According to the city’s request documents, the city doesn’t intend to use the REOI to prequalify development teams in future stages of the procurement.
It could be the right time for the city to take on the project, which would happen under a council-approved public realm strategy for the ByWard Market.
“Right now, in the whole ByWard Market, there is no indoor community space.
According to city research, the land was considered an extension of the central market building, which has gone through multiple iterations since the 1830s.
The city will likely still have to consider parking in a redevelopment, either as an underground garage at the building or through another opportunity on a separate property.
To underscore the complexity of redeveloping the block, the property falls under the authority of about 10 different municipal policies, from the overarching official plan to rules that protect vistas to the Parliament Buildings.
The necessary characteristics of a new showcase building are “collaboration, balance, creativity and more green,” Bigras said.
A new public building could give people a comfortable place to stop for a moment and drink in the surroundings, both inside and outside, and maybe from above.
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