OTTAWA --
After years of controversy and several proposed designs, a city of Ottawa committee has given the green light to a new expansion at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier.
The planning committee voted 7-2 to recommend council approve the design changes to the expansion at the back of the iconic hotel and issue a heritage permit. Councillors Riley Brockington and Jeff Leiper voted against the plan. The committee also voted 9-1 in support of the site plan for the hotel addition.
Larco Investments, the hotel’s owner, filed a new application with the city in November for a 159-room, two-pavilion addition at the back of the hotel on Rideau Street.