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The Overbrook Community Association has setup a GoFundMe Campaign to help some 60 tenants displaced by a major fire in their low-rise apartment building on Presland Road, near the Vanier Parkway. It is presently unknown whether the building, which provides housing for people with a moderate or low income, will eventually be rebuilt.

The tenants have…

The Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) will conduct a Hearing regarding the proposed severance of 41 Rebecca Crescent, a property located at the corner of Combermere Lane, on Thursday, 26 January beginning at 10am. The Hearing will take place by Video Conference.

The OLT Hearing is based on a local resident's appeal of a Committee of Adjustment (COFA) decision to approve severance of the corner lot into two residential lots for single family homes, and grant…

As scheduled, a Case Management Conference for the Developer/Applicant's Appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) took place on October 6.  This was the first formal event before the OLT pertaining to the 26-storey Tower Development proposed for Blair and Montreal Roads. 

The conference consisted largely of procedural discussions between lawyers for the two designated parties in the case -…

A Case Management Conference for the developer-applicant's Appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) will take place on October 6. 

As previously reported, City Planning Staff prepared a Report for consideration by Ottawa's Planning Committee and Council. The Report did not support the developer's application for a 26 storey tower at the corner of Blair and Montreal Roads, where zoning currently allows for a maximum of 9 storeys. 

Ottawa's Planning…

At its meeting of September 8, Planning Committee supported the recommendations of the city Staff Report by unanimously voting to reject the Application for the proposed 26-storey tower at Blair and Montreal Roads.   

Today, Ottawa City Council also voted to reject the Application.

As previously reported, the developer-applicant has filed an appeal to the Ontario Land Tribunal. A Case Management Conference is…

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