900 Albert Street | 234m | 65s | CLV+InterRent | B+H

hoggytime said:
Trinity proposed 65 story and 56 story rental apartment towers, and a 27 story office tower. There was also to be a hotel component in one tower and a decent amount of retail in the podiums. The project was sold to CLV Group and Interrent, who have been sitting on it for a couple of years now.
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What does that mean for the towers then?
 
hoggytime said:
Trinity proposed 65 story and 56 story rental apartment towers, and a 27 story office tower. There was also to be a hotel component in one tower and a decent amount of retail in the podiums. The project was sold to CLV Group and Interrent, who have been sitting on it for a couple of years now.
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I really hope they sell it off to a big developer who would want to see this get done. This will be city-changing, for sure.
 
And it makes sense to sit on it and get approached by the Sens for a land deal. The potential of linking that site with Tom Brown Arena plus the existing Lebreton flats space carved out for the Sens development would allow for a lot to occur! I included Merkeley's yard and the space beside it for development potential. I'd be quite happy to have a large enclosed pedestrian bridge connecting the 'Trinity' site, Tom Brown arena, and Bayview Station.
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Urgh I hope to see this go up. It looks so good and the design looks timeless. Would make a real statement in Ottawa.
 
Har13 said:
Probably good news. Getting sold to someone who can do it. ESP with the sens land deal.
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...and hopefully it gets built as a landmark design like the 65 and 56 story terra cotta and glass towers that Trinity proposed, not the chopped down Mega Charcwhites that CLV was showing in their renders. This site deserves design excellence and extraordinary height.
 
All their projects are down on their site, including the Churchill + Richmond, Gladstone + Loretta and 900 Alberta. I wouldn't hold my breath on this but I also have 0 faith that CLV will be able to execute and I think they are waiting for someone to scoop 900 Albert up.
 
So as long as someone buys it and is looking to build it tomorrow, I will be happy. This needs to go up yesterday. This is too big for our city to just let it sit and rot. This and The Sky are my biggest disappointments and I hope they come up before the end of the decade.
 
originalmuffins said:
So as long as someone buys it and is looking to build it tomorrow, I will be happy. This needs to go up yesterday. This is too big for our city to just let it sit and rot. This and The Sky are my biggest disappointments and I hope they come up before the end of the decade.
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Ottawa has a massive NIMBY/BANANA contingent. 30-40 stories is finally normal enough that the pitchforks mostly stay sheathed, in the but it took decades. Getting a couple of 50+ story buildings out of the ground will reset the norm and we can finally build up the city properly without so much objection.
 
I don't think Ottawa really needs/has demand for 50s or even 30s everywhere.

I do think the NCC needs to drop the stupid view plane and let 50s be zoned for everything in DT, the market and Centretown right across Lebreton though. We should upzone all our "residentials" to at least 4 and start designating greater areas for higher that are reasonable.

I live in Westboro (whodathunk) and it blows be away that the entire part from the river to Byron is not just zoned for at least 6s as of right with Scott reaching higher.
 
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