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^ Plus, there is already a Comfort Inn hotel on that very same street, 2 lots down..
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Cardel Homes as proposed a new development in Riverside South (if you can even call it that - more like South Riverside South) named Ironwood.

It is just north of Rideau Road and bounded by River Road to the west and Spratt to the east.

More info here: City of Ottawa Dev Apps
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Stittsville getting a Public High School

PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL: When? Where? And what happens to South Carleton?

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The Ontario government announced Friday it would give the public school board up to $37.4-million to build a public high school in Stittsville.

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According to Qadri, Stittsville is the only community of its size in the province without a public high school.

At the end of 2016, the City of Ottawa pegged Stittsville’s population to be around 32,829 – an increase of 13,419 from the 2006 population count of 19,410. Further growth is expected with a projected population of 75,000 by 2025.
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Old Posted Mar 15, 2018, 4:51 PM
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Small-lot intensification anxiety extends to Orléans as city plans LRT extension

Jon Willing, Ottawa Citizen
Published on: March 14, 2018 | Last Updated: March 14, 2018 5:12 PM EDT


Intensification on small lots is no longer a concern specific to established urban neighbourhoods. The suburbs are starting to feel the same anxiety with the expansion of LRT.

An application by Danzac Holdings for 840 Balsam Dr., at the corner of Jeanne D’Arc Boulevard in Orléans, was approved by the committee of adjustment last month, even though one resident collected 38 signatures from neighbours opposing the plan, which calls for a second bungalow on the land.

Pat Trites, who has lived around the corner on Fir Street since 1974, said when word spread about construction on the property, she assumed it was small-scale work at the existing house.

“I simply thought they’re building an extension on the bungalow or making major renovations,” Trites said. Then she learned about the plan to construct a second residential building on the corner lot and creating four addresses on the property.

Trites was one of four neighbours who appeared at the committee of adjustment hearing and raised concerns about the application. They expressed unease about the increased density, creation of undersized lots compared to other properties, impact of the streetscape and the massing of the buildings. There are additional concerns about the availability of street parking, Trites said.

Unlike city council’s planning committee, there are no elected politicians who sit on any of the three panels of the committee of adjustment. It’s a quasi-judicial body tasked with making minor planning decisions. Council appoints citizen members to the committee, which is independent from the political and bureaucratic decision-making of city hall. The decision is final, unless it’s appealed to the Ontario Municipal Board.

In the case of 840 Balsam Dr., all but one member of the committee of adjustment panel voted to approve the application. According to the written decision, the dissenting member, Nadine Tischhauser, “found the contextual evidence from the neighbours persuasive in establishing that the impact of the requested minor variances be not minor in nature.” Tischhauser thinks the newly created lots “would be out of character with the neighbourhood,” the decision says.

Sylvain Bourgon, owner of Danzac Holdings, said he plans to rotate the existing bungalow to make room for the second bungalow. Each building will have two rental units. He intends to make sure the development fits with the surrounding properties. The company did a similar conversion on Belcourt Boulevard, also in Orléans.

“I want to keep it looking the same as the neighbourhood. I don’t want to disrupt the neighbourhood,” Bourgon said, adding that he tries to rent units to mature tenants, ones who will take care of the property.

Bourgon said his company has 16 properties in its portfolio. He tries to acquire land in up-and-coming areas. The Balsam Drive property is attractive because it won’t be far from a future LRT stop at Place d’Orléans, Bourgon said.

Orléans Coun. Bob Monette said the suburb will feel development pressure with the Trim Road LRT extension, which is scheduled to be constructed by 2022.

“I’ve always been one to support intensification if it makes sense,” Monette said.

The councillor opposes a larger intensification project proposed for the south side of Place d’Orléans. A 13-storey building at 2020 St. Joseph Blvd. would be a bad place to construct that size of building because of past landslides and a tricky intersection for traffic, he said.

As for the Balsam Drive development, Monette said he understands why residents would be concerned since the property hasn’t changed in decades. He said he would have questioned the application if it was eligible for scrutiny by council’s planning committee.

The city’s legal department advises councillors not to intervene in applications to the committee of adjustment. There’s a potential perceived conflict, since council appoints the committee members.

Anyone had the opportunity to appeal the committee of adjustment’s decision for Balsam Drive, but Trites said an appeal would be expensive, considering that it would require a lawyer.

However, the end of the appeal period shouldn’t stop people from questioning politicians about how planning decisions are happening, Trites said.

“I don’t think community members should just lie dead,” she said.

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ON MARCH 16, 2018 / BY SHADQADRI



The Planning Department has received the revised plan for the Johnwoods Linear Park which will be located between Rosehill Drive and Maple Grove Road on the closed portion of Johnwoods Street. The revisions to the plans involve additional landscaping and modification of all streetlights to low spillage LED bulbs as per the public comments. I encourage residents to review the plans and the response to public comments.

Work will continue in the Spring on this project with the anticipated completion this summer. This section of Johnwoods was closed in the Fall as it allowed for preliminary work to take place so in the spring, work can be expedited with the plan to have the pathway completed in the summer. While approvals are still being finalized for the co-ordination of the works for the diversion pipe, I have confirmed with City staff that there are no current delays to the project timeline for the pathway construction.
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CONCEPTS FOR MASSIVE NEW PARK AT FDRC

Written by Stephen Blais on May 29, 2018.
The City owns 19 hectares (47 acres) of land beside the François Dupuis Recreation Centre. This land is NOT currently designated for any future use.
Instead of allowing it to be developed into a thousand new homes, Councillor Blais would like to use the lands to build a major new park for the residents of Cumberland Ward.

The community is invited to an open house to review concepts developed by the City.

You can view the plan online and provide comments here: http://stephenblais.ca/en/latest-new...w-park-at-fdrc

PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE
JUNE 5, 2018
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Old Posted Jun 19, 2018, 5:02 PM
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Grocery store expected to spark new development in Greely

By: Peter Kovessy
Published: Jun 18, 2018 3:17pm EDT




An Ottawa developer is hoping that an under-construction grocery store in Greely will be the anchor tenant for a new wave of commercial development in the rural south-end village.

Sunset Lakes Developments, which has constructed some 700 residential lots and more than a dozen artificial lakes in the community, has some 40 acres of land for commercial use at the southeast corner of Bank Street and Parkway Road dubbed the Greely Village Centre.

Maverick Developments is constructing the first six-acre parcel, starting with a 33,500-square-foot Sobeys Foodland that’s expected to open this fall, says Dan Anderson, the president of Sunset Lakes Developments, adding that the site plan includes provisions for a drive-thru.

“With the anchor in place, we now are moving forward with the balance of the development,” Anderson says.

Greely has been one of Ottawa’s fastest-growing communities over the past decade and now has nearly 10,000 residents, according to the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study database.

However, Anderson says commercial growth in the area has lagged – creating both a problem as well as business opportunities.

The next phases of the Greely Village Centre include a 20,000-square-foot medical and professional centre for which Sunset Lakes has its permits “all but ready” and a 6,000-square-foot retail building.

Anderson says some of the larger parcels, which range from 2.5 to five acres, could be marketed at larger employers.

“We could easily attract a major employer (whose employees) would have a very nice commute,” he says. “We’re really only using one side of the road in the morning and one side in the evening.”

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Looking at potentially purchasing a unit in this building, "The Legendary Warehouse Lofts" at 555 Anand Private, built in 2015.

Does anybody currently own or rent there or would have heard good or bad things about the building? The building was developed by Linden Developments with architecture by Woodman Architect and Associates Lld... Haven't heard about Linden before, is that a pretty good builder?

Any feedback would be appreciated

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[B]Grocery store expected to spark new development in Greely

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Maverick Developments is constructing the first six-acre parcel, starting with a 33,500-square-foot Sobeys Foodland that’s expected to open this fall...
There already is a Foodland in Greely so this seems like a matter of an existing business just moving across the street to a new (albeit larger and more visible) location.
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Looking at potentially purchasing a unit in this building, "The Legendary Warehouse Lofts" at 555 Anand Private, built in 2015.

Does anybody currently own or rent there or would have heard good or bad things about the building? The building was developed by Linden Developments with architecture by Woodman Architect and Associates Lld... Haven't heard about Linden before, is that a pretty good builder?

Any feedback would be appreciated
I have a "not super close" friend that bought a unit there. Seems to like the place as far as I know. He posted a lot of pictures online when he got setup. Looks pretty nice. In that sorta fake loft style.
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There already is a Foodland in Greely so this seems like a matter of an existing business just moving across the street to a new (albeit larger and more visible) location.
I thought the existing grocery store was independent. The article indicates that the new store is going to be Sobey's.
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Looking at potentially purchasing a unit in this building, "The Legendary Warehouse Lofts" at 555 Anand Private, built in 2015.

Does anybody currently own or rent there or would have heard good or bad things about the building? The building was developed by Linden Developments with architecture by Woodman Architect and Associates Lld... Haven't heard about Linden before, is that a pretty good builder?

Any feedback would be appreciated
One thing you should know (if you don't already) is that property has a dev app. approved to build 2 x 17 story (I think) rental apartments south of the existing condo building. They seem to be sitting on the dev. app and it might be expiring soon... or they could be waiting to time the construction finish with the Trillium Line expansion, who knows.
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Back in 2006 under the N/S Chiarelli plan, they wanted to integrate the proposed Walkley Station into their development. Any potential of this is probably dead now (and pretty much impossible anyway with a single track station serving a diesel train), but I could certainly see them launch the next phase once constructions starts on Stage 2, or alternatively, start construction with rentals in mind with completion in line with Trillium's 2021 planned re-opening.
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Does anybody currently own or rent there or would have heard good or bad things about the building?
A work colleague likes living there. Then again, he used to live at Lees.
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Thank you all!

In regards to the other developments, I figured the empty field behind wouldn't stay empty for long. Thankfully the unit I am looking at is on the north side so any development in the back wouldn't necessarily affect me or the view or anything like that.

And yes, I figured that with the addition of a Walkley station as part of phase 2, it could potentially increase values later on. A quick LRT ride to Bayview / Downtown and beyond. To make sure though, Walkley station IS still part of phase 2 correct? No talks of it being scrapped or cancelled?
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To make sure though, Walkley station IS still part of phase 2 correct? No talks of it being scrapped or cancelled?
Who knows what will happen when this council decides to extend LRT to Richmond and Metcalfe.
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I thought the existing grocery store was independent. The article indicates that the new store is going to be Sobey's.
The article calls it a "Sobeys Foodland".

The existing Foodland is independent, but Foodland is a Sobeys brand, akin to what Your Independent Grocer is to Loblaws. They sell Compliments products as does Sobeys.

It seems more likely that the existing store is moving (further away from the village despite the "Village Centre" name of the new development) than the other possibility that a 2nd Foodland is opening within a few kms.
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Crane is up just off Tenth Line and the 174, likely Phase 2 to the existing retirement residence building at Jeanne d'arc
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Not sure if this warrants its own thread. The City of Gatineau has been debating the Aylmer Lucy Faris library for years. First, they wanted to build a new one near the Paul Pelletier pool, but the new council backed down in front of public opposition. They were then looking at either renovating the building that currently houses the library (along with municipal offices), expanding or demolishing. Since the building is structurally unsound, so much so that a quarter of the building sits empty, they've decided to demolish and build a new building.

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Le conseil municipal de Gatineau vient de signer l’arrêt de mort de l’édifice place des Pionniers.

éunis en comité plénier, jeudi, les élus ont pris une décision qui aura des effets à long terme dans le cœur d’Aylmer. Le conseil a d’abord décidé à l’unanimité de mettre au rancart le projet de l’ancien conseil qui prévoyait la construction de la nouvelle bibliothèque Lucy-Faris à côté de la piscine Paul-Pelletier, sur la rue Fraser.

La future bibliothèque Lucy-Faris sera finalement reconstruite sur son site actuel, au 115, rue Principale, une fois que l’immeuble qui l’abrite, place des Pionniers, aura été jeté à terre par les démolisseurs. L’administration doit revenir au conseil en janvier 2019 avec des scénarios de relocalisation des activités qui ont actuellement lieu dans cet édifice, ainsi que des modèles d’affaires pour la construction d’un nouvel immeuble signature multi-usage.

Les problèmes de place des Pionniers sont connus depuis longtemps. L’administration a révélé, jeudi, que 19 études, expertises et inspections structurales réalisées depuis 1999 viennent essentiellement toutes aux mêmes conclusions. L’immeuble est mal conçu et sa capacité portante présente d’importantes faiblesses. La situation est telle que le quart de l’immeuble ne peut pas être utilisé. Il en coûterait près de 18 millions $ uniquement pour renforcer ses fondations, et ces travaux n’augmenteraient en rien la durée de vie utile de l’édifice. Le conseil est venu à la conclusion qu’il fallait en finir.

« Je pense qu’on est devant une opportunité, a indiqué le président du comité exécutif, Gilles Carpentier. Nous ne sommes plus uniquement devant un enjeu de bibliothèque, mais devant l’avenir d’un édifice. Il y a un coût à ne rien faire. Nous avons la possibilité de construire là quelque chose en fonction des besoins et de l’avenir de ce secteur. »

Les détails du projet à venir seront précisés en janvier prochain, mais les principes généraux concordent avec les attentes rendues publiques dans Le Droit par les élus du secteur Aylmer. Ces derniers souhaitent d’abord que la future bibliothèque demeure au même endroit et sont en faveur de la construction d’un bâtiment signature qui pourrait en même temps répondre aux besoins de l’administration municipale, des organismes communautaires et du secteur privé.

« Je suis vraiment contente qu’on puisse garder la bibliothèque dans le cœur d’Aylmer, a indiqué la conseillère du quartier, Audrey Bureau. C’est ce que les gens voulaient. Là, on avance dans ce dossier. On pourra avoir un concours architectural et un comité de citoyen qui pourra aider à déterminer les usages du nouveau bâtiment. »

Les premières estimations très préliminaires données par l’administration indiquent qu’une dépense d’environ 55 millions $ serait nécessaire pour démolir et reconstruire un bâtiment multifonctionnel de quatre étages. Le maire Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin affirme qu’il est encore trop tôt pour parler d’argent dans ce dossier. Une somme de 22 millions $ a déjà été réservée pour la future bibliothèque Lucy-Faris.

Ces sommes pourront permettre de lancer les premières étapes du projet. Le financement de tout le projet devra être analysé ultérieurement.

« Il y a différents modèles d’affaires qui pourraient nous permettre d’éviter beaucoup de coûts, a-t-il indiqué. Il y a l’enjeu de la bibliothèque, mais aussi celui de place des Pionniers. L’argent n’aurait pas à venir uniquement du plan de déploiement des bibliothèques. Il y a une part qui pourrait venir du plan d’immobilisation et de l’enveloppe pour l’entretien de nos édifices. Une décision budgétaire n’est ni possible ni nécessaire dans ce dossier en novembre prochain. »
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Local Buddhist society planning grand temple near Richmond

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Updated: August 7, 2018




A local Buddhist society is leaving urban Ottawa to build a unique grand temple in a more peaceful area near the village of Richmond, hoping the ornate facility will also be a draw for worshipers from across eastern Ontario and Quebec.

The International Buddhist Progress Society of Ottawa-Carleton has applied to the City of Ottawa for land-use permission to carve out a piece of forested land for a temporary worship facility and traditional Chinese-style temple at 6688 Franktown Rd.

The Buddihist society is vacating its current facility on Scott Street and heading for a more tranquil setting on the 39-hectare parcel of land in rural Ottawa. The new Fo Guang Shan temple would have a long driveway leading from Franktown Road to a one-storey temple and a two-storey rooming house.

Bingfeng Li, the project manager for the development, said a temporary worship facility constructed on the site later this year will have roughly the same area as the current Scott Street building. The permanent temple, which will take much longer to build, will be about 10-times the area of the temporary facility.

“The client isn’t just looking at how many people they have currently. They’re looking at the future,” Li said on Tuesday.

Li said the local Buddhist society bought the land in 2006, received rezoning approval from council in 2007 and has been fundraising for its temple development. Money will also come from other international Buddhist societies to help pay for the project, he said.



The cost of the development could be about $8 million, Li said. Soft soil on the land will require a deeper excavation to reach rock, pushing up the costs.

Li said the society decided to find a new location in the quieter rural area, rather than another urban site.

“The natural environment of that land is really ideal, in an area surrounded by mature trees,” Li said.

Dining spaces, classrooms, a library and a museum are included in the project plan.

Li estimated construction of the permanent temple would take about two years, once all the regulatory approvals are obtained next year. Prayer and worship are only part of the programming for the site, he said. The temple could be ready in 2021.

“They’re going to have many celebrations in the community,” Li said, underscoring the temple’s size and the potential of attracting visitors from outside of the region.

The planning application details the first phase of the temple development and it could grow bigger over the years, depending on how many people are interested in the Buddhist society and its activities, Li said.



Susan D. Smith Architects is the design firm for the buildings. The original concept for the temple came from a member of the Buddhist society and she has been working with Smith on the final design.

Smith said the project team is aiming for a sustainable heating and cooling method and is looking at a geothermal system with pipes circulating water to adjust the building’s temperature. There are also plans to use solar power.

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