The Future

The Ottawa Train Yards is Ottawa’s first centrally located retail powercentre and office development; it houses over a half million square feet of retail space, covering over 92 acres of property. The first phase of development includes retailers such as: Aldo, Benix, Cleo, Esprit, Fairweather, Tommy Hilfiger, Tip Top Tailors, Think Kitchen, Golf Town, The Shoe Company and Walmart.

Phase two is on track for opening in 2010 and will feature the who’s who of the North American retail sector.

Residential Areas Looking North
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Site Plan
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Retail Site Plan
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Office Site Plan
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The Ottawa Train Yards will provide one of the largest single office developments in Ottawa. 1.1 million square feet of Class "A" office space will be built over the course of the next five years or sooner. This site will appeal to major organizations wishing to set up a campus type presence in the City.

The site offers excellent demographics which are so important in attracting a skilled labour force in a tight labour market. It is estimated that 219,000 residents live within a 15 minute drive of the site and 310,000 residents live within a 5 kilometre radius. The labour force in this area is well educated and tends to be bilingual.

In addition to excellent road access, public transit service is of the highest quality.

State of the art telecommunications are available. The Ottawa Train Yards is located along the main fiber optic corridor serving Ottawa, making this site of particular interest to high bandwidth users.

The Office Campus has been planned as a neighbourhood of buildings, at the heart of which, is a generously-scaled oval parkland available to all buildings which will provide areas for passive recreation, seating and social enjoyment.

Pedestrian & Cycling Path Plan
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