What should be next for Canadian Tire Centre?
La version française suit (Photo: Workers install the new Canadian Tire Centre sign in August 2013. Photo by Glen Gower./Photo : Des ouvriers installent la nouvelle affiche du Centre Canadian Tire en août 2013. Photo de Glen Gower.) With news that the Ottawa Senators...
City offers collaborative approach to Urban Boundary expansion applications
La version française suit The rules are changing in Ottawa for landowners who are thinking of applying for an Official Plan Amendment (OPA) to extend Ottawa’s Urban Boundary. At a technical briefing today, the City of Ottawa unveiled plans to update the City’s growth...
Construction info for Idylea at 6015 Fernbank
(Originally posted May 26, 2022) La version française suit Construction has begun in the first phase of the Idylea subdivision, located at 6015 Fernbank Road, where Tamarack Homes and Tartan Homes are building a new housing subdivision. Our office, in coordination...
Q2 2024: Residential Dwelling Approval Pipeline
La version française suit Here's Ottawa's year-to-date Residential Dwelling Approval Pipeline report for Q2 2024 (til the end of June). This data is on the agenda for Ottawa's Planning and Housing Committee meeting of September 25, 2024. The latest data is available...
1518 Stittsville Main Street: revised Site Plan Control application
La version française suit The City of Ottawa has received a revised Site Plan Control application for 1518, 1524 and 1526 Stittsville Main Street. The site is immediately south of the Trans Canada Trail. Inverness Homes wants to build a four-storey, 27-unit apartment...
NOTEBOOK: 6310 and 6320 Hazeldean Road passes Planning and Housing Committee
La version française suit UPDATE: City Council approved this application on September 18, 2024. I dissented, as did Councillors Clarke Kelly, George Darouze, Catherine Kitts and David Brown. Planning & Housing Committee has approved the zoning by-law amendment for...
Update: New Zoning By-law info session on September 11
(Originally published August 19) We will be co-hosting a Stittsville-Kanata virtual community information session on Ottawa’s proposed new Zoning By-law with Councillor Cathy Curry and Councillor Allan Hubley on Wednesday, September 11 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on...
UPDATE: 6310 and 6320 Hazeldean Road at Planning and Housing Committee on September 11
La version française suit The Zoning By-Law Amendment proposal from Devmont for their development at 6310 and 6320 Hazeldean Road is on the agenda at the Planning and Housing Committee meeting on September 11, 2024. The site is currently vacant and is located on the...
Construction info for 521 Brigatine/501 Khamsin
La version française suit UPDATE (August 2024): Homebuilding has begun within the new Brigatine loop. The in-service and the pond infilling are now complete. Originally published September 5, 2023. Mattamy Homes has started construction of Phase 8 of the...
Construction info for 585 Bobolink Ridge
La version français suit UPDATE (August 2024): Blasting is complete. Servicing of Phase 1 is complete House construction is underway. Originally published February 3, 2023; updated August 9, 2023. Taggart Investments is starting construction on eight new, three-story...
Construction info for 360 Bobolink (Blackstone Village)
La version française suit UPDATE (August, 2024): The first residents will be moving in early 2025! Originally published September 5, 2023. Broadview has started construction of Blackstone Village, located at the northeast corner of Robert Grant Avene and...
Construction info for Mattamy’s development at 1837 & 1849 Maple Grove
La version française suit UPDATE (August 6, 2024): This development is almost complete. There is no further blasting. There is some minor landscape work, and the top lift of asphalt left to complete. All townhomes have been occupied since the end of May 2024. Since...
Construction info for Succession Court at 5 Orchard
La version française suit UPDATE (August 6, 2024): Property Name & Location: Succession Court Status: 33 townhomes and four single-detached homes are for sale. The first residents moved in July 2024. Development is expected to finish by the end of 2025. Property...
Construction info for 620 Bobolink (Grant Court)
La version française suit Richcraft Homes Ltd. is starting construction on seven four-storey stacked townhouse blocks with 12 units each for a total of 84 homes located along the west side of Robert Grant in the CRT Westwood subdivision between Bobolink Ridge and Cope...
What’s the latest on Stittsville residential development files? (July 2024)
NOTE: This post is out of date. The latest update on Stittsville development files is available here... Originally published July 7, 2024. La version française suit (Photo: Blackstone Village under construction in June 2024, at 360 Bobolink near Robert Grant Avenue.)...