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CLV looking for benefits relief
As many residents will have noted, the request by CLV for additional height at their Gladstone/Loretta development has been bouncing around committee and Council for several weeks. As I noted in a previous newsletter, this is in large part due to assertions by the developer that they should get a break on their community benefits. Yesterday, the City released a report for consideration recommending that of
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Doug Ford: don’t privatize our water
By Jeff Leiper and Catherine McKenney Ottawa has some of the best tap water in the world. It’s a point of pride for the employees who deliver it, and for city councillors who get to brag about it. Elected officials and other stakeholders worry, though, that Doug Ford’s government is on the path to privatizing
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CMHC Ottawa housing tracker
Find the most recent nationwide CMHC reporting here.
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Several big developments on the horizon
It doesn’t rain, but it pours. Things have been fairly quiet on the development front in Kitchissippi without big approval battles for several years even as tower approvals march ahead without fanfare along Scott, Carling and elsewhere. Three recent proposals are out-of-the-ordinary, though, and I wanted to describe my approach to those anticipating that they
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340 Parkdale open house Feb. 24
340 Parkdale Avenue (Including Carleton Tavern site): Community Information Session The City has received development applications to redevelop the block generally referred to as 340 Parkdale Avenue. It is bound by Parkdale, Armstrong, Hamilton and Spencer – including 3 Hamilton Avenue North and 223, 229 and 233 Armstrong Street (and the Carleton Tavern). The applicant
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Scott/Tweedsmuir/Athlone development open house February 18
The City of Ottawa has received applications to amend the Richmond Road/Westboro Secondary Plan and the Zoning By-Law to facilitate the development of three mixed-use buildings (ranging between 29 and 40 storeys), a four-storey, low-rise building, 477 parking spaces, 91 visitor parking spaces and 780.4 sq.m. of parkland. Our office will be hosting a virtual Open