Envie [256 Rideau St] | 2x85m | 2x29f | Completed - Page 19

ponyboycurtis · #**361** Posted **Aug 11, 2022, 4:23 PM**

We can also mark this one as complete.

I like the vertical neon light bands at the ground level. The main entrance is kinda weird with that white marble though. A total clashing material with the rest of the building??? I don't get it.

The neon lights at the top and bottom are pretty sweet though. The Rideau face of the building is also kind of neat even if is stamped right next to CP. That oddball 3 degree offset is a cool niche detail you have to look twice to see.

We just need another stamped tower next to it to get rid of that god awful eastern face.

OTSkyline · #**362** Posted **Aug 12, 2022, 1:45 PM**

I also really don't understand that random neon green patch at the top. Like... what??

Harley613 · #**363** Posted **Aug 12, 2022, 2:11 PM**

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I also really don't understand that random neon green patch at the top. Like... what??

That patch and the red patches at Loop drive me completely nuts. Only in Ottawa, I tell you... It's like developers demand the cheapest designs possible from the architects, and the architects get so frustrated that they add a random weird last minute flourish just to say 'F&#K You' and see if it gets rubber stamped.

ponyboycurtis · #**364** Posted **Aug 20, 2022, 5:36 AM**

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That patch and the red patches at Loop drive me completely nuts. Only in Ottawa, I tell you... It's like developers demand the cheapest designs possible from the architects, and the architects get so frustrated that they add a random weird last minute flourish just to say 'F&#K You' and see if it gets rubber stamped.

It's weird I agree. I dig the little angle on the roofline and funky lights at the top though.

I'm looking forward to seeing the ground floor when it isn't half taken up by construction office.

The polished chrome and light strips look great at night. The white marble also looks better at night than it does during the day. We just need to slap another 85m 27 floor building next to it and get rid of that awful panelled wall.

J.OT13 · #**365** Posted **Oct 31, 2022, 12:53 PM**

Cross-post, love what they did on the top floor of Envie.

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Lots of cranes in that image

OTownandDown · #**366** Posted **May 17, 2023, 8:55 PM**

Found these backside pictures of Envie, finally! Not quite 'low down' enough, but I'm impressed there is sunlight:

Found these on Realtor for Claridge Plaza:
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25592652/242-rideau-street-unit806-ottawa-sandy-hill

lol, what a bedroom window view! Honestly should be illegal:

waterloowarrior · #**367** Posted **May 18, 2023, 5:08 PM**

Harley613 · #**368** Posted **May 18, 2023, 5:19 PM**

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I thought of Rear Window the moment I saw the post

J.OT13 · #**369** Posted **May 19, 2023, 12:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by OTownandDown

Found these backside pictures of Envie, finally! Not quite 'low down' enough, but I'm impressed there is sunlight:

Found these on Realtor for Claridge Plaza:
https://www.realtor.ca/real-estate/25592652/242-rideau-street-unit806-ottawa-sandy-hill

More light than I thought they could ever get, but they did wait for the optimal time of day to take the picture.

rocketphish · #**370** Posted **Dec 18, 2024, 7:36 PM**

Dec 2024

Ashcroft Homes is proposing to increase the number of dwelling units within the existing building at 256 Rideau Street from 574 to 579, by converting 5 common amenity rooms, located on the 3rd and 29th floors, into dwelling units.

https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applications/D02-02-24-0031/details

YOWetal · #**371** Posted **Dec 18, 2024, 8:49 PM**

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Dec 2024

Ashcroft Homes is proposing to increase the number of dwelling units within the existing building at 256 Rideau Street from 574 to 579, by converting 5 common amenity rooms, located on the 3rd and 29th floors, into dwelling units.

https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applications/D02-02-24-0031/details

Sounds shady for current tenants but from a planning perspective seem meh.

GeoNerd · #**372** Posted **Dec 18, 2024, 9:31 PM**

Man, how broke can you be? It’s like when they sold all the visitor spaces in their building on Richmond.

Alex613 · #**373** Posted **Dec 18, 2024, 10:26 PM**

Yeah, not great.

This project was originally conceived as a “rooming unit” building, e.g. student housing with units sharing a common kitchen and possibly bathroom. The developer changed the use of the building to “dwelling units” (e.g apartments) by including a kitchen and bathroom in each unit. The building is supposed to continue as student housing but in some older ads you can see that it is/was also marketed to young professionals. Not sure what the status is at the moment. In any event, the size for the required amenity space is not the same--it is higher for buildings that are used as apartments than for rooming units. When the developer changed the use of the building, they could have adjusted the number of units (e.g. reduced them slightly) to conform to the new amenity space requirement, but instead they are asking for relief.

DTcrawler · #**374** Posted **Dec 19, 2024, 12:19 AM**

I hope their number of net leased units drops cause of the decision. I get they're broke but what a scummy thing to do. Highrises need quality amenities to make up for having less personal living space. If we're going to keep encouraging density, you're not going to convince people through stuff like this.

ponyboycurtis · #**375** Posted **Jun 2, 2026, 4:05 AM**

Brilliant

J.OT13 · #**376** Posted **Yesterday, 1:30 PM**

Can't wait to see a proposal for that last parking lot, but also, not really because it will complete the Great Wall of Rideau.