Committee approves big development fee breaks for key downtown O-Train land

The only O-Train junction in Ottawa is the “poster child” for transit-orientated development, council members heard Tuesday.
The “extraordinary situation” at 900 Albert St. that planning services director Lee Ann Snedden described during a finance and economic development committee meeting was convincing enough for members to unanimously approve an $8.3-million development perk and a waiver of $920,000 in land-use fees.
Council will be asked to approve the development dis