New homes: Former Anglican church's unused property to become location for a nine-storey condo
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The project, launched in June, will turn unused land on the property into a nine-storey condo building that will hug the back of the church, incorporating its exterior as an exposed limestone wall in the building's soaring lobby.
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It's an example of community-led development that has buy-in from the neighbourhood and allows the creation of further amenities for Sandy Hill residents.
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'We saw the heritage (church) building as a really important community asset, a place where if we developed it in a way that people could really use the space, we thought it would be a major community asset,' says Leanne Moussa, a Sandy Hill resident who put together a group of investors to buy the church in 2015 and then set about reimagining it as an inclusive urban space called Allsaints.
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'We asked people what are the amenities that are missing in Sandy Hill, what do we have that are great assets, and how can we use this property to further develop that?'
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The church was restored and became home to an events space, the restaurant Working Title Kitchen and a small bakery that Moussa runs. She also had the property rezoned for further development, a process that the community association and Heritage Ottawa supported 'because we worked very closely with them to make sure that we were all in step,' she says.
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Then she went looking for a developer, ultimately opting for Windmill Development Group, which has a track record for thoughtful sustainable design and reimagining church properties such as Stone Abbey in Old Ottawa South and Cathedral Hill downtown. Windmill was also the initial developer behind the revitalization of the old Domtar industrial site on the Ottawa River that has since become known as Zibi.
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'Anytime we're working on a site, it is often in partnership with like-minded individuals who have a strong engagement with the community, (which) often results in strong synergies' to find the right type of development for the site, says Windmill president Jeremy Reeds.
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