By Emma Jackson, Ottawa Community News, June 27, 2015
Property rights are messing with the Centretown secondary plan before its ink is
even dry, according to Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney. The downtown
councillor said a proposed amendment to allow a six-storey hotel at 180 Metcalfe
St. – in an area where only two floors of shops is allowed – is a slap in the
face to the residents who worked so hard to develop Centretown’s community
design plan and secondary plan over the past five years – especially since the
CDP only got final approval from the Ontario Municipal Board this spring. via
Medical Arts project undermining new Centretown plan: councillor.