According to the city a converted 230 Queen St. is set to open early in the new year and will house up to 143 individuals.
According to the city, a converted office building at 230 Queen St. is set to open early in the new year and will house up to 143 individuals. Construction crews have been renovating the one-time movie theatre turned office building at 230 Queen St. since the summer, under the design supervision of Ottawa's CSV Architect. The building had been vacant for five years.
We do need to do something. Just having a project like this makes us feel like we are starting at least to build a repertoire of solutions."This new facility will relieve pressure on the emergency shelter system and support our plans to exit and alleviate the need to use recreational centres as temporary emergency overflow shelters," said Kale Brown, Ottawa's acting director of housing and homelessness, in an emailed statement to CBC News.
"Construction of the building is slated to be completed in February with expected opening within one month of construction completion," said Brown. Ontario's building code requires that sleeping areas have access to natural light, so the more exterior walls with windows, the more individual units that can be built. That's why a building like 230 Queen St. doesn't allow for a large number of units.
It also renovated the former Canada Red Cross office building on Metcalfe Street into 61 market-value luxury units.
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