Sounds like all systems are go!
http://www.obj.ca/Real-Estate/Non-re...0M-expansion/1
-180,000 square feet over three floors of retail space on the north-east corner of the Rideau Centre
-Part of that space is now a parking lot. The other part is occupied by a three-storey building that was formerly an Ogilvy’s department store. The facade of that building – a heritage property – will be preserved in the expanded Rideau Centre.
-Mr. Iacono estimated it will cost $150 million to build the expansion, together with two underground floors of parking, bringing the mall’s total number of parking spots up to about 1,700.
-The other $100 million in the $250-million plan is to convert the Sears store, build a new food court and convert the existing food court into shops.
-New food is going in the bottom floor of Sears.
-The planned expansion will leave the Rideau Centre with about 80,000 square feet of space for further expansion at some future date. That space is on the west side of Nicholas Street, and includes the old city registry building, which sits empty and forlorn on the site.
I also noticed the other day fences are up around the Ogilvy's building.