[postingaboutottawa]

Didn't see a thread so wanted to kick one off. New design from NEUF, site plan docs have just gone live on devapps:

https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applications/D07-12-22-0188/details

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[pgagnon]

If this means they will revamp & rehab the buildings lining Bank St (many of them are boarded up now, painted white, etc), and adds density, I'll about it;.. even though the grey design isn't all too warm or welcoming.

 

[J.OT13]

Huge improvements over the previous dark, drab design. Seems this new rendition gives the heritage façades more room to breath.

 

[J.OT13]

Previous design for context.

 

[urbottawa]

Render from another angle from the heritage docs. Interesting to read through the plan for restoring the heritage buildings - the changes made to the street level for these buildings (like the variated brick) over the years really takes away from them. Glad to see there is a lot of effort being put into having them be more true to the originals.

 

[pgagnon]

Looking forward to seeing this go ahead. Drove down on this section of Bank St yesterday and seeing the entire block with empty storefronts, boarded-up doors & windows & graffiti was disappointing.

 

[hoggytime]

This one will be absolutely transformational for that stretch of Bank, hopefully a catalyst for much more!

 

[J.OT13]

Current state.

 

[ItsGucci]

With 25 storeys proposed next door, is there potential for this one to be resubmitted with a high-rise?

 

[J.OT13]

"Smart" Living flipping the property. They bought it for $10.2 million, selling for $14.5 million.

https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/29570901/178-nepean-211-231-bank-street-ottawa-4102-ottawa-centre

 

[btap]

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.

 

[J.OT13]

'I feel betrayed': What's behind the boarded-up stretch of Bank Street?

The tenants are evicted. The project collapsed. And creditors were pursuing the development group over tens of millions of dollars in loans and other alleged debts.

ottawacitizen.com

 

[Katimavid]

certainly a huge mess - hopefully somebody is able to salvage this development

 

[CapitalSeven]

They will have to rethink, the floorplans at least. The plan was for a large number of really tiny units, the kind that have totally fallen out of favour. I wonder whether that was a factor in the collapse.

 

[sm4012]

I bet that and the overall drop in rental demand. Did this developer not abandon that project at Clyde and Baseline that everyone complains is sitting unfinished?