Baseline highrises near Experimental Farm approved by Ottawa city council
Baseline highrises near Experimental Farm approved by Ottawa city council
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Councillors voted to OK the 32- and 24-storey buildings despite objections they would cast shadows on the farm.
Last week, the city’s planning and housing committee approved a rezoning to Theberge Homes to allow the construction of towers of 32 and 24 storeys at 780 Baseline Rd., near the southeast corner of the farm. A third tower of 24 storeys facing Fisher Avenue had received rezoning approval in the fall.
In a letter to the city last November, Agriculture Canada said the shadows from the towers would affect crop research, although Theberge countered that claim with a study by a U.S. engineering firm that found the shadow effect would be minimal.
