Yesterday at 4pm we got our first official look at both bids to redevelop LeBreton Flats. There are a lot of details that aren't fully known yet, but here is what we have in terms of the big picture.
There are a few elements that both bids contain - retail, housing, office space and hotels were pretty much a given. The implementations differ in look, , but the basic concepts are the same.
Both contain the option for a new central branch of the Ottawa Public Library. The DCDLS bid puts the library right on the LRT with a direct connection to the Pimisi LRT station, while Rendez-Vous LeBreton plan actually puts the library outside the parcel of land up in this process on another adjacent section of land that is part owned by the NCC and part owned by the city.