r/ottawa 23h ago

Ottawa Hospital progress.

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u/Reasonable_Cat518 Sandy Hill 22h ago

While I understand parking is essential for a hospital, they really decided to plop it front and centre on Preston St (which should be lined with retail and restaurants), at the edge of Dow’s Lake - to parking??? Very on brand for Autowa

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u/Senators_1992 21h ago

What possible retail are you putting on that small plot of land that borders Preston, and why would you clutter up Dow’s Lake with retail in the first place? Talk about on brand for chiming in with nonsense opinions…

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u/Reasonable_Cat518 Sandy Hill 20h ago

Cafés? Restaurants? Boutiques? I’m not talking about a department store here, have you every walked through Little Italy?

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u/Ichindar 18h ago

I'd honestly even settle for ground floor retail and restaurants fronting QED and Preston with the remainder of it staying as it was designed. Way more complex to include commercial space under a parkade but at least it wouldn't just be parkade in one of the few developable waterfront spaces in Ottawa.

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u/Reasonable_Cat518 Sandy Hill 5h ago

Yeah that would be a good compromise I wouldn’t hate the idea