The city’s planning and housing committee has approved a zoning amendment to allow a “destination wellness spa” to be built in Kanata North. Markham-based Silk Development Group plans to build a three-storey personal service facility called SerenVita at 2505 and 2707 Solandt Rd. The new building would be connected to the Brookstreet Hotel by a […]
The city’s planning and housing committee has approved a zoning amendment to allow a “destination wellness spa” to be built in Kanata North.
Markham-based Silk Development Group plans to build a three-storey personal service facility called SerenVita at 2505 and 2707 Solandt Rd. The new building would be connected to the Brookstreet Hotel by a pedestrian walkway and located near the Marshes Golf Club.
The main building, at 47,275 square feet, would include spa functions such as saunas, pools and “treatment rooms,” as well as offices and a restaurant. A “series of accessory personal service buildings” and outdoor amenity areas, including pools, “relaxation rooms” and footpaths, would be located west of the main building.
The site, which covers just over 10 acres, currently contains a surface parking lot at 2505 Solandt, while 2707 Solandt is vacant.
Silk Development Group is seeking amendments to raise the maximum height of buildings at the site to 44 metres and increase the amount of space allowed for personal services, restaurants and retail.
In a report to committee this week, Kanata North Coun. Cathy Curry said she supports the project.
“With the vision for the Kanata North Tech Park as a place where people ‘live, work, play, learn and innovate,’ this development helps to bring more services into the park for the people who live and work there,” Curry said in the document.
“It will also be an attraction that brings more residents from all over the city and beyond into the tech park. That will increase the profile of this important special economic district and will increase economic development on its own as well.”
According to the document, the city considers this a “high economic impact project,” which would support Ottawa’s economic development strategy and create new jobs in construction and other permanent employment opportunities in Kanata North.
“By supporting a more complete, amenity-rich innovation environment in proximity to major employment uses and planned rapid transit, the development (at 2505 and 2707 Solandt Rd.) advances the official plan’s vision for Kanata North as a globally competitive mixed-use economic hub and reinforces the district’s long-term economic vitality,” the report states.
The project will go to city council on April 22 for approval. 
