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Then you have this:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...tawa-1.7036570

Consultants cited by the city never said it needs to be totally cleared and/or never actually evaluated the forest. So, City just gaslighting people again?
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Then you have this:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...tawa-1.7036570

Consultants cited by the city never said it needs to be totally cleared and/or never actually evaluated the forest. So, City just gaslighting people again?
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It included six recommendations on how to move forward with the red pines — ranging from "do nothing" to significantly thinning out the woodland but still leaving roughly 120 trees.
"Leaving roughly 120 trees" is basically clearing the forest as the Airport put it. Semantics.
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Then you have this:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...tawa-1.7036570

Consultants cited by the city never said it needs to be totally cleared and/or never actually evaluated the forest. So, City just gaslighting people again?
It is the Airport Authority that would be "gaslighting" us, not the City.
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"Leaving roughly 120 trees" is basically clearing the forest as the Airport put it. Semantics.
Leaving 120 essentially sticks will be even more vulnerable to blow over. Unless they are interplanting with other tree species (maples, oaks etc.) with the idea of eventually removing the remaining pines, I don't see the value. They did that when they built my neighbourhood park. They thinned out a thicket of aspen, and planted longer-lived species. Now the latter has taken over and the dereccho storm took out most of the remaining softwood aspen trees.
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Apparently, we should be seeing actual TOD proposals for Limebank soon-ish according to Pat on Rail Fans Canada Discord.

Anything new on this?
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Anything new on this?
Not expecting we hear anything for a few months, if not a year.
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Clearly, the Airport Authority was fixated on ridding themselves of this Troublesome Forest...
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Not expecting we hear anything for a few months, if not a year.
Ok thanks for letting me know!
Is there any updates for any of the 4 corners of this junction on Limebank? I know directly across from this render there is a retail strip that they have started construction on.
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Ok thanks for letting me know!
Is there any updates for any of the 4 corners of this junction on Limebank? I know directly across from this render there is a retail strip that they have started construction on.
1 - All the shrubs have been cleared and the land is almost ready for buildings to start going up.

2 - Access road to Limebank station for construction traffic right now. When the station opens, it will be an entrance for car/passenger drop off and a bus loop (current route 74 will continue to Limebank and route 99 will end here instead of continuing to Greenboro).

3 - Access road for construction traffic. No short-term plan for this plot of land although a planned powercentre was proposed here years back but is likely shelved with the urbandale commerical development in corner #1

4 - A sign for a future Food Basics (and other stores) has been here since the dawn of time. Likely nothing will happen in the corner in the short-term.

I believe originally it was to be a roundabout connecting 1 & 2 on Earl Armstrong Road but that will end up being a controlled traffic light now.

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1 - All the shrubs have been cleared and the land is almost ready for buildings to start going up.

2 - Access road to Limebank station for construction traffic right now. When the station opens, it will be an entrance for car/passenger drop off and a bus loop (current route 74 will continue to Limebank and route 99 will end here instead of continuing to Greenboro).

3 - Access road for construction traffic. No short-term plan for this plot of land although a planned powercentre was proposed here years back but is likely shelved with the urbandale commerical development in corner #1

4 - A sign for a future Food Basics (and other stores) has been here since the dawn of time. Likely nothing will happen in the corner in the short-term.

I believe originally it was to be a roundabout connecting 1 & 2 on Earl Armstrong Road but that will end up being a controlled traffic light now.


Thanks for update. Interesting!
Seems like this happens a lot around this part of Ottawa (signs popping up for developments and nothing coming to fruition) - same on the corner of mitch owen and dozois - across from St Marks. must be a sign there for 10 years saying new retail development.
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Montreal firm’s two-building proposal for Stittsville includes 25-storey residential highrise
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January 17, 2024
https://obj.ca/montreal-firms-propos...orey-highrise/

Montreal-based Devmont wants to build a two-storey development featuring more than 400 rental apartments at 6310 Hazeldean Rd. in Stittsville.
Organizations: Devmont, Fotenn Consultants
A Montreal-based developer wants to build a new multi-residential project in Stittsville that would include more than 400 apartments but fewer parking spaces than current zoning rules mandate.

Devmont’s proposal for 6310 Hazeldean Rd. would be anchored by a building on the east end of the site with components of various heights culminating in a 25-storey highrise on the northeast portion of the property. The other sections would be three and seven storeys.

An L-shaped building on the west side of the property would transition from three storeys in the southwest corner to six storeys in the northwest, with a nine-storey section in the middle.

The proposed development would include a total of 431 rental apartment units ranging from one- to three-bedroom suites. A total of 389 parking spaces would be provided for residents along with 86 spots for visitors, split between underground and surface lots.

Current zoning bylaws limit buildings to a maximum of 15 metres, or five storeys, on the site. The developer is asking for an amendment to allow for greater heights as well as fewer residential parking spots than the 517 that are required under current zoning rules.

In a document prepared by planning consultant Fotenn, Devmont argues that since some tenants are likely to be remote workers as well as recent post-secondary graduates, “modest-income residents” and seniors who might not own cars, the amount of parking provided in the current proposal should suffice.

“Regardless of personal vehicle ownership status, all residents in the development will benefit from the ability to meet daily needs within walking distance of the subject property, particularly groceries, fitness facilities, and other services,” the application says.

“Additionally, rates of private vehicle ownership are generally anticipated to fall over time for many demographic profiles, due to affordability considerations, personal preferences, and improved transit services.”

The plan is a revised version of an earlier development application Devmont submitted in April 2022.

That proposal called for three nine-storey buildings with a total of 317 residential units. One building was slated only for residential use, while the other two would have been mixed-use buildings with nearly 23,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, with residential units above.

However, the city’s urban design review panel recommended a series of changes to the proposal, including that two of the buildings be merged and that amenity space for residents be improved. The panel also questioned the viability of the retail component.

Under the new design, the buildings have been re-aligned so that the highest densities are concentrated on the northeast portion of the property facing Hazeldean Road. The developer says the revamped plan offers more “visual interest” and allows for “greater sunlight penetration for the amenity space and neighbouring properties.”

The plan also provides more “communal gathering and leisure space,” the application says, including a “vital gathering space and outdoor area for residents, which the (urban design panel) identified as a missing element of the original design.”

The proposal notes that the panel expressed “significant concerns about viability of commercial spaces on the property.” The developer added that the additional parking spots required for retailers and their customers would have created “additional pressure” to use space that can now be devoted to “landscaping and building functions.”

“Ample commercial tenancies are available within walking distance on the north side of Hazeldean Road, offering shops and services to meet daily needs, including a grocery store, fitness club, dry cleaner, physiotherapy clinic, and fast-food outlets,” the document says.
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Old Posted Jan 18, 2024, 3:28 AM
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Montreal firm’s two-building proposal for Stittsville includes 25-storey residential highrise
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https://obj.ca/montreal-firms-propos...orey-highrise/
Thanks for the scoop. I created a new project thread for this over here:
https://skyrisecities.com/forum/thre...roposed.37460/
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Such a strange location for such density. Parking lots at transit stations, and this at the edge of the middle of nowhere.
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Such a strange location for such density. Parking lots at transit stations, and this at the edge of the middle of nowhere.
Nowhere turns into Somewhere one building project at a time.
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Nowhere turns into Somewhere one building project at a time.
Transit access will remain sub-par, however.
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Sounds like a different condo project proposed along Stittsville Main. I'm posting because we all know about the fiasco surrounding another somewhat similar project not too far from the proposed site.

Public meeting about proposed condominium
Wildpine Court site in Stittsville

A four storey condominium with 64 dwelling units is being proposed for a site on Wildpine Court in Stittsville.

The building will front on Wildpine Court and will include both an underground parking structure as well as on-surface parking at the rear of the building. There will be 68 parking spaces altogether.

The development will also result in creation of a small parkette on the southeast corner of Stittsville Main Street and Wildpine Court.

A public meeting to view the plans for this proposed development is being held on Tuesday, Feb. 15 in the upstairs hall of the Stittsville District Community Centre (arena), starting at 7 p.m.

City of Ottawa planning staff will be in attendance to answer any questions about the project. City of Ottawa Stittsville ward councillor Shad Qadri will also be at the meeting.
https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applica...1-0030/details

Status Date : 2024-03-11
Description : Plan of Subdivision would create a new public street linking Wildpine Court and Ravenscroft Court, with 3 blocks of townhouses. A private street would be created at the northerly end of the site, with a block for 5 townhouses and a semi-detached. Total of 27 townhouses and a pair of semi-detached are proposed.

37 wildpine Court, stittsville
https://maps.app.goo.gl/4KrxG1EUdez41hot6

More details from Glen Gower: https://www.glengower.ca/development...ment-proposal/

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