By Canadian Press

Feds open bids for ‘major attraction’ in renewed bid for major land project in Ottawa

Dec 1, 2021 | 12:22 PM

OTTAWA — A federal agency is swinging open the doors for companies to propose one or more attractions to anchor a major land development project near the capital’s downtown.

The sprawling 29-hectare site known as LeBreton Flats sits on the Ottawa River just to the west of the city’s downtown core and has been the subject of development plans for decades.

The National Capital Commission is taking another jab at anchoring the site with entertainment venues, including a “major events centre” slated for a 2.56-hectare parcel that is almost the size of four soccer fields.

In the bid document, the head of the commission writes that a major events centre could be a concert hall or a sports arena, which just so happened to be proposed a few years ago before a legal feud felled the idea.

Applications are due by the end of February and the commission says it will evaluate options through to April.

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LeBreton Flats was a working-class and industrial neighbourhood until the federal government expropriated and razed it in the 1960s.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 1, 2021.

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