In Ottawa, seven more federal lands will soon be available for residential construction, including three properties near the Hurdman O-Train station.
The federal government has announced that 14 new properties will be added. Public Land Bank of Canada On Tuesday, a list of federal properties that could be converted into new housing was announced, including seven in Ottawa and two in Gatineau, Kenya. The Public Land Bank of Canada launched in August with an initial focus on 56 federal properties identified for housing support, including 22 in Ottawa.
“We made it clear at the time that this is just a first step,” Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos told reporters.
“Today, we are keeping our promise and adding 14 new lands and buildings to build stronger communities and more affordable housing for Quebecers and other Canadians. , approximately 7,600 homes should be built.”
The three federal properties available in Ottawa are located near Hardman Station, a busy junction on Ottawa’s east-west light rail transit line. The property includes Hardman North, a 44.9-acre parcel of land west of Riverside Drive and south of Highway 417. 2.5 acres of land at 315 Terminal Avenue. 2.2 acres of land at 1460 Riverside Drive.
“Here in Ottawa, we have three properties near Hardman Station,” Duclos said. “These three properties in particular allow for the construction of residential units that are easily accessible by public transport.”
The federal government has announced that three parcels of land will be made available for new housing near Ottawa’s Hardman Station. The property is located in Hardman North, a parcel of land west of Riverside Drive and south of Highway 417. 315 Terminal Avenue; and 1460 Riverside Drive. (Public Land Bank of Canada/Website)
Other Ottawa properties announced Tuesday include 1250 Ledbury Avenue; Land known as the “Ottawa Southern Corridor” south of West Hunt Club Road between Woodroffe Avenue and Merivale Road. Baseline Road at Cedarview Road. 1730 Robertson Road.
The new federal land available for housing in Ottawa was announced a day after the Ottawa Real Estate Board said Ottawa has a “chronic supply problem” with housing.
“We are not building enough housing in the city, and we are not building enough decent housing to address the ‘lost middle class,'” OREB Chairman Curtis Fillier said in a statement. .
Fillier told CTV News Ottawa that the federal government’s announcement about the new land is “a positive step in the right direction.”
“The biggest problem right now with housing is supply. The demand is there and the demand is increasing,” Fillier said, adding that federal land will be leased rather than sold, which will affect the type of development. He pointed out that there is a possibility.
“Developers obviously want to maximize profitability, so the likely use would be to build high-rise type units, perhaps one or two bedrooms. “That’s not really the kind of housing we’re designing.” You need it now or you need to rent it, but you know, there’s a lot of towers going up around Ottawa right now. ”
John DeVries of the Ottawa Construction Association says the future is “rosy” for the city’s construction industry.
“Any announcement by the federal government to provide more land to the city is good news for the construction industry as a whole, because we need housing. “We need to maintain activity, employment and overall industry profitability,” he said in an interview.
Two new properties in Gatineau (210 Rue Laurier Avenue and 1055 Aylmer) will also be added to the Public Land Bank of Canada.
Here is an initial list of the 22 public lands available in Ottawa.
- Five properties at Tunney’s Pasture at 10 Columbine Dr. 100 Chardon Dr.; 50 Columbine Dr.; 70 Columbine Dr.; Frederick Banting, Columbine, Tunis Pasture’s driveway building
- 122 Bank Street Jacksonville
- L’Esplanade Laurier, 171-181 Bank St.
- 552 Booth St. in the Glebe Annex.
- Edward Drake Building (formerly CBC Building), 1500 Bronson Ave.
- 2670 Hogsback Riverside Dr.
- Sir Charles Tupper Building 2720 Riverside Dr.
- 875 Heron Road at Altavista
- Federal Learning Center (1495 Heron Road)
- National Defense Medical Center, 1745 Alta Vista Drive.
- We have 5 sites located at 470 Tremblay Rd. Near Saint Laurent Shopping Center
- 599 Tremblay Road near Saint Laurent Shopping Center
- The former CFB Rockcliff site at 370 Codd’s Rd. and 800 Winisik St.
- Former CFB Rockcliff site at Tawadina Road and Wanaki Road
April’s federal budget included instructions for Public Services and Procurement Canada to reduce its office portfolio by 50 per cent as it seeks to reduce costs under a hybrid work model.
The federal government says the list of buildings and land available on the Public Land Bank of Canada will continue to grow in the “coming months.”
With files from William Eltherington and Tyler Fleming, CTV News Ottawa
