Don't forget their new tower in the Byward Market! That's a big project under construction. I am guessing they go for East Flats 2, Clyde/Merivale next. I would love to see that 50s tower approved.
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Colonnade Bridgeport sure is growing their portfolio fast in Ottawa!
https://obj.ca/colonnade-bridgeport-eyes-2026-start-for-blair-project/
David Sali
July 25, 2025
Colonnade BridgePort hopes to start construction on the first highrise in a planned five-building project at 2000 City Park Dr. next year.
Colonnade BridgePort says it hopes to break ground next year on the first of what could be as many as five highrises containing about 1,200 residential units on land near the Blair LRT station. The Ottawa-based real estate firm recently filed a revised application to develop the four-acre site at 2000 City Park Dr., about […]
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https://obj.ca/colonnade-bridgeport-eyes-2026-start-for-blair-project/
Colonnade BridgePort eyes 2026 start for five-tower project near Blair Station
July 25, 2025
Colonnade BridgePort hopes to start construction on the first highrise in a planned five-building project at 2000 City Park Dr. next year.
Colonnade BridgePort says it hopes to break ground next year on the first of what could be as many as five highrises containing about 1,200 residential units on land near the Blair LRT station. The Ottawa-based real estate firm recently filed a revised application to develop the four-acre site at 2000 City Park Dr., about […]
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Right. Keep forgetting about that one. Weird that they're building a stumpy tower they proposed over a decade ago, and I have no idea what they are building on York. I really don't want a 20 floor version of the Rideau wall along York.
Hope that happens. The east O-Train skyline hasn't been growing as fast as I'd hoped.Colonnade Bridgeport sure is growing their portfolio fast in Ottawa!
https://obj.ca/colonnade-bridgeport-eyes-2026-start-for-blair-project/
Colonnade BridgePort eyes 2026 start for five-tower project near Blair Station
David Sali
July 25, 2025
Colonnade BridgePort hopes to start construction on the first highrise in a planned five-building project at 2000 City Park Dr. next year.
Colonnade BridgePort says it hopes to break ground next year on the first of what could be as many as five highrises containing about 1,200 residential units on land near the Blair LRT station. The Ottawa-based real estate firm recently filed a revised application to develop the four-acre site at 2000 City Park Dr., about […]
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Ottawacurious
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It looks like Claridge has been emptying the old factory along the 417. Was it Saputo?
Neilson Dairy.
From OBJ:
August 26, 2025
Groupe MACH, one of Canada’s leading private real estate owners and developers, now has a significant presence in the National Capital Region, after having purchased several commercial and residential complexes in Ottawa, Nepean, Kanata and Gatineau.
“One of our goals is to help revitalize the downtown core. In order to achieve that, we need to have people living and working in the same space,” says Abdulrahman Alshowaier, MACH’s senior vice-president of development and construction, who notes that the past few years, since the COVID-19 pandemic shifted work patterns from office to home, have been tough on the city.
The Montreal-based company, which was incorporated in 2000 and is celebrating its silver anniversary in business in 2025, has a total portfolio of about 250 buildings comprising some 45 million square feet across Quebec, Ontario and Nova Scotia.
MACH’s most recent local projects are at 110 O’Connor Street and 77 Metcalfe Street in Ottawa and 150 rue Wellington in Gatineau (Hull).
The new 26-story, 415-unit building at 110 O’Connor Street, built by MACH, will convert office space to residential space.
“It will be a complete conversion,” says Alshowaier. “We’re pulling down the existing building, and putting in a more vibrant, modern building that will shift the overall landscape of the downtown core and encourage more people to be downtown.”
The municipal approval process has been completed and MACH has begun demolition of the existing building. The anticipated timeline for completion is by the end of 2027.
It is in a prime location, about an eight-minute walk from Parliament Hill, in the centre of downtown. The building will have a nice rooftop lounge with a terrace that overlooks the city skyline, including an excellent view of Parliament Hill and the Ottawa River. There will also be a fitness centre and a lounge, explains Alshowaier.
The existing building at 77 Metcalfe Street will also be converted from office use to residential space in a new 23-storey structure with approximately 241 units.
“We’re working hard with all the stakeholders involved to advance this project, and we’re planning to start the demolition and construction in 2026, hopefully before, depending on how we advance with all the municipal approvals,” says Alshowaier, who notes that the demolition and rebuild is expected to take 30 months, with completion in 2028.
“We put a big emphasis on the podium of the building, in order to make it more humanly scaled to welcome people, because we’re going to have a retail zone on the ground floor,” says Alshowaier, adding that the building will also house a wellness facility and a big lounge on the second floor for residents to accommodate a large gathering, as well as a rooftop lounge.
On the Gatineau side of the Ottawa River, MACH is hoping to begin work on its mixed-use 16-story building at 150 rue Wellington, located in the Vieux-Hull district, in the second half of 2025, once municipal approval is obtained, with completion expected at the end of 2027 or beginning of 2028.
The location is ideal, says Alshowaier, because it is near two bridges, the Chaudiere and Portage, leading into Ottawa, which is convenient for government employees who live in Ontario. The first floors will be commercial with large spaces available to companies. Residents will have access to a lounge and fitness centre.
Beyond revitalizing urban cores, sustainability is central to MACH’s approach. “As long-term owners and stewards of all our properties, we are deeply committed to integrating high-quality materials and sustainable systems that reduce environmental impact and ensure the longevity of our assets,” emphasizes Alshowaier, who notes that all of these projects aim to provide easy access to public transportation, support urban densification, and reinvigorate the downtown economy.
“At MACH, we believe that by investing in the future of our cities, we are not just developing buildings — we are building communities that will thrive for decades to come,” he adds.
City Building: Groupe MACH unveils ambitious redevelopment plans for downtown Ottawa and Gatineau.
Project Profile: Groupe Mach
Sponsored by Groupe Mach Inc.August 26, 2025
Groupe MACH, one of Canada’s leading private real estate owners and developers, now has a significant presence in the National Capital Region, after having purchased several commercial and residential complexes in Ottawa, Nepean, Kanata and Gatineau.
“One of our goals is to help revitalize the downtown core. In order to achieve that, we need to have people living and working in the same space,” says Abdulrahman Alshowaier, MACH’s senior vice-president of development and construction, who notes that the past few years, since the COVID-19 pandemic shifted work patterns from office to home, have been tough on the city.
The Montreal-based company, which was incorporated in 2000 and is celebrating its silver anniversary in business in 2025, has a total portfolio of about 250 buildings comprising some 45 million square feet across Quebec, Ontario and Nova Scotia.
MACH’s most recent local projects are at 110 O’Connor Street and 77 Metcalfe Street in Ottawa and 150 rue Wellington in Gatineau (Hull).
The new 26-story, 415-unit building at 110 O’Connor Street, built by MACH, will convert office space to residential space.
“It will be a complete conversion,” says Alshowaier. “We’re pulling down the existing building, and putting in a more vibrant, modern building that will shift the overall landscape of the downtown core and encourage more people to be downtown.”
The municipal approval process has been completed and MACH has begun demolition of the existing building. The anticipated timeline for completion is by the end of 2027.
It is in a prime location, about an eight-minute walk from Parliament Hill, in the centre of downtown. The building will have a nice rooftop lounge with a terrace that overlooks the city skyline, including an excellent view of Parliament Hill and the Ottawa River. There will also be a fitness centre and a lounge, explains Alshowaier.
The existing building at 77 Metcalfe Street will also be converted from office use to residential space in a new 23-storey structure with approximately 241 units.
“We’re working hard with all the stakeholders involved to advance this project, and we’re planning to start the demolition and construction in 2026, hopefully before, depending on how we advance with all the municipal approvals,” says Alshowaier, who notes that the demolition and rebuild is expected to take 30 months, with completion in 2028.
“We put a big emphasis on the podium of the building, in order to make it more humanly scaled to welcome people, because we’re going to have a retail zone on the ground floor,” says Alshowaier, adding that the building will also house a wellness facility and a big lounge on the second floor for residents to accommodate a large gathering, as well as a rooftop lounge.
On the Gatineau side of the Ottawa River, MACH is hoping to begin work on its mixed-use 16-story building at 150 rue Wellington, located in the Vieux-Hull district, in the second half of 2025, once municipal approval is obtained, with completion expected at the end of 2027 or beginning of 2028.
The location is ideal, says Alshowaier, because it is near two bridges, the Chaudiere and Portage, leading into Ottawa, which is convenient for government employees who live in Ontario. The first floors will be commercial with large spaces available to companies. Residents will have access to a lounge and fitness centre.
Beyond revitalizing urban cores, sustainability is central to MACH’s approach. “As long-term owners and stewards of all our properties, we are deeply committed to integrating high-quality materials and sustainable systems that reduce environmental impact and ensure the longevity of our assets,” emphasizes Alshowaier, who notes that all of these projects aim to provide easy access to public transportation, support urban densification, and reinvigorate the downtown economy.
“At MACH, we believe that by investing in the future of our cities, we are not just developing buildings — we are building communities that will thrive for decades to come,” he adds.
Ottawa
Arthur White-Crummey · CBC News · Posted: Oct 06, 2025 6:30 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 hours ago
Federal agency chooses site on Heron Road for new housing project
October 6
Build Canada Homes will transform an old training centre into housing units, and will use factory-built homes to speed up the process.
A vacant campus on Heron Road will be among the first six housing projects spearheaded through a new multi-billion-dollar federal agency that relies on factory-built housing to fast track construction.
The 7.3-hectare complex at 1495 Heron Road was built in the 1960s for the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame, who used it as a Catholic education centre. It was then known as the Campanile campus, a reference to its modernist bell tower.
It later hosted a training facility for public servants known as the federal study centre until 2014. It has been vacant since.
The campus has been slated for redevelopment through the federal Crown corporation Canada Lands Company (CLC), which acquired it in 2020 and unveiled a plan to put hundreds of housing units on the site.
Now, a new program is looking to speed up construction. Build Canada Homes, a $13-billion agency launched last month to accelerate housing construction, is prioritizing the Heron Road complex for "factory-built housing."
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada confirmed that in an email to CBC and said construction is expected to start next year, in the summer or fall.
"Discussions have been going on in the neighbourhood over the past five or six years over the future of the site," Carr said. "So it's exciting to see we will be moving forward with development on the site imminently."
Kaite Burkholder Harris, executive director of the Alliance to End Homelessness, said it's "bananas" that the site has been undeveloped for so long.
"I think it's great," she said of the news. "It's obviously right on a bus line and to try testing out a factory-built method there seems really promising."
The Guildwood Residents Alliance, which represents nearby residents, has been lobbying to build a seniors village on the site since 2021.
While there's no guarantee of that, alliance president Lynne Davidson-Fournier is still welcoming the prospect of more affordable housing coming to the neighbourhood.
Initially known as the Campanile Campus, this convent and Catholic education centre subsequently became a training centre for public servants. It is now one of six priority projects for Build Canada Homes. (Ian Urbach/CBC)
"We feel excited, hopeful and apprehensive also because there are lots of undetermined details at this time," she said.
"It's a test case, so everyone will be watching the development of this site."
The six projects were expected to create 4,000 units in total. The federal housing ministry did not explain how many will go on the Heron Road site, and whether it is sticking with the earlier CLC plan. The most recent version called for about 1,100 housing units on the site.
A high-level version of that plan has already received zoning approval at city council, though Carr noted that it will still have to go through the additional step of subdivision plan approval.
She was confident that the city would cooperate to push the project forward.
"I think it's a great example to show the collaboration between the federal government and the City of Ottawa and how they can expedite needed housing in the community," she said.
The federal housing ministry said Build Canada Homes will use a "direct-build" approach on the project, meaning CLC will operate as a developer "to oversee and lead construction of this affordable mixed-income community."
It could not say exactly how the factory-built homes will be constructed, since it hasn't yet selected a manufacturer.
The campus does have heritage designation, and the federal housing ministry said several buildings will be "repurposed to honour their historical value."
Davidson-Fournier has seen recent drawings and is relieved to see the complex's most distinctive features — the chapel, theatre and bell tower — are still in the plans.
Factory-built housing coming to Heron Road as abandoned campus gets federal nod
Build Canada Homes chooses former federal study centre as one of its first six priority projects
Arthur White-Crummey · CBC News · Posted: Oct 06, 2025 6:30 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 hours ago
Federal agency chooses site on Heron Road for new housing project
October 6
Build Canada Homes will transform an old training centre into housing units, and will use factory-built homes to speed up the process.
A vacant campus on Heron Road will be among the first six housing projects spearheaded through a new multi-billion-dollar federal agency that relies on factory-built housing to fast track construction.
The 7.3-hectare complex at 1495 Heron Road was built in the 1960s for the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame, who used it as a Catholic education centre. It was then known as the Campanile campus, a reference to its modernist bell tower.
It later hosted a training facility for public servants known as the federal study centre until 2014. It has been vacant since.
The campus has been slated for redevelopment through the federal Crown corporation Canada Lands Company (CLC), which acquired it in 2020 and unveiled a plan to put hundreds of housing units on the site.
Now, a new program is looking to speed up construction. Build Canada Homes, a $13-billion agency launched last month to accelerate housing construction, is prioritizing the Heron Road complex for "factory-built housing."
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada confirmed that in an email to CBC and said construction is expected to start next year, in the summer or fall.
Neighbours feel hope and apprehension
Alta Vista Coun. Marty Carr said it's clear the federal government wants to move fast on the project."Discussions have been going on in the neighbourhood over the past five or six years over the future of the site," Carr said. "So it's exciting to see we will be moving forward with development on the site imminently."
Kaite Burkholder Harris, executive director of the Alliance to End Homelessness, said it's "bananas" that the site has been undeveloped for so long.
"I think it's great," she said of the news. "It's obviously right on a bus line and to try testing out a factory-built method there seems really promising."
The Guildwood Residents Alliance, which represents nearby residents, has been lobbying to build a seniors village on the site since 2021.
While there's no guarantee of that, alliance president Lynne Davidson-Fournier is still welcoming the prospect of more affordable housing coming to the neighbourhood.
Initially known as the Campanile Campus, this convent and Catholic education centre subsequently became a training centre for public servants. It is now one of six priority projects for Build Canada Homes. (Ian Urbach/CBC)
"We feel excited, hopeful and apprehensive also because there are lots of undetermined details at this time," she said.
"It's a test case, so everyone will be watching the development of this site."
Campus has heritage designation
When Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the creation of Build Canada Homes on September 14, he said that one of the first six projects would be in Ottawa, though he did not specify the site.The six projects were expected to create 4,000 units in total. The federal housing ministry did not explain how many will go on the Heron Road site, and whether it is sticking with the earlier CLC plan. The most recent version called for about 1,100 housing units on the site.
A high-level version of that plan has already received zoning approval at city council, though Carr noted that it will still have to go through the additional step of subdivision plan approval.
She was confident that the city would cooperate to push the project forward.
"I think it's a great example to show the collaboration between the federal government and the City of Ottawa and how they can expedite needed housing in the community," she said.
The federal housing ministry said Build Canada Homes will use a "direct-build" approach on the project, meaning CLC will operate as a developer "to oversee and lead construction of this affordable mixed-income community."
It could not say exactly how the factory-built homes will be constructed, since it hasn't yet selected a manufacturer.
The campus does have heritage designation, and the federal housing ministry said several buildings will be "repurposed to honour their historical value."
Davidson-Fournier has seen recent drawings and is relieved to see the complex's most distinctive features — the chapel, theatre and bell tower — are still in the plans.