I was going to try to take a picture on Sunday coming back to Ottawa from cottage country on the 5 in Gatineau but could not due to a car beside me that may have pulled me over but damn, this building sticks out from that view point and from many others in the city.

Yes for sure IBI deserves credit. Geiger Huot had a solid design to work with. Some changes were made that are good and some that may not be so good. South elevation has less precast than first planned but the north elevation will have have a bit more due to having two separate elevator...

I agree. I am also a fan of PDV but it's about time it has some competition.

Yes, the 17th floor will have the pool and gym that is shared by both the hotel and apartments, and the now confirmed 36th floor by OBC standards, will be an amenity floor for the apartments that comes with an amazing outdoor space.

That tower will just poke up a tad higher than the Minto roof

Well at least the north side still sucks!!!

What will happen to the FlixBus Station if Commissioner closes lol

Let's hope they do light the sloped roofs on the Dream project. The Renaissance will have the sloped roof on the amenity/mechanical portion illuminated.

I will take a picture next time I am walking by but the brick install has started. Too bad the white panel plan was not followed.

The Renaissance will have some nice lighting features for sure, just not the uplift lighting that would have been on the midway point of the building. The lighting that is proposed is going to be great.

Ottawa has relaxed their lighting restrictions but are still quite limiting. All exterior building lighting has to be Dark Sky compliant. You can see this regulation in 1.6 of Ottawa's High Performance Development Standards, you can find the "Dark Sky" regulations on which I posted below...

Well said. My hope is that Minto does something great with their property at Slater & Lyon. They could even go taller than the Renaissance and give us their usual quality build.

they do have curtains they can close if it bothers them. Maybe the grey haired lady on the bench was calling in a complaint!!!

At least Claridge added some much needed lighting to Ottawa's dark skyline. It won't be a match for what Releve and Renaissance has coming up for lighting, but it's something for now. Thanks to Harley's continued advertisement of Skyrise Ottawa, I signed up so I can post pics with ease now!