Spacing Ottawa brings you a weekly roundup of urban affairs headlines from the Ottawa-Gatineau region. Check back here on Fridays to catch up on what’s going on in and around the capital.
BYWARD MARKET:
- Subsidize food-sellers’ rents, validate parking: ByWard Market report (Ottawa Citizen, April 12)
- The problem with cars in the ByWard Market (Ottawa Citizen, April 11)
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:
- Battle continues against Little Italy intensification plans (Centretown News, April 12)
- Vanier heritage garden plans underway (EMC, April 11)
- Gladstone Ave. may lose parking to trees (Centretown News, April 11)
- Glebe proposes list of traffic priorities for area (EMC, April 11)
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT:
- Condo investors cast shadow over market (Ottawa Business Journal, April 11)
- Council rejects demands to expand urban boundary (Ottawa Citizen, April 10)
- Council approves 45-storey condo on Preston (Metro News, April 10)
- Claridge cashes in with condo approvals for Preston Street (Ottawa Sun, April 9)
CITY HALL:
- City drafts lane policy to deal with encroachment (EMC, April 11)
- New rules on derelict buildings could forbid boarding up windows (Ottawa Citizen, April 11)
Photo by Alex Cairncross.