The number of new construction projects approved last month was down year-over-year, but several large initiatives drove up the value of municipal construction permits to the highest level in at least three years for the month of October, according to municipal records.
The city issued 715 permits last month – nine per cent fewer than October 2011 – but the total value added up to $197.2 million. That’s a 17-per-cent jump from last year’s $168.3 million.
Leading the list were two downtown condominium projects for Claridge Homes. The first was a permit valued at $25 million to build the superstructure of its Tribeca condominiums, a 28-storey, 247-unit apartment building on Metcalfe Street. The second was a $22-million permit to build the 28-storey Claridge Tower 3 on Rideau Street.
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Also near the top of the list was a $20-million permit to refit the former Bank of Montreal on Wellington Street to create a place of assembly for the House of Commons.
Skywell Homes Ltd. filed for 10 permits valued at $1.65 million each to construct a block of three-storey rowhouses on Stonehurst Avenue.
Excluding Skywell’s Hintonburg residential project, the top permits in October by value are:
Tribeca Condominium
(179 Metcalfe St.)
Contractor: Claridge Homes
Description: Construct the superstructure of a 28-storey, 247-unit apartment building
Value: $25,000,000
Claridge Tower 3
(242 Rideau St.)
Contractor: Claridge Homes
Description: Construct a 28-storey condominium building
Value: $22,000,000
Central 2
(360 McLeod St.)
Contractor: Doran Contractors Ltd.
Description: Construct the superstructure of a nine-storey apartment building with retail spaces on the ground floor
Value: $20,301,621
House of Commons assembly building
(144 Wellington St.)
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Construct a two-storey addition and interior/exterior alterations to a one-storey office building to create a place of assembly for the House of Commons
Value: $20,000,000
Holiday Inn Express
(242 Centrum Blvd.)
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Construction of a five-storey hotel building
Value: $8,000,000
École élémentaire catholique Barrhaven III
(2450 River Mist Rd.)
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Construct a two-storey elementary school
Value: $7,500,000
Lansdowne Park
(1015 Bank St.)
Contractor: Pomerleau Inc.
Description: Construct the footings foundation and superstructure of the south side stadium
Value: $6,940,000
Carleton University Alumni Hall
(1125 Colonel By Dr.)
Contractor: R.E. Hein Construction
Description: Construct a two-storey addition at the rear of a two-storey institutional building
Value: $3,000,000
Myers Volkswagen
(2500 Palladium Dr.)
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Construct a two-storey retail building
Value: $3,000,000
1757 Russell Rd.
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Construct two three-storey 16-unit stacked rowhouses
Value: Two permits valued at $1,750,000 each
Personal Choice Independent Living
(1604 Pullen Ave.)
Contractor: Unknown
Description: Construct a three-storey apartment building
Value: $1,300,000
Neepawa Retirement Home
(200 Lockhart Ave.)
Contractor: Claridge Homes
Description: Construct the foundation of an eight-storey retirement home
Value: $1,000,000
Ottawa Civic Centre
(1015 Bank St.)
Contractor: Pomerleau Inc.
Description: Partial interior and exterior demolition of the Civic Centre and north-side stands in a two-storey assembly building
Value: $1,000,000
