It’s 36 acres. RCMP will be vacating. 6 times the size the NCC is offering. Direct access to 417 and the LRT via the footbridge to Tremblay/VIA station.
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Melnyk talked about building on that location.
That’s the [LH Nicholson building](https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=4706) (aka: old RCMP HQ). It’s been designated as heritage, but it’s also in severe disrepair, so who knows what they’re going to do with it. It’s owned by PSPC (as expected), who are in the middle of a HUGE divestment of property and based on assessments probably doesn’t meet the threshold for them to hold on to it – so a private owner could possibly see it come up for purchase in the next 5-10 years, but there’s still the issue of the Heritage designation in the FHBRO system – whoever buys that property may be forced to build *around* Nicholson bldg.
Fun fact: the Quebecois architect who designed this building was hand-picked by the Pope!
Yeah fuck Lebreton, I want it off the Queensway as well
I guess really nothing around there (bars, restaurants)
Wait a second. Is this Mark Sutcliffe’s burner?
It’s also where a future Ottawa River tunnel might debouch, intriguingly.
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I’d love that lol. I could walk there in 30 minutes
We are still in that building and with secure server rooms and forensic labs that would need to be built as replacements, we aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. This keeps coming up as a site for the rink and it’s amazing how little people know about their city. It’s like the people who keep saying use the old DND building by the Rideau Center. Not going to happen in the time frame needed for a new rink.
I’d be down for that
1st pic, under your label. That’s the old city dump I believe.
……a perfect spot.
The land would have to be remediated, but as it sits it’s just a giant waste of space.
In my opinion, this is too far from any decent, walkable parts of the city.
LeBreton is a good location because it is close to Little Italy and to the west end of Sparks Street. I know that end of Sparks is kind of dead right now, but the stadi would reinvigorate it, and it would become the pedestrian connection between LeBreton and the ByWard Market.
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Melnyk talked about building on that location.
That’s the [LH Nicholson building](https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=4706) (aka: old RCMP HQ). It’s been designated as heritage, but it’s also in severe disrepair, so who knows what they’re going to do with it. It’s owned by PSPC (as expected), who are in the middle of a HUGE divestment of property and based on assessments probably doesn’t meet the threshold for them to hold on to it – so a private owner could possibly see it come up for purchase in the next 5-10 years, but there’s still the issue of the Heritage designation in the FHBRO system – whoever buys that property may be forced to build *around* Nicholson bldg.
Fun fact: the Quebecois architect who designed this building was hand-picked by the Pope!
Yeah fuck Lebreton, I want it off the Queensway as well
I guess really nothing around there (bars, restaurants)
Wait a second. Is this Mark Sutcliffe’s burner?
It’s also where a future Ottawa River tunnel might debouch, intriguingly.
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I’d love that lol. I could walk there in 30 minutes
We are still in that building and with secure server rooms and forensic labs that would need to be built as replacements, we aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. This keeps coming up as a site for the rink and it’s amazing how little people know about their city. It’s like the people who keep saying use the old DND building by the Rideau Center. Not going to happen in the time frame needed for a new rink.
I’d be down for that
1st pic, under your label. That’s the old city dump I believe.
……a perfect spot.
The land would have to be remediated, but as it sits it’s just a giant waste of space.
In my opinion, this is too far from any decent, walkable parts of the city.
LeBreton is a good location because it is close to Little Italy and to the west end of Sparks Street. I know that end of Sparks is kind of dead right now, but the stadi would reinvigorate it, and it would become the pedestrian connection between LeBreton and the ByWard Market.