Responding to complaints re the proposal of a new complex including two towers near the Ottawa Hospital’s Civic campus, Taggard Realty Management has made adjustments to their proposal

• the height of the towers is being scalled back from 28 to 22 and 25 to 16;
• the total number of units reduced from 460 to 414;
• the podium’s height will be reduced from 6 to 4;
• setbacks will be adjusted;
• distance between the two towers increased;
• bicycle spots will be increased;
• vehicle parking spots decreased;

Details here.

Main + Main in concert with Equiton and rla architecture will be developing a 3 tower complex at the corner of Montreal Road and Nort River Road. The 3 towers will be comprised of 1,013 rental units with a podium offering 25,000 square feet of retail space. Click here for details!

Earlier this week it was announced that the Argyle Street YMCA building would be sold. Bob Gallagher, president and CEO of the YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region stated the building had come to the end of its life cycle. It would otherwise need 38 million dollars of renovations to remain viable. The community now speaks up on what the loss of this facility means to those in need.

The Planning Committee has approved two high-rise towers in Lebreton Flats near Pimisi Station. These towers, one at 31 storeys and the other at 36 storeys will have 41 per cent of its units reserved for affordable rental rates per the city’s official plan for LeBreton Flats. Details here.

Optical Excellence is my go-to optician for frames and lenses. Good quality, great selection, and reasonably priced. It’s a friendly shop, with great service. Read more about the store and its owners Bruce & Wendy Tobin here.

Traveling east and west will be challenging for the next few days as the 417 will be closed between Metcalfe and Carling. The following ramps will be closed:

• O’Connor westbound
• Lyon westbound (ongoing)
• Bronson westbound (ongoing)
• Rochester westbound (ongoing)
• Parkdale westbound
• Maitland eastbound
• Carling/Kirkwood eastbound
• Parkdale eastbound

Details here!

Yasir Naqvi has created a task force to look at ways to revitalize the downtown core subsequent to the pandemic. I first found details of this in an article by the Ottawa Business Journal; that article interviews a few of the task force’s members. An article in the Centretown Buzz provides details on the task force’s purpose as well as a list of members.

Ottawa, more precisely in the Carlingwood area, now has the largest Canadian Tire in Canada. Click here for details. Below is a chart prepared in 2021 showing where Canadian Tire fits with respect. Details here.