Updated proposal (July 2026)
Changes to the Proposed Development
The following changes have been made to the originally-proposed development design in response to comments received from the technical review:
The proposal now includes 913 residential units.
- Building height: proposed building heights have been increased from 12 and 15 storeys in Submission 1, to 13 and 20 storeys in Submission 2, to 11, 13 and 30 storeys in Submission 3:
- Towers 2 and 4, the westernmost buildings, have been reduced slightly in height to improve the transition between the mid-rise buildings to the west and the high-rise buildings fronting onto St. Laurent Boulevard. They have also been adjusted to feature slightly different heights, at 11 and 13 storeys respectively, to provide visual interest and reduce the repetition in building heights;
- Towers 1 and 3 have been increased in height from 20 to 30 storeys in accordance with policies in the Official Plan, which direct high-rise heights to roads with wide rights-of-ways, such as St. Laurent Boulevard;
- The tower floorplates for all buildings are now reduced to meet the recommended tower floorplate of 750 m2 gross floor area (GFA) for residential towers, with tower floorplates of 600 m2 provided;
- Park Improvements: An unencumbered park block, comprising 10% of the lot area, is proposed for conveyance to the City of Ottawa. The park shape has been regularized and provides a rectangular, programmable area.
- The previous iteration of the plan showed a privately-owned public space (POPS) with a partially-encumbered park space in the southeast corner. Following a modest recessing of the underground parking garage from the southern portion of the property, the park space is now unencumbered;
- The park shape is regularized and more rectangular. The previous park design had a narrower frontage, but widened significantly in the interior of the site. The shape of the park has been changed to feature a more rectangular park shape. The park is not perfectly rectangular, however, due to the angled south property line;
- The potential redevelopment of the property at 1800 St. Laurent Boulevard may provide the opportunity to create a rectangular park shape with a mirrored parkland conveyance to the south, as requested by Parks staff;
- The grading on the site has also been reconsidered so that a continuous walkway from the east-west private road can lead to the park using a gradual slope, eliminating the need for the complex stair and pathway switchback design from the previous iteration;
- Building 3 has been redesigned. In the previous submission, the building featured a wider podium with a carriageway to access the park. The building footprint has been reduced and the podium is narrower than in Submission 2. The carriageway has been removed, allowing for a widened park frontage on St. Laurent Boulevard;
- Building design: the buildings have been redesigned. Whereas the previous design had a design that was generally carried to the upper floors, the revised design uses stacked, alternating rectangular shapes, with consistent breaks that create visual interest into the upper floors;
- Building Siting:
- The podium of Tower 3 has been reduced to provide more frontage for the park along St. Laurent Blvd;
- Tower 2 is more square compared to the previous version, in which it was more rectangular in shape;
- Tower 4 has been rotated 180 degrees, returning to the previous L-shaped design, so that the ‘L’ faces the interior of the site. This change was necessary to provide a sloped path to the park and opens up the building to the interior of the site and the park;
- Drive Aisles have been Refined: the drive aisle and circulation patterns between Towers 1 and 2 have been further refined:
- A second one-way vehicle lane has been added in front of Tower 2 for move-ins and move-outs. Waste collection will take place north of Tower 2, where recycling and garbage would be brought outside for pickup, but generally stored indoors otherwise;
- Three (3) courier spaces have been added north of Tower 1 for drivers to pick up delivery orders from the St. Hubert restaurant;
- The number of entrances for the south surface parking lot has been reduced from the previous two (2) entrances to one (1). Two-direction travel continues to be provided.
- Two (2) short-term pick-up and drop-off spaces have been added to the private road between Towers 1 and 3. The previous design did not have short-term pick-up and drop-off spaces and there was a concern that if someone in a vehicle pulled over on the private road, it would block traffic and cause a spillover of traffic onto St. Laurent Boulevard. An additional eight (8) short-term pick-up and drop-off parallel parking spaces are proposed between Towers 2 and 4.
Affordable Housing
The client intends to finance the project with financing from both the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and the City of Ottawa’s Affordable Housing Community Improvement Plan (CIP). Unit sizes have been developed to ensure that they are consistent with CMHC requirements. The affordable units will provide rents at average market rent (AMR), or lower as defined by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) for the Ottawa portion of the Ottawa-Gatineau Census Metropolitan Area, for the entire rental housing stock, based on building form and unit type.
Affordable units will be dispersed throughout the developments and have equal access to communal amenities.
Architect: PMA Architectes
Development application:
https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applications/D07-12-21-0177/details
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