Tremblay Station [1330 Avenue K] | ?m | up to 30f | Proposed

[rocketphish]

Colonnade BridgePort intends to develop the site, municipally known as 1330 Avenue K but also informally known as 25 Pickering Place, as a mixed use community. The first stage of this is to subdivide the site into six building lots, one lot for a park and one public and one private street.

A concept plan for the site was prepared by Hobin Architecture and this guided the Draft Plan. The proposed uses have not yet been confirmed, but the development will likely include residential uses along with complementary commercial uses. The uses being considered are all permitted under the current zoning provisions. The final use mix will be finalised in individual site plan applications.

A 1,482m2 park is proposed as the central unifying feature of the development, as Block 5 on the Draft Plan.

Most of the subject site is designated ‘TOD Density Code’ TD3 which has a height limit of 30 storeys and a people density of 550+. A small section in the eastern part of the site is TD2 with a height limit of 20 storeys and a density of 400-1000 people per hectare.

The height limits are respected, not just as maximums but as genuine guidance. The proposed heights are likely going to be close to the suggested heights (i.e, not four storeys where 30 is recommended).


Development application:
http://app01.ottawa.ca/postingplans/...appId=__B93W1Q


Location:




Conceptual Siteplan:




Conceptual Rendering:

[rocketphish]

Repost from the General Update/Rumour thread:

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Colonnade BridgePort to build 'mixed-use community hub' near Via Rail, LRT stations

David Sali, OBJ
April 27, 2020


ColonnadeBridgePort has teamed up with a Toronto developer to buy a five-acre industrial site at 25 Pickering Pl. near the Via Rail terminal. Image courtesy Google Maps

One of the city’s largest real estate firms is teaming up with a Toronto-based investment partner to develop what it calls an “urban village” on a prime piece of land near Ottawa’s Via Rail station.

Colonnade BridgePort said Monday it has acquired five acres of property at 25 Pickering Pl., just east of the Via Rail terminal and the Tremblay LRT station. The developer says it aims to turn the current industrial site into a “mixed-use, high-density community hub” that will include rental apartment highrises, retail space, parkland and possibly a hotel.

The Ottawa company is partnering with investment firm Fiera Real Estate, which has worked with Colonnade BridgePort on various other local development projects, including 1960 Scott St. and 315 McRae Ave. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Colonnade director of development Stephen Martin called the east-end site, which was previously owned by cleaning product manufacturer Dustbane Products, a “compelling” location because of its close proximity to light rail and the train station.

In addition, he said, the property is already zoned for mixed-use projects of up to 30 storeys, a rarity for available land in a city that puts a premium on transit-oriented development.

“From a connectivity point of view, there isn’t anything else like it in the city,” Martin said, adding the site has potential for more than two million square feet of residential and commercial space.

Colonnade and Fiera join a growing list of developers ​– such as RioCan REIT and Killam Apartment REIT, who are constructing a block of apartment towers a few kilometres east near the Blair LRT station – that see light rail as a game-changer for an area that’s traditionally been on the short end of large-scale development projects.

Martin called the Confederation LRT line “an equalizer” for Ottawa’s east end.

“It does change the catchment area, both from a commercial and a residential perspective,” he explained.

Colonnade and Fiera have signed a leaseback agreement with Dustbane that will allow the previous owner to continue operating on the site while the new owners draft a master plan for the property.

Connor Shea, Colonnade’s director of asset and investment management, said some portions of the land could eventually be parcelled off and sold to other builders depending on how the master plan evolves.

“The site provides a lot of flexibility in terms of what we can do,” Shea said.

Site plans for all stages of the project will require city approval, so shovels probably won’t be in the ground for at least a few years, he added. The first residential towers will likely be built out over a three- to five-year span, he said.

“Pre-COVID, we were seeing lots of demand for purpose-built residential,” Shea said. “We still believe that demand is there, but with COVID-19 and the shutdown … all bets are off. We are going to have to figure out what the timeline’s going to look like to develop it.”

https://obj.ca/article/colonnade-bri...l-lrt-stations

[alamgirkhan]

Doesn’t integrate well with Tremblay rd. imo

[TransitZilla]

Originally Posted by alamgirkhan

Doesn’t integrate well with Tremblay rd. imo

No, but it doesn't appear that they own the land fronting onto Tremblay.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by bradnixon

No, but it doesn't appear that they own the land fronting onto Tremblay.

I hope they can consolidate the rest of the block.

[J.OT13]

Highrises, park key elements in Colonnade BridgePort's east-end development proposal

OBJ, August 28, 2020

A plan to redevelop five acres of prime real estate near Ottawa’s main Via Rail terminal will likely include a park surrounded by six blocks for mixed-use highrises that could be as tall as 30 storeys, according to an application recently filed with the city.

Ottawa-based real estate firm Colonnade BridgePort says it plans to build a mix of residential and commercial space at 25 Pickering Pl., just east of the Via Rail terminal and the Tremblay LRT station.

The company partnered with Toronto-based investment firm Fiera Real Estate to acquire the property earlier this year from cleaning product manufacturer Dustbane Products, which will “incrementally leave the site as it is redeveloped,” according to the development application.

In the first stage of the plan, the developers are seeking to subdivide the land into six lots for buildings as well as a park and one public and one private street.

Under the city’s transit-oriented development guidelines, buildings of up to 30 storeys are allowed on most of the site. The application suggests that the developers want to construct a cluster of mixed-use towers on the property.

Noting there is “currently negligible residential development around (the Via) and Tremblay Stations,” the report says the proposal “is likely to include residential uses and will create a distinct highrise urban community,” adding the final use mix will be finalized through individual site plan applications.

'Extensive' pedestrian pathways

According to the application, there will be an “extensive” network of pedestrian and cycling paths to connect the development with the Via and LRT stations. The builders say the park will become the “central unifying feature of the development,” but its size has not yet been determined.

The development’s “identity will emerge in time,” the application adds, “but will be centred on the central park, the tight network of streets and the proximity to the LRT and Via Rail stations.”

The application also suggests the development will cater heavily to transit users.

“There is no intention to provide vehicle parking beyond the limited amount required by residents and it will be underground,” the application says.

When the land deal was announced in April, Colonnade director of development Stephen Martin told OBJ the land’s proximity to public transit and ready-made zoning for mixed-use highrises made it an attractive development site.

“From a connectivity point of view, there isn’t anything else like it in the city,” Martin said, adding the site has potential for more than two million square feet of residential and commercial space.

Colonnade and Fiera are part of a growing list of developers that see light rail as a game-changer for an area that’s traditionally been on the short end of large-scale construction projects.

RioCan REIT and Killam Apartment REIT, for example, are constructing a block of apartment towers a few kilometres east near the Blair LRT station. Meanwhile, another group of developers recently filed plans to build a 1.3-million-square-foot complex of apartment units and hotel suites a stone’s throw from the Cyrville LRT station two stops east of the Pickering Place property.

https://obj.ca/article/real-estate/h...pment-proposal

[rocketphish]

Updated Proposal (May 2022):

The proposed uses have not yet been confirmed, but the development will likely include residential uses along with complementary commercial uses. The uses being considered are all permitted in the current zoning. The final use mix and the detailed design of the buildings will be finalised in individual Site Plan applications. The building form shown on the Development Concept Plan above is conceptual for this Zoning By-law Amendment application. The proposed heights of the towers are permitted by the current zoning.

Architect: Hobin Architecture


Development application:
https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applica...2-0048/details


Conceptual Siteplan:

[Ottawacurious]

D07-16-20-0020 for 25 pickering is for a new subdivision and the status on devaps is "File Pending" but "draft approved" on 09-Sept-2022.

D02-02-22-0045 for 1330 Avenue K is "Comments in progress" ...last update 8-July-2022. It is for a zoning bylaw amendment.

I take this to mean they have the go-ahead for the neighbourhood but are now just waiting for the zoning to get approved. Do I have that right?

[RideauRat]

Super Excited that I Commute to tremblay everyday, il get to seats to these, il also have good view of Ogilvie & cummings, lees station towers, pretty much anything on going up on Montreal road.

[Uhuniau]

I don't understand the point of having both parkland and overly wide but completely pointless dead green spaces around the buildings.

[OTSkyline]

Part of the reason is probably current policies that force developers to set aside X amount of the land for "green space", or else they have to pay $$$ (cash-in-lieu).

This is what you end up with, random empty patches of land just to adhere to some weird policy.

[Uhuniau]

Originally Posted by OTSkyline

Part of the reason is probably current policies that force developers to set aside X amount of the land for "green space", or else they have to pay $$$ (cash-in-lieu).

This is what you end up with, random empty patches of land just to adhere to some weird policy.

If that's the case, it's a perverse incentive. Margins of buildings and properties shouldn't count towards that quota.

[Multi-modal]

Originally Posted by Uhuniau

I don't understand the point of having both parkland and overly wide but completely pointless dead green spaces around the buildings.

That is just a high-level artist rendering of the concept plan. I'm sure a lot of those green spaces will turn into hardscaping, parking garage ramps, pathways, etc.

[Arcologist]

I don't understand why they're capping out at 30f? I mean, for once, there are no (or few) possibilities of NIMBYs complaining, since this proposal is in the middle of former industrial & light commercial space, so why not go higher and denser? If we can go 60+ on Albert at Bayview, why not the same around here? Then the lots surrounding this development can also go high & dense and connect to the train station.

[OTSkyline]

My best guess is due to what that area looks like today and the fact that it's relatively undeveloped/secluded and a bit run down. Things will improve with time and more of these types of proposals, but I don't think there is demand today to fill 60 story towers at Tremblay. But that's just my opinion

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by Arcologist

I don't understand why they're capping out at 30f? I mean, for once, there are no (or few) possibilities of NIMBYs complaining, since this proposal is in the middle of former industrial & light commercial space, so why not go higher and denser? If we can go 60+ on Albert at Bayview, why not the same around here? Then the lots surrounding this development can also go high & dense and connect to the train station.

Not quite the same situation. Bayview is a major interchange. It's a high capacity station with three entrances. The Trinity project is directly connected.

This one is 200 meters from Tremblay at it's closet point. Tremblay is a lower capacity station with only one entrance.

Not necessarily THE reasons, but that might be factored in.

[OTownandDown]

Originally Posted by Uhuniau

I don't understand the point of having both parkland and overly wide but completely pointless dead green spaces around the buildings.

So just because they're 30 fl towers, residents shouldn't get a place to let their dogs go to the bathroom?

But really, there's essentially zero truly public green space anywhere nearby here, not counting shrubbery around the train station, and the bike path sandwiched with the highway across Tremblay. (edit, there's also Cecil Morrison park in the alphabet soup across Belfast, and the drug-addict camping zone at the east end of Tremblay, just watch for the needles.)



This is Hobin's suburban development from a few years ago, the affordable housing one. Is this not about the minimum greenspace in a suburban form outside of a street grid, tower or otherwise?

As an aside, these types of towers would normally have a street on all sides, and they certainly need to have setbacks between them. So the question is, if there's no street grid, how to add setbacks so you're not 6 feet from your neighbour's living room window?

Would you be more comfortable if it were one mass podium with towers poking out, instead of likely one mass parking garage below grade?

[Lakeofthewood]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

Not quite the same situation. Bayview is a major interchange. It's a high capacity station with three entrances. The Trinity project is directly connected.

This one is 200 meters from Tremblay at it's closet point. Tremblay is a lower capacity station with only one entrance.

Not necessarily THE reasons, but that might be factored in.

Exactly this. There's one bus route that comes every 30 minutes at best, otherwise, there's very little connection to anything else. And the land use in the immediate vicinity doesn't exactly lend itself to non-car users in the short term: getting to Trainyards for grocery shopping is about a 15-20 minute walk, and there isn't a corner store or place to grab food closer than a 10-minute walk away through all industrial land use. At least until a connection across the VIA tracks is provided

[SL123]

From a renx.ca article found by Harley613

"While Colonnade BridgePort isn’t “pushing dirt” at the moment, that’s about to change. It hopes to begin constructing at least two sites in 2024, including a 12-storey rental tower at 100 Argyle Ave., and Phase 1 of the five-tower, mixed-use project at 25 Pickering Pl."

https://renx.ca/colonnade-bridgeport...pment-pipeline

[Harley613]

Originally Posted by SL123

From a renx.ca article found by Harley613

"While Colonnade BridgePort isn’t “pushing dirt” at the moment, that’s about to change. It hopes to begin constructing at least two sites in 2024, including a 12-storey rental tower at 100 Argyle Ave., and Phase 1 of the five-tower, mixed-use project at 25 Pickering Pl."

https://renx.ca/colonnade-bridgeport...pment-pipeline

Actually found by Rocketphish, but yeah! Exciting news! That article is a goldmine.