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The City of Ottawa has received an Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan
Control application to permit a 17-storey high-rise hotel addition containing assembly space and
approximately 154 hotel rooms.

The proposal seeks to permit a 17-storey addition to the existing Andaz hotel. The proposal contains
approximately 1,570 square metres of assembly space located in the first three floors and 154 hotel
rooms located in the upper 14 floors. An underground parking garage constructed on both 137, 141
George Street and 110 and 116 York Street will be shared between the Andaz hotel, the Andaz hotel
addition, and the residential building at 137, 141 George Street. This parking garage is accessed from
Dalhousie Street. Both 110 and 116 York Street are within the Byward Market Heritage Conservation
District (HCD).

Devapp:
https://devapps.ottawa.ca/en/applications/D07-12-25-0038/details

Location:
110 York St.

Site Plan:

Renders:

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Andaz Hotel looks to build 17-storey addition next to ByWard Market hotel​

Josh Pringle, CTV Ottawa
February 5th

The proposed expansion of the Andaz Hotel in Ottawa’s ByWard Market will now be 17 storeys, instead of the original 16-storey plan.

A report for the Built Heritage Committee meeting on Feb. 10 outlines a plan by Claridge Homes to build a 17-storey addition to the Andaz Hotel on York Street, next to the current hotel at Dalhousie Street and York Street. Claridge Homes is seeking approval for changes to the original plan under the Ontario Heritage Act.

“The proposal results in the removal of a vacant lot in the ByWard Market Heritage Conservation District and building design that will make a positive contribution to the York Streetscape,” staff said.

“This addition will facilitate the construction of new hotel accommodations, which, in turn, will help support the economic development and tourism goals in the ByWard Market.”

According to Claridge Homes, the proposed hotel expansion would consist of a three-storey podium base, followed by a 14-storey hotel tower setback nine metres from the York Street property line. The three-storey base would include the hotel entrance and lobby, a restaurant, ballroom and assembly rooms.

The report says there would be four levels of underground parking shared with a new 22-storey residential building on George Street.

Council previously approved a 16-storey addition to the hotel in 2023, but staff say the applicant’s acquisition of an adjacent vacant lot allows for an additional storey to be added to the new hotel.

The addition would replace a surface parking lot at 116 York Street and a former two-storey red-brick building constructed circa 1950 by the Union Saint-Joseph du Canada organization.

“The footprint of the new addition will cover the entirety of the resulting combined lots and will abut the adjacent hotel via a three-storey section clad in grey-coloured spandrel glass and translucent glazing; this section will be slightly set in from the existing hotel and the redbrick volume and will serve as the entrance to the lobby of the new section of the hotel,” staff said.

The Built Heritage Committee is being asked to approve the application to expand the hotel by altering the property at 110-116 York Street. Staff recommend approving the application, but impose the following conditions:

• Revising the colour of the brick for the tower to be more compatible with the ByWard Market Heritage Conservation District
• Providing samples of exterior cladding materials, including the proposed decorative ventilation screen at the northwest entrance for heritage staff’s approval, prior to the issuance of a building permit
• Ensuring that the proposed fixtures will be oriented to minimize light pollution as far as possible

The applicant is seeking approval under the Ontario Heritage Act to build the new addition to the hotel.

The Lowertown Community Association is raising some concerns about the plan, saying the “design of the podium façade is uninspired, generally flat and lacking the architectural detail found elsewhere” in the ByWard Market area.

“The design is not conducive to the kind of active, pedestrian-oriented environment which characterize the ByWard Market HCD elsewhere,” the community association.

It also said it was “not thrilled” with the dark brick applied to the façade,

The Andaz Hotel Ottawa, operated by Hyatt, opened in 2016 and is currently 17 storeys.

Andaz Hotel looks to build 17-storey addition next to ByWard Market hotel

The proposed expansion of the Andaz Hotel in Ottawa’s ByWard Market will now be 17 storeys, instead of the original 16-storey plan.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

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No surprise here:

City council OKs construction of second tower for Andaz Hotel in the ByWard Market​

Mia Jensen

February 25, 2026

A rendering of the proposed new tower of the Andaz Ottawa ByWard Market. Image credit: Fotenn Planning + Design

A proposal to expand the Andaz Hotel in the ByWard Market by adding a second tower will move ahead after receiving the green light from city council on Wednesday.

After acquiring additional land last year, developer Claridge Homes has been seeking approval to build a 17-storey tower with a three-storey podium and 154 rooms next to the existing Andaz Hotel.

Earlier this month, both the heritage committee and the planning and housing committee approved the project, but with some conditions, including selecting a new exterior brick that is more compatible with the surrounding area. The developer will also need to work with city staff on an art installation proposed for the side of the building that faces a residential tower currently under construction by Claridge.

The hotel expansion project was originally proposed by Claridge in 2018, two years after the 16-storey Andaz Ottawa ByWard Market opened on the site of the former Union of Canada building. At that time, Claridge proposed expanding the hotel by building a 19-storey structure with 136 suites and a 3,600-square-foot ballroom at 110 York St. In 2023, the city gave the green light to a revised proposal to build a 16-storey addition.

Last year, after acquiring the adjacent property at 116 York St., Claridge submitted another revision to boost the height of the tower to 17 storeys and build 154 rooms.

According to planning documents, the hotel’s expansion “will support cultural assets in the ByWard Market and Downtown Ottawa by increasing services for tourists and visitors to the city, creating jobs and contributing to economic growth.”

The recently purchased lot at 116 York St. — previously occupied by a since-demolished two-storey heritage building — is vacant, while the other site at 110 York St. is a surface parking lot.

The lot is next to another new hotel, the 22-storey Moxy Ottawa Downtown, which is set to open early this year. To the west of the site are commercial buildings, including Chuck’s Roadhouse, which opened last summer, Osmow’s Shawarma and Bytown Shoe Repair.

Included in the plan is a four-level underground parking garage underneath the new tower. The new garage will be shared by both Andaz towers, as well as by an abutting residential property also owned by Claridge to the south. Construction is currently underway on that site, where a new 22-storey residential tower at 137 and 141 George St. is being built.

The first three storeys of the new hotel highrise would include amenities such as a breakfast area, fitness space, and pool and sauna, according to the design rationale document prepared by Fotenn Planning + Design.