James House | 390 Bank St. | 34m | 9s | Urban Capital + Taggart | RAW

[J.OT13]

Uhgggggg... that South facing blank wall is absolutely horrid. Very disappointed, because the rest of the building will be quite nice.

Approved project next door. Hopefully won't be long before this one goes up.

Ottawa | 406-408 Bank St | 21m | 6s | Ottawa Carleton Construction | Susan D. Smith Architect

Previous Discussion on SSP Location Presentation to Built-Heritage Sub-Committee, 4:35 to 10:00.

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[hoggytime]

Assuming that one goes up I am sated 110%

 

[urbottawa]

 

[pgagnon]

Wow, love it. Nice cohesive design, high quality materials and brings added density to Bank St. More of this please!

 

[secretlynotarobot]

After seeing some similar examples along the VIA detour this weekend, I'm even more excited to see the breeze blocks go up. What a creative way to create a unique façade while respecting the historical character of the area, even if I'm not sure how they are planning to sell a 2+D bedroom penthouse for as much as a very nice detached heritage house a block over.

 

[urbottawa]

Brick work is starting on the west side

 

[secretlynotarobot]

Material looks nice but would it kill them to articulate the building a bit and hide those fugly expansion joints? Developers in this city will pay for expensive brick but then pretend it's still precast panels. Here's to hoping that the brick lattice wasn't value engineered out.

 

[urbottawa]

 

[hoggytime]

Just an all around fantastic project

 

[woopwoopwuddup]

You can tell Minto Beechwood and this are the same architect. Not sure why this one is taking so long.

 

[hoggytime]

You can tell Minto Beechwood and this are the same architect. Not sure why this one is taking so long.

That's another top notch midrise.

 

[J.OT13]

Looking forward to seeing the brick screens on the balconies.

 

[Bluejay]

I will never be a fan of this project. They took Ottawa's best & favorite watering hole away.

 

[secretlynotarobot]

I do really hope that they open up a new bar in the podium. The Gilmour is always packed, and the Oak is, well. The Oak. I don't think the soda gun there has worked for years.

 

[urbanforest]

Just an all around fantastic project

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This is off topic but these photos just made me realize that the Staples building has a completely phony floating façade! Yowzers.