Your city hall just gave a Tim Hortons a facelift

Bonjour, Ottawa. Simone Okafor-Bouchard here, and I'm looking at what your city hall has been busy approving. The real story is never on the Hill – it’s always just off it. Sometimes, it’s even in a drive-thru.

So, while you were all sleeping, or maybe grabbing your morning double-double, the city issued a building permit for a Tim Hortons. Yes, *that* Tim Hortons. Specifically, a permit for "interior alterations and recladding to drive-thru window" at 780 Bancroft Drive, Ward 11. That's an $84,619 investment into your caffeine delivery system. I’m not saying it's the most impactful news, but it certainly clarifies where some of our municipal resources are going.

We also saw a hefty $2,066,986 permit for a new two-storey detached dwelling with a finished basement and walkout at 865 Aviation Road, also in Ward 1. That’s a significant residential build, showing that some areas are still seeing major growth.

On the development front, there's an application in process for a new residential apartment building at 1970 and 1980 Fowler Drive in Ward 8. This is something to keep an eye on, as density and housing availability continue to be a major discussion point across the city, especially with how tight the market is getting, even in places like Barrhaven.

What does this all mean for you? Well, it means the city's development pulse is still strong, from small business upgrades to large-scale residential projects. We'll be watching these developments as they move through the system, because what gets built shapes our city, non?

Simone Okafor-Bouchard, MiTL Sports Desk, signing off.

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