New Edinburgh home addition gets OK
A unique plan to add a second storey to a New Edinburgh home, in keeping with recently uncovered original drawings, was approved by the city’s built heritage subcommittee on Thursday. “I saw an opportunity to finish what his father started,” said Straka, the principal of Vert Design. The original owner’s son now lives next door […]
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Ottawa Construction News: EllisDon part of Integrated Team Solutions consortium
Kingston’s new $801 Providence Care hospital to start construction immediately EllisDon is part of a team creating a new $801 million state-of-the-art hospital for Kingston, set to begin construction immediately. Infrastructure Ontario and Providence Care announced in Decemberthat Integrated Team Solutions had been awarded the contract to design, build, finance and maintain the new Providence […]
Ottawa Citizen: Florida architecture students sketch visions for Domtar lands
By: Elizabeth Payne, Ottawa Citizen The palm-tree dotted campus of the University of South Florida in Tampa might seem an unlikely place to catch a glimpse of the future of frosty Ottawa. But if you step inside a senior urban design studio there, that is what you will find. Master’s students at the university’s School […]
Morrisburg Leader: Committee offers up waterfront plan
The Morrisburg Waterfront Implementation Committee decided to think big when planning the future of the Morrisburg waterfront, the sum of implementing their plan, in full, could cost $7.4 million. The Morrisburg Waterfront Phase 1 Concept Plan was presented to South Dundas council at their final meeting of 2013, by lead consultants Mark Thompson Brandt Architect […]
Ottawa Citizen: Lessons for Chaudiere – Here is what Windmill Development could do with massive new Ottawa development
By: Elizabeth Payne, Ottawa Citizen It could be years before Ottawa’s former Domtar lands are transformed into the lively waterfront community the property’s new owners envisage. There are hurdles to overcome first. But clues to what the ambitious project might look like can be found in similar developments across North America. Cities around the continent […]
Ottawa Citizen: Domtar lands sale could take year to finalize
By: Elizabeth Payne, Ottawa Citizen It could take more than a year for the sale of land on the Chaudière islands to be finalized — and depend, ultimately, on zoning approval from the cities of Ottawa and Gatineau. Domtar confirmed ON Thursday that it has signed an agreement of purchase with Ottawa’s Windmill Development Group […]
Perth Courier: Future of Darou Farm to be decided next year
By Desmond Devoy News – The future uses of the old Darou Farm will return to council in the New Year after consultations with an area business owner. The decision to essentially allow for the demolition and relocation of the old Darou Farm came to a final vote of Perth town council on Tuesday, Nov. 19, […]
