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.
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
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