The federal and provincial housing ministers chose National Housing Day to announce $91.85 million in funding for 272 affordable units in Ottawa. More than half the funds are earmarked for a federal low-cost loan to local developer Taggart to build affordable 122 units in Little Italy.
The NCC’s board of directors gave the green light Thursday to the final master concept plan for LeBreton Flats and revealed the three groups that have been shortlisted to build out the first major parcel of land at the prime development site west of downtown.
The agency’s master plan would see 4,000 housing units and nearly a million square feet of retail and office space built over the next 35 years at LeBreton Flats, along with more than 30 acres of parks.
The blueprint calls for four distinct “districts,” including a mixed-use neighbourhood near Albert Street that would be anchored by the future home of the Ottawa Public Library and could also feature a “potential event centre,” according to a 175-page document outlining the plan.
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The National Capital Commission board of directors on Thursday approved the final concept plan for LeBreton Flats and learned the identities of three development teams competing to build the first part of the modern-day redevelopment of the key federal site.
The concept plan sets the development areas and parkland that will be established over 35 years on the 29-hectare land. The mixed-use plan estimates about 7,500 people will live in homes at the redeveloped LeBreton Flats at full build-out, with 12.5 hectares of land dedicated to park space. Twenty-five per cent of homes will be considered affordable.
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The NCC’s board of directors gave the green light Thursday to the final master concept plan for LeBreton Flats and revealed the three groups that have been shortlisted to build out the first major parcel of land at the prime development site west of downtown.
The agency’s master plan would see 4,000 housing units and nearly a million square feet of retail and office space built over the next 35 years at LeBreton Flats, along with more than 30 acres of parks.
The blueprint calls for four distinct “districts,” including a mixed-use neighbourhood near Albert Street that would be anchored by the future home of the Ottawa Public Library and could also feature a “potential event centre,” according to a 175-page document outlining the plan.
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A joint committee made up of a majority of council members has endorsed a first-of-its-kind financial plan for the City of Ottawa to increase housing and reduce homelessness.
Mayor Jim Watson said on Tuesday the staff-proposed long-range financial plan for housing services will give the city more credibility when asking for funding from the provincial and federal governments.
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Watson said when cabinet ministers have asked how much the city needs for housing priorities, city officials have “had to skate around that a little bit” because there weren’t exact numbers on the books.