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Two Quebec billionaires are behind one of two bids to revamp LeBreton Flats, the Citizen has learned.
Billionaire businessman André Desmarais and Cirque du Soleil co-founder Guy Laliberté are backing the group DCDLS, led by Gatineau-based Devcore Group, to redevelop the prime 9.3 hectare real estate next to the Ottawa light rail transit system now under construction and across from the War Museum.
DCDLS is competing against Rendez Vous LeBreton, which is backed by the Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk. Both groups are believed to have NHL-calibre rinks and libraries in their proposals.
DCDLS’s bid includes an auto-themed museum and a beer museum sponsored by Molson Coors Brewing Company. Other details of the plan were not immediately available.
The National Capital Commission has strictly forbidden the two proponents to talk about their proposals, but they will be unveiled on Tuesday for two days of public consultations. That will be followed by an online consultation process.
The NCC is not obliged to accept either bid, and may reject the idea of allowing an NHL rink on what it describes as “the capital’s last largely undeveloped consolidated urban property.”
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson will be briefed by both groups prior to Tuesday afternoon’s public reveal, a spokesperson for the mayor said.
While the price tag associated with either groups’ bids was not immediately known, if one group proves successful it will likely be facing further costs — estimated to be tens of millions — to deal with soil contamination.
Much of the soil on a 3.6-hectare parcel of the primary site and an adjacent 12.3 hectares called the “option lands” will likely have to be hauled away and disposed of in landfills, Carlos da Silva, the managing principal of Paterson Engineering Group in Ottawa who is familiar with the site’s conditions, told the Citizen.
If the average depth of the soil is two metres, “you’re looking at maybe $3 million a hectare” to remove it, he said, meaning it could cost upwards of $50 million to remediate all the development lands.
The cost would come down if the option lands aren’t included or the development plan contains a lot of parkland, allowing contaminated soil — capped by a layer of clean soil — to remain in place.
— With files from Andrew Duffy and Don Butler
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Billionaire businessman André Desmarais and Cirque du Soleil co-founder Guy Laliberté are backing the group DCDLS, led by Gatineau-based Devcore Group, to redevelop the prime 9.3 hectare real estate next to the Ottawa light rail transit system now under construction and across from the War Museum.
DCDLS is competing against Rendez Vous LeBreton, which is backed by the Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk. Both groups are believed to have NHL-calibre rinks and libraries in their proposals.
DCDLS’s bid includes an auto-themed museum and a beer museum sponsored by Molson Coors Brewing Company. Other details of the plan were not immediately available.
The National Capital Commission has strictly forbidden the two proponents to talk about their proposals, but they will be unveiled on Tuesday for two days of public consultations. That will be followed by an online consultation process.
The NCC is not obliged to accept either bid, and may reject the idea of allowing an NHL rink on what it describes as “the capital’s last largely undeveloped consolidated urban property.”
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson will be briefed by both groups prior to Tuesday afternoon’s public reveal, a spokesperson for the mayor said.
While the price tag associated with either groups’ bids was not immediately known, if one group proves successful it will likely be facing further costs — estimated to be tens of millions — to deal with soil contamination.
Much of the soil on a 3.6-hectare parcel of the primary site and an adjacent 12.3 hectares called the “option lands” will likely have to be hauled away and disposed of in landfills, Carlos da Silva, the managing principal of Paterson Engineering Group in Ottawa who is familiar with the site’s conditions, told the Citizen.
If the average depth of the soil is two metres, “you’re looking at maybe $3 million a hectare” to remove it, he said, meaning it could cost upwards of $50 million to remediate all the development lands.
The cost would come down if the option lands aren’t included or the development plan contains a lot of parkland, allowing contaminated soil — capped by a layer of clean soil — to remain in place.
— With files from Andrew Duffy and Don Butler
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