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The conglomerate that wants to build Ottawa’s tallest building has made it official: It wants a 65-storey tower across from the Bayview LRT station.
City council’s planning committee on July 10 will be asked to approve an amendment to the official plan and property zoning at 900 Albert St. to allow a three-tower complex with high-rises reaching 65, 56 and 27 storeys.
A previous plan floated by TIP Albert GP considered three towers, but with the tallest tower at 59 storeys and the other two just slightly shorter.
Now, the developer wants to reach higher, rankling the councillor who represents the City Centre area at the westernmost edge of Somerset ward.
In a report to council on the planning application, Coun. Catherine McKenney says the towers would be “overwhelmingly tall” and out of scale with the surrounding community.
The current property zoning calls for a maximum of 30 storeys.
The 65-storey tower “will neither complement nor respect its location,” McKenney says in the report published Friday.
McKenney is also concerned about making sure units in the complex would be suitable for families, including having amenities such as child care and recreational space. The councillor continues to take issue with the south side of the proposed complex and its perceived failure to complement the neighbouring community.
The latest renderings by TIP Albert GP show the developer’s plans to build a three-tower complex with buildings of 65, 56 and 27 storeys at 900 Albert St., near the Bayview Confederation Line and Trillium Line station. Source: TIP Albert GP/City of Ottawa
The Dalhousie Community Association is also skeptical.
The community, however, is poised to get a financial boost for affordable housing and transportation projects if council approves the planning amendments for the 1.44-hectare property.
A proposed deal under provincial planning law, which allows developers to trade amenity cash for extra building height, would see $975,000 transferred to two programs. A planned footbridge over the Trillium Line south of Tom Brown Arena would get $450,000, while Somerset ward’s affordable housing fund would get $525,000.
Council approved a sweet deal for TIP Albert GP as part of the land development by making available $8.3 million in rebates under the brownfield program, plus waiving $920,000 in land-use fees for relocating a sewer to the Trillium Line corridor. The city wants to intensify residential development around transit stations and saw the deal as way to encourage construction on a key property.
The project plan calls for 1,241 residential units and 1,059 parking spaces in a six-level underground garage with 740 indoor bike parking spots. Of the 129,894 square metres of floor area, 66 per cent would be residential, 26 per cent would be office and eight per cent would be retail.
The city’s planning department supports the application since the official plan calls for tall buildings in mixed-use centres near transit.
The Confederation Line and Trillium Line share Bayview station.
The city’s urban design review panel has voiced concerns about how the podium — the bottom section of the buildings — relates to the street and the public realm. The panel’s tall building design subcommittee should be advising the project, the panel says.
TIP Albert GP is a partnership of Trinity Developments, InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust and PBC Real Estate Advisors. The design firms are B+H Architects in Toronto and GGLO Design in Seattle, Wash.
The building in Ottawa with the most floors is currently the Metropole near Westboro, with 32. Claridge Homes will take the title when it finishes its 45-storey Icon tower at the corner of Carling Avenue and Preston Street. Richcraft has land along Carling Avenue near the Trillium Line zoned for 55 storeys.
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City council’s planning committee on July 10 will be asked to approve an amendment to the official plan and property zoning at 900 Albert St. to allow a three-tower complex with high-rises reaching 65, 56 and 27 storeys.
A previous plan floated by TIP Albert GP considered three towers, but with the tallest tower at 59 storeys and the other two just slightly shorter.
Now, the developer wants to reach higher, rankling the councillor who represents the City Centre area at the westernmost edge of Somerset ward.
In a report to council on the planning application, Coun. Catherine McKenney says the towers would be “overwhelmingly tall” and out of scale with the surrounding community.
The current property zoning calls for a maximum of 30 storeys.
The 65-storey tower “will neither complement nor respect its location,” McKenney says in the report published Friday.
McKenney is also concerned about making sure units in the complex would be suitable for families, including having amenities such as child care and recreational space. The councillor continues to take issue with the south side of the proposed complex and its perceived failure to complement the neighbouring community.
The latest renderings by TIP Albert GP show the developer’s plans to build a three-tower complex with buildings of 65, 56 and 27 storeys at 900 Albert St., near the Bayview Confederation Line and Trillium Line station. Source: TIP Albert GP/City of Ottawa
The Dalhousie Community Association is also skeptical.
The community, however, is poised to get a financial boost for affordable housing and transportation projects if council approves the planning amendments for the 1.44-hectare property.
A proposed deal under provincial planning law, which allows developers to trade amenity cash for extra building height, would see $975,000 transferred to two programs. A planned footbridge over the Trillium Line south of Tom Brown Arena would get $450,000, while Somerset ward’s affordable housing fund would get $525,000.
Council approved a sweet deal for TIP Albert GP as part of the land development by making available $8.3 million in rebates under the brownfield program, plus waiving $920,000 in land-use fees for relocating a sewer to the Trillium Line corridor. The city wants to intensify residential development around transit stations and saw the deal as way to encourage construction on a key property.
The project plan calls for 1,241 residential units and 1,059 parking spaces in a six-level underground garage with 740 indoor bike parking spots. Of the 129,894 square metres of floor area, 66 per cent would be residential, 26 per cent would be office and eight per cent would be retail.
The city’s planning department supports the application since the official plan calls for tall buildings in mixed-use centres near transit.
The Confederation Line and Trillium Line share Bayview station.
The city’s urban design review panel has voiced concerns about how the podium — the bottom section of the buildings — relates to the street and the public realm. The panel’s tall building design subcommittee should be advising the project, the panel says.
TIP Albert GP is a partnership of Trinity Developments, InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust and PBC Real Estate Advisors. The design firms are B+H Architects in Toronto and GGLO Design in Seattle, Wash.
The building in Ottawa with the most floors is currently the Metropole near Westboro, with 32. Claridge Homes will take the title when it finishes its 45-storey Icon tower at the corner of Carling Avenue and Preston Street. Richcraft has land along Carling Avenue near the Trillium Line zoned for 55 storeys.
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