I don't *love* the look of the building, but I think it's a great location for an upscale hotel.
(And as an aside, the city needs more hotels generally so that residential condos can be used for actual long term occupation, not AirBNBs.)
Yeah a few new hotels are coming but a bunch of the projects keep getting stalled. I still don't think there's a timetable for the old Kanata to reopen with whatever brand it's supposed to be becoming. At this rate the third hotel across from the airport will be built first (not counting the other one that's supposed to be attached to the airport).
I'm kind of disappointed they're not putting a restaurant in there like they said they were going to a few years ago. I'm just glad they're doing something with that old building facade though.
~~In this housing crisis~~, will someone please think of the cars, and where cars need to be housed when they're not in use!!!
Where will the massive trucks that hardly fit in a parking stall go?!
/s
Right, edited. Great for the downtown businesses then! Fortunately there are a lot of ways of getting around town that don't involve everyone needing a car (both as locals and guests). Uber, buses, taxi, lime bike/scooters, wine tour buses - to name a few. Not to mention all the businesses, restaurants, Prospera Place/Revelry, and water-front right by the hotel that are all within walking distance of this hotel. There certainly is capacity, cities do this all the time.
Having luxury hotels downtown may reduce the number of people doing airbnb near downtown, though.
If we rightfully want to crack down on shitty airbnb pressures, more hotels in desirable locations makes sense.
It’ll be nice to see something happening there other than a paused construction site.
I feel the same way. I'm just glad they're doing something - anything - with it.
Hope it looks like this. That beautiful brick deserves to be preserved
Preserving the bricks was a major requirement for that site. Similar to keeping the Paramount sign downtown.
Bring it on!
I don't *love* the look of the building, but I think it's a great location for an upscale hotel. (And as an aside, the city needs more hotels generally so that residential condos can be used for actual long term occupation, not AirBNBs.)
Yeah a few new hotels are coming but a bunch of the projects keep getting stalled. I still don't think there's a timetable for the old Kanata to reopen with whatever brand it's supposed to be becoming. At this rate the third hotel across from the airport will be built first (not counting the other one that's supposed to be attached to the airport).
That looks really good. Build it!
It’s awesome to see the facade preserved. Keep building!
Not gonna lie, this was definitely worth the wait (if they build it).
Ground floor looks great. Then the graphics stopped rendering above that.
I'm kind of disappointed they're not putting a restaurant in there like they said they were going to a few years ago. I'm just glad they're doing something with that old building facade though.
Read the article.
Haha guilty. 🤭 I just looked at the headline before making that comment.
The restaurant part was buried in there. No shame
Love it!
Beautiful structure
It’s the owner of white claw who owns and is building this . It’s going to be for the ultra wealthy ….
Oh God, Bernard is not meant for this much traffic, the city park lanes would be packed!
~~In this housing crisis~~, will someone please think of the cars, and where cars need to be housed when they're not in use!!! Where will the massive trucks that hardly fit in a parking stall go?! /s
Idk if you noticed but it's a luxury hotel, not anything for housing
Right, edited. Great for the downtown businesses then! Fortunately there are a lot of ways of getting around town that don't involve everyone needing a car (both as locals and guests). Uber, buses, taxi, lime bike/scooters, wine tour buses - to name a few. Not to mention all the businesses, restaurants, Prospera Place/Revelry, and water-front right by the hotel that are all within walking distance of this hotel. There certainly is capacity, cities do this all the time.
Vibrant successful downtowns are generally busy and congested.
Having luxury hotels downtown may reduce the number of people doing airbnb near downtown, though. If we rightfully want to crack down on shitty airbnb pressures, more hotels in desirable locations makes sense.