[J.OT13]

Ottawa/R
Most support it but a few said we should limit buildings to 15 floors outside of downtown.A couple said we should have a limit 12 floors city wide even downtown.

CTV
Most said its fine one women said its way to tall .

I think overall people are more open to tall buildings but still a few have issues with it and are stuck in the past.

Yup. People don't understand that limiting height means more of the urban fabric will be demolished for new builds. Paris is always the "gold standard" but very few people know that a guy destroyed 60% of the City in the 1800s to build what's there now.

So, what are the odds this starts next year folks? Claridge's byward project should be done by then. Or is this going to be a Sky situation where it's on limbo for years?

I think there is a 80% chance it starts next year.

Yeah, I think that's reasonably plausible. Don't think the Market project will be complete, but at least topped out with cladding mostly done by the end of next year.

With the current market conditions (massive slow down in immigration, Federal layoffs), things will slow way down over the next decade.

 

[hoggytime]

Yup. People don't understand that limiting height means more of the urban fabric will be demolished for new builds. Paris is always the "gold standard" but very few people know that a guy destroyed 60% of the City in the 1800s to build what's there now.


Yeah, I think that's reasonably plausible. Don't think the Market project will be complete, but at least topped out with cladding mostly done by the end of next year.

With the current market conditions (massive slow down in immigration, Federal layoffs), things will slow way down over the next decade.

I don't know about that. We still have at least a decade of just catching up on housing stock for the current market as is, I think developments will keep rolling right through this bump on the road.

 

[jay2028]

Yup. People don't understand that limiting height means more of the urban fabric will be demolished for new builds. Paris is always the "gold standard" but very few people know that a guy destroyed 60% of the City in the 1800s to build what's there now.


Yeah, I think that's reasonably plausible. Don't think the Market project will be complete, but at least topped out with cladding mostly done by the end of next year.

With the current market conditions (massive slow down in immigration, Federal layoffs), things will slow way down over the next decade.

As for lay offs its not anywhere close to what people were expecting plus with DND and other going on a hiring spree it will be a wash.As for immigration i think it will impact the GTA and Vancouver far more then Ottawa.

 

[J.OT13]

I'm hoping that investments in defense and research will compensate for any public service job losses.

 

[jay2028]

I'm hoping that investments in defense and research will compensate for any public service job losses.

For Ottawa worse case will be 15,000 lay offs most will be retirements.DND is hiring 3,000 in 2026 with thousands more in the years after also RCMP will be going on a hiring spree.