OBJ story on it: https://obj.ca/bank-street-property-for-sale/ This is pretty brutal because that entire block of storefronts is boarded up along Bank St. That eyesore will probably remain for many months now.

There's definitely still a fair amount of work happening along Scott Street in Westboro. The wires were only put up quite recently, and Westboro station still has workers at it most days. They've just started building the bus loop there.

It’s plodding along, as seen from a passing bus

Landscaping starting to go into place now

Could be worse, could be a lot better.

New submission. Twin towers and bridge gone. Now a three tower project: 36 floors, 26 floors, 18 floors. Sigh. https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applications/D07-12-23-0019/details

27 floors does feel out of place here. Maybe just just an opening negotiating stance from the developer? I liked the earlier proposal and was hoping it would start soon. Oh well.

I don’t think there’s a thread here for the Tubman site at 403 Richmond in Westboro, but the developer is trying to get 27 storeys there instead of the already approved 9. Leiper has a post opposing it. https://kitchissippiward.ca/2026/02/06/403-richmond-tower-proposal/

I think it's the top Subaru dealership in all of Canada in terms of sales? Something like that. Hard to mess with a good thing, I guess.

It takes a long time for a community to build somewhere. This site does seem to get more active month by month. I much prefer this place not only for posting photos, but also because it’s actually readable on my phone while I’m commuting or whatever.

Weird to suddenly have this wide open space at this intersection

It's just the one excavator but it's been working all week and was drilling rock last night. A wide swath in the area of phase one. Seems this one may actually be starting.

There was an excavator working on the site this morning, digging some fairly wide holes. Presumably doing more site prep or soil work. I have a hunch phase one (the building fronting Roosevelt) will start next year.

Wow, that first photo really gives a sense of how visually distinctive these towers will be as those red columns rise into the sky

The Winona street work is done, the site is fully clear again. Hopefully this project starts before too long, because for now there's a gigantic, vacant lot filled with weeds right in the centre of Westboro Village. On a positive note, Heartbreakers Pizza has opened a location just across the...