Ottawa’s Riverstone Retirement Communities has submitted an application to expand its local portfolio with a 141-unit retirement facility in Orleans, a community that has become popular for senior living developments.
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Ottawa’s Riverstone Retirement Communities has submitted an application to expand its local portfolio with a 141-unit retirement facility in Orleans, a community that has become popular for senior living developments.
The proposed six-storey building would be situated on a 0.62-hectare lot at the corner of Décoeur Drive and Tenth Line Road in the residential neighbourhood of Avalon.
The property, located at 2380 Tenth Line Rd., is currently vacant and surrounded primarily by low-rise residential uses. Directly adjacent to the site is a Catholic school to the west, with future residential development planned directly to the north. Further north of the site is a commercial plaza that includes a grocery store, gas station, fitness centre and multiple restaurants.
The proposal calls for 73 studio units, 62 one-bedroom and six two-bedroom units.
The application proposes a small surface parking lot, as well as 37 underground parking spaces and 47 bicycle spots. Concrete pathways would connect the building’s entrances to sidewalks and the Tenth Line Road asphalt multi-use pathway, the application document added.
A landscaped amenity space to the rear of the property would feature walking paths and outdoor seating.
Riverstone Retirement, which is owned by Claridge Homes, currently operates 11 retirement facilities across the city.
Earlier this year, a report from real estate service provider Cushman and Wakefield said that while new development activity in the retirement sector has been at an all-time low in Canada, that is likely to change this year as market conditions improve and demand increases.
Orleans has become a popular community for retirement living.
Nearly four years after shuttering one of its residences, Sienna Senior Living said in April that it plans to renovate and expand the site in Orleans. The company is looking to convert the existing three-storey building into a 160-bed comprehensive long-term care facility. Additionally, it has proposed the construction of a new two-storey addition to be used as a 64-bed retirement home.
Also in Orleans, Ottawa’s Wateridge Lifestyles is proposing a six-storey, 188-unit retirement home on the site of a former Canadian Forces base near the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum. It would be the first phase of a three-phase project for the family-owned Ottawa firm.
According to the project’s urban design brief, 90 of the 188 units will be aimed at seniors looking for independent living accommodations. The second and third floors would be outfitted with 49 memory-care and assisted-living units, with separate nursing, dining and lounge facilities.
Outside of Orleans, The Properties Group is looking to build a nine-storey seniors living building as part of a larger development on Carling Avenue that would also include two highrise residential buildings.
