Good news for Rideau Street! Anyone have any ideas who this tenant could be? https://obj.ca/asian-restaurant-to-take-over-former-mcdonalds/ Asian restaurant to take over former Rideau Street McDonald’s location Nearly a year after it was vacated, one of downtown Ottawa’s most iconic retail...

Also before stage 3 LRT gets switched to BRT (or cancelled altogether)!

In this week's NRU.

I've heard that they have a few prospective (exciting) tenants lined up but I'm guessing the tenants want a bit more of a critical mass of residents before opening.

As someone who consistently advocates for more development and density, this shouldn't be taller than 6-8 storeys.

If Project1 got every RLA project, this city would be a better place. 🤷‍♂️

The lack of doors at grade is a huge negative for me (specifically at the SE corner). I understand they want a grocery store here which won't want to have doors everywhere, but it's going to kill any potential street activation.

Drove by this the other day. The light grey facade area looks bad. It just looks like concrete block.

I don't have the same feeling as many others.. I think this is going to be amazing.

Image courtesy of GeoNerd from SSP on September 24, 2023.

Going to slowly start setting up projects on this forum. Anyone can feel free to join me. Can only mods setup database projects? Images courtesy of J.OT13 from SSP.

From yesterday

They took down the fencing on the sidewalk today.

PetValue is going to be moving in to the main retail space here. Guessing it will be relocating from its temporary location just up the street at Bloor/Dundas. They have already covered up a couple pieces of glass with a massive sticker. So much for an active use at grade.