Marketplace Towers – Public Consultation Zoom Meeting Recording

Marketplace Towers Public Consultation Zoom Meeting

Marketplace Towers – Public Consultation

Zoom Meeting Recording - YouTube, Monday August 12, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

"Plan proposes building one of Ottawa's tallest residential buildings in Barrhaven" – Read the full CTV Ottawa News article.

Public consultations next Monday. Details of the developer’s application.

A developer is looking to rezone the parcel of land at 1034 McGarry Terrace, behind the Walmart, to permit the construction of two residential apartment towers. The buildings will total 592 units in a 26-storey and a 35-storey building.

The development is just over the boundary in Councillor Hill’s Barrhaven West, but it will have an impact on Barrhaven East as well. We are both supportive of the rezoning and development.

I also requested a bigger-picture look at Marketplace Avenue as a whole as the area continues to intensify, especially the intersection at Marketplace/Longfields.

The site is a part of the future Barrhaven “Downtown,” which is a secondary plan within the city’s Official Plan that was approved by the previous Councillor and includes the area bounded by Strandherd, Longfields, the Jock River, and the future Greenbank realignment.

Accordingly, the entire area is upzoned for more density, but also more mixed uses to keep residents and amenities close together. It’s also along a transit corridor, so the type of development is considered appropriate.

Combined with changes by the province to planning legislation over the last two years, it means we have very little means to oppose development anyway, especially if it meets all the planning criteria of the parcel and the area’s secondary plan.

If the city rejected the rezoning application, the developer could appeal the decision to the Ontario Land Tribunal, where the outcome would be based purely on planning criteria, including secondary plans, requisite studies, and due process, etc.