridian units are still for sale.

- Many one bedroom Columbus, Roosovelt and Washington units on Cumberland Street are available for sale.

- I estimated about 75 units were being sold.

Its location is excellent because of great amenities such as:

Short walking distance to Loebs, LCBO :cheers: , The Beer Store :cheers: , Cora's :slob:, Rideau Centre, and of course bars and fine restaurants in Byward Market.

kingcobra
May 19, 2008, 12:43 AM
Oh I forgot to add something about the Claridge Plaza I. They have a new PharmaPlus drug store at Rideau Street.

c_speed3108
May 19, 2008, 12:56 AM
Really? I was under the impression they had excavated the whole site when they built tower 1.

They dug where tower 1 is and the middle portion. The tower two area housed the sales trailer, a little parking if I recall, the construction entrance and a bit of materials staging area.

c_speed3108
May 19, 2008, 1:03 AM
Today I went to the Claridge Plaza II sales centre and checked in what I wanted to see or know.

- The Empire and Diplomat units from second to fourteen floors are sold out and the remaining similiar units from seventeenth to twenty-five floor are still available for sale at the price of $246,000 and higher.

- I noticed many units on Rideau Street side were sold out.

- The salesperson told me that the condo prices would be raised two or three times each year and the average of rise in condo prices is aorund $3,000.

- Some Meridian units are still for sale.

- Many one bedroom Columbus, Roosovelt and Washington units on Cumberland Street are available for sale.

- I estimated about 75 units were being sold.

Its location is excellent because of great amenities such as:

Short walking distance to Loebs, LCBO :cheers: , The Beer Store :cheers: , Cora's :slob:, Rideau Centre, and of course bars and fine restaurants in Byward Market.

I know many on this forum disagree with me (everyone has his or her own opinion :) ) but I quite like this building...the units are a better sized than Urban Capital's as well as more finished and not as expensive Charlesfort's. It is a really nice medium.

The only disadvantages to this are the excessive amount of truck traffic in the area and Rideau street (if you don't love that sort of thing)

BTW do you happen to have a price list? I am looking for a condo soon. I tried asking these guys for one by e-mail but nothing came... :sly: I will probably get an older resale one since my money goes further in terms of space, but I am keeping all options open....

Aylmer
May 19, 2008, 2:06 AM
Kingcobra,

WELCOME TO SSP!!!!


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:)

kingcobra
May 19, 2008, 2:58 AM
I know many on this forum disagree with me (everyone has his or her own opinion :) ) but I quite like this building...the units are a better sized than Urban Capital's as well as more finished and not as expensive Charlesfort's. It is a really nice medium.

The only disadvantages to this are the excessive amount of truck traffic in the area and Rideau street (if you don't love that sort of thing)

BTW do you happen to have a price list? I am looking for a condo soon. I tried asking these guys for one by e-mail but nothing came... :sly: I will probably get an older resale one since my money goes further in terms of space, but I am keeping all options open....

Yes I have a list of prices in all units. The prices are included with GST and a storage locker. The Urban Capital adds $3,500 per storage locker when you want to have one or two.

Lemme scan the list.

kingcobra
May 19, 2008, 3:26 AM
Here's links of the updated list of prices (four pages).

http://picsorban.com/upload/cp2_price1.jpg

http://picsorban.com/upload/cp2_price2.jpg

http://picsorban.com/upload/cp2_price3.jpg

http://picsorban.com/upload/cp2_price4.jpg

I hope they will help you. :)

c_speed3108
May 19, 2008, 2:05 PM
Here's links of the updated list of prices (four pages).

http://picsorban.com/upload/cp2_price1.jpg

http://picsorban.com/upload/cp2_price2.jpg

http://picsorban.com/upload/cp2_price3.jpg

http://picsorban.com/upload/cp2_price4.jpg

I hope they will help you. :)

It sure does! :D Many thanks!!!! :cheers:

ottawaexile
May 29, 2008, 6:23 PM
I was in the sales office this week. They plan to move the office to the first tower next week. Digging for the second tower should start in June.

kingcobra
May 29, 2008, 8:18 PM
I was in the sales office this week. They plan to move the office to the first tower next week. Digging for the second tower should start in June.

Thanks for a news update. Any updates about the prices and availability of units?

waterloowarrior
May 30, 2008, 8:04 PM
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waterloowarrior
Jun 11, 2008, 10:26 PM
they got the foundation permit in may apparently.... anything happening on site yet?
http://publishing.yudu.com/Freedom/Acl1k/OttawaConstructionNe/resources/8.htm

harls
Jun 12, 2008, 1:35 PM
I went by there yesterday, and nothing was happening yet. As ottawaexile mentioned, the sales office is moving into tower 1.. the old sales shack is empty now, I believe.

fireicedog
Jun 24, 2008, 4:21 AM
Noticed today fencing was being put up surrounding the remaining site, as well the sales shed was moved last week and located to a small parking lot on Lisgar across from DC United church.