Canal East | ?m | 4 fl | U/C
 

eQ Homes is proposing "Canal East", a development of 10 executive townhomes on the triangular parcel bounded by Greenfield Ave., Concord St. and Montcalm St. in Old Ottawa East.

www.canaleast.ca

This is the site of a previous proposal for "Concord-on-the-Canal":
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=145041

Hopefully Canal East makes it further along the development pathway.

Map:
http://eqhomes.ca/images/canal/slide1.jpg

Renderings:
http://eqhomes.ca/images/canal/slide2.jpg
http://eqhomes.ca/images/canal/slide4.jpg
http://eqhomes.ca/images/canal/slide6.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8197/8...43bc80dc_b.jpg

crazy! this is a block away from my house on havelock. looks pretty good!

Thanks for the post.
Very cool proposal, IMO.

If only Main St. had more shops, restaurants and grocery, this would be an amazing place to live. Having to walk over the bridge, or into Sandy hill makes this less attractive.

I totally agree.

Streetcars?
 

You would have to reduce the heavy car traffic on Main street. When Alta Vista or other points east and across the Rideau River were developed in the 50's-60's, Main Street became a main thoroughfare to those areas using the new McIlraith Bridge.

This bridge is due for rehabilitation in the coming years. Don't know if any thought is being given to rehabilitation of Main St also.

When Ottawa East Village was annexed in 1909 or so, (that's where "Main Street" comes from), the City of Ottawa promised a street car line from the Glebe to Ottawa East over a centre-pivot swing bridge at the end of Fifth Ave (aka Mutchmore Ave then). The proposed name was Mutchmore Bridge. That bridge was never built. I have seen the rendition at LAC.

A more humane form of public transportation like a streetcar from, say, the LRT Campus Station or the Train Station, down Main Street to the Ottawa Hospital, DND and CHEO campi on Smyth Road over the McIlraith Bridge would certainly help to revitalize Main Street. Right now, it's just a throughway and ever will be.

Main Street also needs dedicated bicycle lanes and no parking, at any time.

site plan application: http://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/...appId=__8E66MZ

A residential development site was
purchased by Concord Triangle
Holdings Inc from 44 Concord Inc
for $1,600,000 or $146/sf of site
area. This site is to be developed
with 10 townhouse units and is
located on the southwest corner of
Concord Street North and Greenfield
Avenue in the Old Ottawa East
neighbourhood.

http://www.juteaujohnsoncomba.com/ne...mber_Sales.pdf

Construction is underway, and the foundations are being poured.

According to the website, only 2 units remain.
www.canaleast.ca

Getting there!
http://i.imgur.com/YRQDPUO.jpg

I drove past this on the weekend and it's looking very nice, and almost complete.

and you can hardly notice the two posts right on the corner!!!

Where is the front lawn gone?....when compared to renderings.

I'm going to make a daring wager that the landscaping isn't complete yet.

Dah! The landscaping does not need to be finished to realize that the lawn area will be much smaller.